Resources Tagged: Seedlings

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  1. Producing quality seedlings

    To maximize their investment in quality seed, it’s important for small-scale vegetable farmers to learn how to raise healthy seedlings. In this video produced by the World Vegetable Center for the VINESA project, researcherAgatha Aloyceexplains simple steps farmers can follow, such as making and...
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  2. Transplanting vegetable seedlings

    After a vegetable farmer has produced quality seedlings, it’s time to plant them in the field or screenhouse. In this video produced by the World Vegetable Center for the VINESA project, researcherAgatha Aloyceexplains simple steps farmers can follow, such as making ridges for planting, using the...
    Seedlings Transplanting East Africa

  3. Alternative Germination Mixes for Starting Transplants

    2010-01-20 We at ECHO are sometimes asked what we recommend for a germination medium in situations where seeds or seedlings need to be started in pots or plastic sacks before going out to the field. This past summer, we conducted a trial at ECHO to make and evaluate potting mixes that could serve as...
    Potting Mix Germination Rice Hulls Zea mays Seedlings Seeds

  4. Smoked Rice Hulls as Planting Medium for Seedlings

    2000-09-20 A planting mix for seedlings must promote good growth andprovide sufficient nutrients, water and air to the plant roots. Ordinary rice hulls make a poor material for this purpose, but smoked rice hull is an excellent one. The benefits of smoked rice hull are: it provides a bacteria and...
    Seedlings Nursery Potting Mix

  5. Identifying seedling and mature weeds common in the southeastern United States

    The descriptions of the 90 weeds included in this publication are arranged in the order of the appearance of the weeds in the taxonomic key. Common and scientific names of the weeds are those indicated in the Composite List of Weeds published by the Weed Science Society of America.
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  6. A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya

    1984-01-01 A Pocket Directory of Trees and Seeds in Kenya was compiled to answer two basic tree-planting questions: which trees are the best to plant in my particular climate type? And where do I get the seeds or their seedlings? Ninety tree species are described, along with their best climate types. For...
    Seedlings Directories Seed Saving Seeds Trees Tree Seeds agriculture

  7. Tree Seed Technology Training Course: Instructor's Manual

    1998-01-01 This manual is intended primarily to train seed collectors, seed-plant managers, seed analysts, and nursery managers, but it can serve as a resource for any training course in forest regeneration. It includes both temperate and tropical tree species of all intended uses. The manual covers the...
    Trees Seed technology Seedlings Forests Nurseries

  8. Raising Seedlings of Tropical Trees

    2003-02-01 This Manual is the second in a series of readable, well illustrated handbooks about propagating and planting tropical trees.The five Manuals have been designed to provide clear and concise information on how to select, grow, plant and care for tropical trees, in both moist and drier parts of the...
    Seedlings Propagation Tree Propagation Tropical Trees

  9. Vegetable Seedling Production Manual

    1999-01-01 This document was prepared to emphasize the importance of high-quality and true-to-type seedlings as a component of integrated production and pest management (IPPM) for increased crop productivity. The text reviews the current technologies for the production of healthy and vigorous transplants...
    Seedlings Vegetables Vegetable Trade

  10. Nursery Management: Tree Propagation and Marketing A Training Manual for Smallholder Farmers and Nursery Operators

    2013-01-01 Nursery Management: Tree Propagation and Marketing A Training Manual for Smallholder Farmers and Nursery Operatorsaims to facilitate the learning process by incorporating practical activites that provide better and clearer understanding of the principles involved in nursery establishment and...
    Soil Management Seedlings Pest Management Plant Nutrients Marketing Tree Propagation Tree Nursery