Estimate for the cost of Production and Maintenance of 20000 poly bag RET Wood Yielding Species Seedlings in Central Nursery Range,Valluvassery, Nilambur Under Nilambur North division during 2024-25 and 2025-2026

Excavation collection and sieving of soil for preparation of potting mixture (1.6396x659)

Transportation of seed fromseeds center, KFRI , Peechi to nersery including loading and unloding (2500kg)

Cost of river sand 5.5m3

Cost of sieving sand 5.5m3

cost of insecticides, fungicides for appplying seedling as and when necessary

Transporting materilas to potting mixture shed, preparation of potting mixture , filling RT Cells and arranging on RT stands, transporting RT stands to shade house and arranging it.(1.6MMX659)

Preparation of germination bed for sowing seeds(12X1.2m)

Sowing pre-teated seeds in germination beds(0.0333X659)

Watering pre-treated seeds in germination beds 3 times dailly for 20 days (0.0024MMX659)

Hand picking Pre-germinated seeds from beds, dibbling in RT cells, transporting seedlings to cells and adding potting mixture to cover seeds

Casuality replacement in empty cells hand picking Pre-germinated seeds from beds, dibbling in RT cells, transplanting seedlings to cells and adding potting mixture to cover

Watering RT seedlings 2 times for 20 days in shade house

Transporting RT seedlings stands from shade house to hardening area(0.001866*659)

Watering RT seedlings 3 times in hardening area for 60 days

Seedling out seedlings from RT cells(0.1062*659)(Restricted to 1/3 rd of the total seedlings)

Granding of RT seedlings rearranging RT seedlings on stands based on seze and classify similar size RT stands, arranging it(40%)(restricted to half of the total seedlings raised)

Removal of weeds from RT cells as and when necessary(0.5MM*659)

Cost of micro and macro nutrients external application (Foliar spray),pesticides and insecticides etc)

Engaging Mazdoor for applying, insecticides, pesticides, foliar spray etc

Payment of VDA

Provision for VDA -(for itemNo 1,4,6,7,8,9,10,11,12,14,15,17)

Add10 % CP