Question

What is the advantage of transplanting seedlings

Answer 1

It enables us to select only healthy seedlings for the plants.

2. The process of transplantation promotes better penetration of roots in the soil.

3. It promotes better development of shoot system of plants.

4. The process of transplantation enables us to plant the seedlings at the right spacing so as to ensure the uniform availability of water, nutrients and sunlight to the plants.

Answer 2

Answer:

Transplantation:-

For certain crops such as rice ( paddy) , tomato , onion , chilli etc . seeds are not directly sown in a main Fields . In such cases , the seeds are firstly sown in a small seed- bed callled nursery.

When the seedlings ( new plants ) have 4-5 leaves , then the healthy seedlings are transferred into the main filed.

Advantages of transplantation :

Transplantation method has the following advantages -

1) Transplantation enables selective cultivation of healthy seedling. This results in better crop production.

2) Transplantation permits better root penetration into the soil.

3) Transplantation allows better shoot development.