Nursery Development Management

Dr. Selim Reza

Regional Programme Manager
International Bamboo and Rattan Organisation(INBAR)
East Africa Regional Office(EARO)
Addis Ababa, Ethiopia
Types of Bamboo Nursery
 Government nursery - having good
quality mother bed;; transit bed;
stocking beds; watering facilities;
multiple species; production round
the year; sprayers, shade nets, etc

 Private/CBO nursery - having good

quality mother; transit bed, stocking
beds, watering facilities, sprayers,
shade nets, etc

 Smallholders nursery – having basic

facility; minimum scale; generally
smallholder farmers led.
Selection of Nursery Site

• Proper land for establishing nursery

• Land cleaning, fencing and ploughing
• Road connectivity
• Water facility- near the river, pond etc
• Transportation and handling
• Close to plantation site
• Close to mother clump
• Availability of human resource
• No water inundation or flooding at
any time
• Create Drainage system and repair it
regularly
• Well Drained soil – medium to light
texture
Precautionary Measures
• Good balance of sun and
shade
• Heavy shade should be
avoided
• Protection from animal
grazing
• Protection from fire
• Available watering in dry
seasons
Facilities
• Green house structures, Poly
tunnel
• Shade net or local available shed
– 50 % shade
• Nursery beds with boundaries.
• Polyester ground cover for
controlling seeding and root
penetration.
• Spades, picks, secateurs, hoe
and sieves.
• Water supply – tanks, watering
buckets, pipes, etc.
 Nursery Operation
• Soil, Manure and Sand(1: 1:1 or 2:1:1)
• Soil sterilization – if possible
• No stones or large lumps
• Fill 2-3 weeks before sowing, transplanting
– to avoid weed growth.
• Maintain 50 % shade – during germination,
transplanting and up to 1 month
• Watering daily – Keep moist not wet
• Regular weeding, sunlight
• Water-logging hinders root initiation by
limiting the oxygen supply to the portion
of vegetative pieces buried in the bed.
• Water-logging also promotes moulds and
rotting of cuttings.
• Needs Well drain condition In the Bed
Fertilizer

• NPK 10 gm per litre or 100

gm per bucket (Granular
fertilizer)
• Start from 15 days after
transplanting.
• Repeat fertilizing once in 15
days
• Stop fertilizing before 2
months of plantation.
Management

 In Nursery when cuttings in polybags are

left for 6-8 months, produce strong rhizome
system & roots which penetrate the ground
below and neighboring polybags

During lifting / transportation of cuttings

rhizomes and roots are damaged
Shifting of Polybags from one bed to other
at 2-3 months interval is good practice(6- 9
months in polybags)

Pucca platform is better, rhizome and roots

do not penetrate; So no or less damage .
Micro proliferation to maintain stock
Tools and Equipments for Nursery Management

 Bucket
Mug
Seketiar
Mearurement tape
Scale
Sheaving
Hand saw
Shape
Hammer
50:50 green net shed