Agriculture Reference
In-Depth Information
Table 7.1
(continued)
Sr. No.
Item specifications
Unit of work
Required man-days
Unskilled
Semi-skilled
Skilled
2-20
Pricking out seedlings from seedbeds and transplanting these into mother beds at regular
spacing of 30-45 cm, as specified, including irrigating these with the help of rose cans
10,000 nos.
30
2-21
Preparation of branch cuttings from mother plants, with the help of secateurs, including
bundling the cuttings into 50s or 100s and tying these with cord, wrapping these in hessian
cloth and sprinkling with water to keep them moist
10,000 nos.
20
2-22
Preparation of stump cuttings from mother plants, with the help of secateurs, including
bundling the cuttings into 50s or 100s and tying these with cord, wrapping these in hessian
cloth and sprinkling with water to keep them moist
10,000 nos.
35
2-23
Planting of cuttings into polypots or beds, including application of rooting hormone at base
and cow dung or clay or wax on the upper end to prevent damage from rainwater, etc.
10,000 nos.
12
2-24
Irrigating plants in polypots or seedbeds with the help of rose cans to be filled from
underground water reservoirs located at a mean distance of 15 m, and mean water surface
depth of 1 m, such that the soil in the pots is fully saturated with water
1,000 m
2
5
2-25
Irrigating plants in beds using a pressure pipe and a rose
1,000 m
2
3
2-26
Irrigating plants in beds, including mother beds, using flooding method, where the channels
have already been formed
10,000 m
2
2
10,000 m
2
2-27
Irrigating plants in beds, including mother beds, with the help of sprinklers, perforated pipes
or rotary ones, including shifting of pipes or repositioning of sprinkler nozzles
2
1,000 m
2
2-28
Spraying of pesticides over plants in polypots or mother beds, using a backpack sprayer,
including preparation of pesticide in required concentration
3
1,000 m
2
2-29
Removal of weeds and cleaning litter, leaf fall, etc. from top of polypots or interspace of
plants in germination beds, including removal of saline encrustation, if any, formed on top
60
1,000 m
2
2-30
Removal of weeds from around the plants in mother beds, including hoeing of soil to a depth
of 10 cm
10
1,000 m
2
2-31
Shifting of polypots from one bed to another, including pruning of roots emerging out of the
pots, if any, and grading according to height and species
180
2-32
Potting of plants from mother beds to polypots, including digging and removal of soil lump of
required size around the roots and transferring it to the pot safely, where
(a) Plants are of average height 0.50 m or less
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