what are the advantages of transplanting seedlings
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Advantages of transplanting: Plant population becomes more assured. Since nurseries occupy only 1/10 of area of the main crop, the irrigation, control of insects and diseases and other management become easier to reduce the cost of raising seedlings as compared to a broadcast wet crop of the same age.
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The process of transferring healthy seedlings from a nursery to the field is called Transplantation.
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In plants like tomato, rice, chillies, etc., the seeds are not put on the field directly but are sown in seedbeds in nurseries. The seedlings are selected and then transplanted, i.e., transferred to the field.
Only healthy seed are transferred through this method.
It promotes better root and shoot development.
It allows sowing of the plantlets at proper distances and proper depth.
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