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D-seedling-nursery Dictionary

Seedling nursery

A business that raises young plants for transplanting

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Plain meaning
A business that raises young plants for transplanting
How to use it
Buy seedlings from a reliable nursery, or run a nursery as a business supplying neighbours.
South African benchmark
South African vegetable growers buy most transplants from commercial seedling nurseries.
Country notes
Applies the same way in all five markets.
Go and read
M8
Calculate it
T-M8-03 Seed and Input Plan
Library sources
LIB-A046, LIB-A048, LIB-P-Tomato, LIB-P-Onion
See also
Staggered planting
Fresh Vegetables: the product, the five stages of the business, the unit it is sold by and where it is producedFresh Vegetables: how the business runsSold bykg or crates per hectare1Seedlings2Transplant3Harvest weekly4Grade and pack5Market agent or retailerZAZWZMBWNAProduces commerciallyImports most needsZA South Africa, ZW Zimbabwe, ZM Zambia, BW Botswana, NA Namibia
From the Fresh Vegetables Major, where this term is introduced.

Introduced in M8 Fresh Vegetables.