Commercial Floriculture

Support Material

Carnation crop has the tendency to bend unless supported properly. Hence the crop needs support while growing. Good support material is metallic wire woven with nylon mesh. At every two meters the wire should be supported with poles. The poles at both the ends of bed should be strong. Metallic wire is tied around the bed along the length with the support from supporting poles. Across the bed, nylon wires are woven like net. For an optimum support, an increasing width of the meshes can be used bottom net can be of 7.5x7.5cm /10x10cm, then two nets of 12.5x12.5cm and the upper most can be 15x15cm. 4 – 5 layers of nets are to be laid before planting. For every 2.5 to 3.0 m wires to be supported with poles. First net should be fixed at 12 cm above soil. Place remaining nets over first net 15 cm apart.

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