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Nursery Management in Coffee

This document provides guidance on nursery management for coffee seed germination and seedling maintenance. It outlines best practices for site selection, seed bed construction, seed germination including spacing and covering, maintenance through watering and weeding, and use of polybags. Key steps include selecting a level site with access to water; constructing east-west oriented beds; germinating certified seeds 1cm deep in sand at 2.5cm spacing; maintaining seedlings by watering twice per week and controlling weeds and pests; and potting seedlings in polybags using a mixture of topsoil, sand and manure with fertilizer.

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Nursery Management in Coffee

This document provides guidance on nursery management for coffee seed germination and seedling maintenance. It outlines best practices for site selection, seed bed construction, seed germination including spacing and covering, maintenance through watering and weeding, and use of polybags. Key steps include selecting a level site with access to water; constructing east-west oriented beds; germinating certified seeds 1cm deep in sand at 2.5cm spacing; maintaining seedlings by watering twice per week and controlling weeds and pests; and potting seedlings in polybags using a mixture of topsoil, sand and manure with fertilizer.

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Nursery

management in
coffee
Site selection Seed germination Maintenance

Select and ensure that the site  Germinate in river sand  Water seedlings at
is:- beds at 5 – 7 cm ( 2 – 3 least twice per week
inches) depth.
 Level /gently sloped  Control weeds by
 Bench terraced (where  Spacing; 2.5 cm x 2.5 hand weeding
% slope is greater than 4 cm (1 x 1 inch).
–5%)  Foliar feed e.g. Urea
 Weed free ( especially  Place seed 1 cm deep at 2– 3 kg/ 1000 lt of
perennial weeds) (0.5 inch) water (40 gm—60 gm
 Sheltered from strong in 20 lt)
winds  Cover seed bed with a
 Accessible - for ease of thin mulch cover.  Control diseases
transport (Damping-Off, Leaf
 Has permanent /reliable  Put Shade at least 60 Rust and Brown Eye
water source cm (2 ft) above the Spot) using 0.5%
germination beds. Copper solution

Nursery bed construction  Water adequately  Control insect pests


(avoid water-logging). when noticed
 East – West Direction to
avoid direct overhead  Remove mulch on Shading and hardening
sun germination
 Put a shed at 1.2 m (4
 Bed width should be 1m  Seedlings emerge after ft) above the poly bed
(3 ft) for ease of nursery 4 weeks and takes
operations another 4 weeks before  Provide dense shade
transplanting to initially
 The length can vary as polybags
per the need  Harden seedlings by
 Transplant pre-germs at gradually reducing the
Coffee Seed the two leaf stage into shade
polybags. Avoid deep
 “Certified” seed must be planting.  Reduce shade by half
obtained from CRF when seedlings are 8 –
(plate 1)  Renew seed bed sand 9 months old
every time new seeds
 Sow immediately after are being planted  Remove shade
collection to avoid loss completely one month
of viability hence ensure before transplanting
high germination rate Potting mixture

 Remove husk to shorten Potting mixture ratio; Highlights on Good


germination period ( by Agricultural /Hygienic
half) Top soil: 3, Sand: 2 ,Manure: 1 Practices

 To retain viability, stored To the above mixture, add:  Use planting materials
seed should have a from known sources
moisture content of  Fertilizer (TSP or to ascertain genetic
around 41% and kept at DAP). purity.
150 C
 Soil acting pesticide  Source seed ONLY
 1 kg seed contains an (e.g. Furadan) from CRF
average of 2500 -3,000
seeds For example, for 125 polybags  Potting mixture
should be free from
Advantages of poly bag (size 12.5 x 22.5cm) requires either biological or
seedlings chemical
contaminants.
 Ensures minimal
disturbance to roots  Establish nurseries in
pollution free
during transplanting (plate 2) environments.

 Long distance  Use ONLY


transportation of recommended
seedlings is convenient. pesticides

 Minimal soil-borne
pests.

 Field establishment can


be delayed to await
favourable weather

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