Wet bed nursery disadvantages

Wet bed nursery disadvantages

• Copious water supply is essential. This causes a delay in transplanting.
• Seeds are easily carried away by rainwater if heavy rain occurs shortly after sowing.
• Prepara­tion and care of seedbed and pulling of seedlings are laborious.
• It is difficult to arrest seedling growth.
• Seedlings cannot be kept longer in the nursery as they tend to tiller and produce nodes under favorable conditions.
• It requires more space and this entails a loss of space where crops are standing.
• Seedlings cannot withstand drought.