cost of raising 25000 nos.of misc. species coir fiber root trainer (crt) seedlings ofat chuzhali district permanent nurseryunder kalpetta social forestry range of wayanad social forestry division during2024-25 & 2025-26- 1 clearing the area for the formation of beds (moderate growth) 2 preparation of seed beds for sowing of seeds(standard bed size12.00m *1.20m) 3 cost of seeds 4 pre sowing seed treatment 5 sowing seeds and covering with straw and removing the cover after germination 6.5 bed x 2 times 6 cost of straw at average two bundle for one bed including transportation 7 watering mother beds at the rate of 20 litre per m2 twice daily for first 30 days (12*1.2*17*30 = 7344 m2) 8 watering mother beds at the rate of 20 litre per m2 once daily for next 10 days ( for slow germination seeds) (12*1.2*17*10 = 2448m2) 9 cost of sieved soil including transportation50 cc of soil +10 % for adding later on, ie. 55 cc. 10 cost of coir pith 50 cc of coir pith + 10% for adding later on 11 cost of vermi compost 50 cc of coir pith + 10% for adding later on 12 preparation of potting mixture, filling root trainer blocks, transporting them to shade house and arranging on root trainer stands 13 handpicking germinated seeds from bed, dibbing in rt cells and adding compost to cover seeds 14 casuality replacement in empty cells, pregerminated seeds from the heaps, dibbing rt cells and adding compost to cover seeds. (20% of total) 15 watering watering beds4 times daily for the first 10 dayswateringcrt tray of size 0.546 x 0.364 containing 24 seedlings , area is 0.1987 m2 for 25000 seedlings need 1041.66trays, ie 1041.66 x 0.1987 = 206.979 m2) for 4 times4x206.979=827.916 for 10 days 10 x 827.916 =8279.16 m2(in case of interrupted power supply) 16 watering watering beds3 times daily for the next 15 dayswateringcrt tray of size 0.546 x 0.364 containing 24 seedlings , area is 0.1987m2 for 25000 seedlings 1041.66 x 0.1987 = 206.979 m2) for 3 times3x206.979=620.937 for 15 days 15 x 620.937 =9314.055m2(in case of interrupted power supply) 17 weeding nursery beds as and when necessary 18 cost of crt with 5% gst (cubic content: 150cc top diameter(inner): 50mm(min) length 100mm bottom hole diameter 20 mm thickness (min) 2 mm equally spaced internal ridges : 4 nos including transportation 19 provision for vda 20 contractors profit @10%1,2,5,7,8,12,13,14,15,16,17) 21 contingencies such cost of pesticides and fungicides, display boards, species indicatory boards, printing charges of photos of each bed etc