Potato and Tuber Crops

Nursery management of minisetts

Nursery Mangement of Minis Setts

• Light irrigation is given soon after planting and then another could be given after four or five hours.
• From the next day onwards, intermittent irrigations could be given for about two weeks.
• Irrigation could be provided through a net work of micro sprinklers fitted on 3/4“ PVC pipes, connected to a water tap.
• The minisetts would start sprouting in a week’s time.
• Chemical fertilizers should not be applied.
• It is advisable to spray Dimethoate (0.05 %) at fortnightly intervals as a prophylactic measure against pests like white fly which is responsible for spreading cassava mosaic disease (CMD).
• Routine examination of minisett nursery is essential to detect incidence of CMD if any, which if present would invariably express mosaic symptoms in the initially sprouted leaves.
• Terefore, if an infected minisett is found, it should be immediately pulled out and destroyed.