Resource Book on Horticulture Nursery Management

Sr
No
Crop Operation
Physical
Production
Target
No. of
labours
required
No. of
days
required
<strong>Resource</strong> <strong>Book</strong> on Horticulture Nursery Management : 247
Total
mandays
of work
*Cost of
labour in
Rs.
sowing
Mother plants care 19 54.5 126 12600
Drip & maintenance 4 4 16 1600
07 Custardap Sowing & seedling 5000 8 6 24
ple transplantation in
polybags
2400
08 Lime Sowing & seedling
transplantation in
5000 13 8 33.87
polybags
3387
09 Teak Stump plantation & 5000 3 2.44 7.34
bag filling
734
10 General Bed preparation
8 38.75 155
Nursery nursery
15500
Care of seedlings &
18 61.9 220.8
grafts in beds
22080
Ornamentals, cuttings
14 88 206
prep., Irrigation
20600
Maintenance,
trimming, irrigation,
17 61.625 252.5
weeding
25250
TOTAL 100000 273 588.665 2158.4
plants
215840
*Labour rate 100/- per man-day
II. Raw Material Requirements: Raw material inputs like media, polybags, fertilizers,
manures, pesticides and consumables like labels, stationery, electricity and
telephone are required for production of seedlings. The following chart illustrates
the raw material requirement for 1 lakh plant nursery.
Sl. No. Items Quantity Rate Total
1 Manures and organic fertilizers 10 brass 1000 10000
2 Riverbed soil 40 brass 1000 40000
3 Seeds - - 5000
4 Plastic material for Polybag
(15cmX10cmX150Gauge), strips etc.
250 kg 100 25000
5 Fertilizers for saplings and mother plants 500 kg 12 6000
6 Water charges -- -- 2000
7 Electricity -- -- 10000
8 Plant Protection -- -- 5000
9 Label and stationery -- -- 10000
10 Maintenance & Supervision -- -- 20000