Orange growers in Katol, Narkhed and nearby talukas need true-to-type, disease-free Nagpur mandarin saplings when they plant or replace orchards. A licensed nursery raising plants under insect-proof netting can sell to them and to farmer groups across Vidarbha.
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A citrus nursery raises young Nagpur mandarin plants. You grow rootstock seedlings (the hardy lower part of the plant), join a bud from a healthy Nagpur mandarin tree onto each one, and grow them in bags under insect-proof net houses until they are ready to plant.
Nagpur's GI orange is the district's signature crop, and an orchard stays in the ground for many years and a sick or wrong sapling costs a farmer dearly. Citrus diseases often spread through infected planting material. NABARD's 2023-24 credit plan for Nagpur puts plantation and horticulture credit potential at Rs.106.93 crore and counts seed production and tissue culture under agriculture infrastructure. The national citrus research institute in Nagpur trains people in budding and can advise on healthy bud sources.
You need a nursery licence from the state agriculture department, land with steady water, net houses, trained budding workers and healthy buds, from your own parent trees or a certified supplier. The hard part is patience and trust. Plants take many months to reach sale size, so money stays locked up, and one disease outbreak can wipe out a batch. Your name depends on every plant being true to type.
Sell to orchard owners and farmer producer organisations, and to the agriculture department's fruit-planting programmes. Invite buyers to see your net houses before they order.
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