A Propagation Plan For A Commercial Nursery - 1850 Words

1. A propagation plan is a record of plants propagated listing the type of plant, method of propagation, pre-treatments, date of sow, germination, pricked out, type of pot and dispatch date. 2. A propagation plan is important in a commercial nursery because its useful to show how long it takes for a seed or cutting to be in a sellable condition, were improvements can be made next time, if the type of plant goes dormant and when it flowers. 3. Chrysanthemums are often grown for mother’s day, they can easily be propagated by division in spring. Chrysanthemums can also be propagated by seeds and cuttings but seed take a bit longer then both division and cuttings. 4. Many companies provide information to help you propagate their varieties. It†¦show more content†¦Wearing warmer clothing in winter like everything you would wear in the sun but also put a jumper or jacket on to avoid getting sick may be advised. Question 3: 1. Water is an important resource in every nursery, capturing and reusing that water through irrigation technology could save thousands of dollars every year. Water storing facilities in the form of large water tanks are essential for water storage in the nursery. Larger nurseries might even use their own dams and treatment facilities. Allowing the water to flow into drains or other non-recycled waterways is illegal, polluting, wasteful, and irresponsible. Applying the water is difficult as small mists allow drift of water while larger faster droplets can damage small plants and the media they are in, thus drip irrigation is optimal if the watering is to be done outside. Drip irrigation can be difficult to fix if blockages appear but they deliver a slow, constant, direct rate of water. Fine sprays can be useful in glass houses were winds don’t effect it. The collection of this water can easily be achieved by removing the top 12cm of soil with one end deeper, lining the hole with plastic and drainage piped, filling it with large lose gravel, attaching some PVC from the drainage pipe to a water tank of dam and adding a pump to reuse the water. 2. Waste management in a nursery should be minimised as waist products means lost money. Always look for a way to reduce, reuse recycle. For