Ginger Nursery Management

Choose healthy ginger rhizomes for seeding.
Spray the selected rhizomes with Mancozeb (3g/lit) and Quinalphos (0.75ml/lit) and maintain them in a well-ventilated location for 30 minutes.
A month before planting, the seed rhizomes are divided into single buds with little pieces of rhizomes weighing 4-6 g.
Mancozeb @3g/lit should be applied to single bud sprouts 30 minutes before planting.
Fill the pro-trays (98 cells) with nursery medium enriched with PGPR/Trichoderma 10g/kg of mixture and partially decomposed coir pith and vermicompost (75:25).
Place the ginger bud shoots in pro-trays.
Use shade nets or place the pro-trays under the shade of trees to keep them in partial shade.
Place the ginger bud shoots in pro-trays.
To provide need-based irrigation, use a rose can or sprinklers.
Within 30-40 days, seedlings will be ready to transplant.

MULCHING:

To avoid soil splashing and erosion due to heavy rain, mulch the beds with green leaves or organic waste.
It also adds organic matter to the soil, controls weed emergence, and conserves moisture in the cropping season's latter stages.
Green leaves (4-5 tonnes/acre) are used for the first mulching at the time of sowing.
For effective weed control in ginger, apply dried coconut leaves after removing the midrib or paddy straw (2-3 kg/bed) as mulch.
At 45and 90days following planting, green leaf mulching will be applied at 3 tonnes per acre.