Micro Nursery.... A house for Native plants
- I am Pradip Inamdar. I run a hobby nursery of
native plants in the terrace of my apartment in Pune. I started this nursery 5 years ago after completing Field
Botany and Biodiversity courses. Mr R.M.
Dhole and Dhananjay Shedbale encouraged me to start this activity. I used to go
on excursions with Mr. Dhole in nearby forests for seed collection.
- I started
small by sowing few seeds. It was such a pleasure watching these seedlings
grow. Under the guidance of Mr. Dhole , I started keeping records of name of
the plant , date of sowing , collected location
etc. I realised that keeping records is very important in running a
successful nursery.
- Today , I have about 400 plants of 40 different species. I
am happy to mention that many of my friends and relatives have also started
collecting seeds for me . In this small way , I am assisting Mr. Dhole in
propagating native plants.
- I give these
saplings free , to anybody interested and wanting to take care of the plants.
- I sow the
seeds in the mixture of soil , wood ash, tea powder, dry leaves and gobar
manure in equal parts. I enjoy watering these plants which is a good exercise.
- Presently , I
have these plants ready with me . बकुल, काजरा, मोई, सुलाई, कोकम, लक्ष्मीतरू, बहावा, खडशिंगी, टेटू, रिठा,
बिजा,वावळ,बेल,सागरगोटा, आवळा, भोकर,उंडी and few unknown . Since April 2015 , I have
distributed about 500 saplings to interested individuals.
- My appeal to
all is , everybody should start such small nurseries , this will help
cultivating the native plants.
- All like minded are welcome at my place at Karve Nagar, Pune. You can reach me at pradipinamdar1949@gmail.com
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ReplyDeleteVery good activity done by this group. Congratulations!
ReplyDeleteAt present I have about 125 Plants in my terrace- mostly of flowers. In last 2 years, number of birds, bees, butterflies are frequently visiting my terrace.I want to start with a vegetable plant. Please suggest. Regards. Nitin S Kulkarni
I would like to have some flower plants, since I like my small garden to be colourful..
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