Transplanting Method In Agriculture

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Transplanting Method In Agriculture:

The process of transplanting consists of moving the plants from one place to another with the intention of having them transplanted in the new location for their continued growth.

Importance of transplanting in agriculture

The art of transplanting is widely practiced in horticultural work. It is important in the growing of vegetable crops, flowers and fruits. The building sites are made attractive; parks are established; highways are provided with shade; fruit orchards are established and flowering plants are rendered more valuable for adopting this practice. Besides, many vegetable or flower plants are raised in the seed beds and later removed to the main field.

Following are the three important methods of moving plants:

Bare-rooted transplanting.
Shifting:
Balling and Burlapping.

Bare-rooted transplanting

In this method, the plant is removed with its roots from the soil in which it has grown, and is replanted in a new location. The root system of a plant moved in this way is seriously damaged by physical injury. Nevertheless, this method is used widely for herbaceous plants and for deciduous trees and shrubs.

Shifting:

Under this method the plants are initially reared in pots or containers and later moved intact to a large container or to a permanent location. In this method the soil remains intact, with little or no damage to the root system. The plant species that do not stand transplanting well are successfully moved by this method.

Balling and Burlapping to aborton

Almost the same results obtained in the shifting method may be obtained for larger plants by balling and burlapping. In this method, the plants are dug to include the main roots intact in a ball of earth which is supported by burlap. This procedure is commonly used in moving evergreen plants and also deciduous species during the growing season.

What is hardening and its importance?

Hardening is a process by which the plants are conditioned to stand adverse conditions after transplanting to the field with varied conditions such as, higher or lower temperatures, wind, dry soil or air, and hot sunshine. This is done by subjecting the plants to relatively lower temperatures and gradually withholding the moisture.
Hardened plants have a better developed root-system. Such a root system obviously is able to supply the top more adequately with moisture than a plant not hardened. The plants which are subjected to hardening are more adequately supplied with stored food, which promotes development of new roots. Furthermore, hardened plants do not lose water by transpiration so rapidly as those not hardened. Therefore, the hardened plants can stand transplanting shock better than the ones which are not hardened.

Procedure of Transplanting In Agriculture

Copiously irrigate the plants to be lifted for transplanting.
After Lift the plants with the help of a digging fork and remove the dead and dried roots with the help of a secateurs.
Mark out the positions for transplanting.
Dig pits (size of the pit varies with the size of the plant). Fill the pit with a mixture of 3:2:1 parts of manure, red earth and sand, if the soil is not good. Water the pit copiously 2-3 days prior to transplanting
abolish facilitate proper settling of soil. On the day of transplanting, make a hole (sufficient to spread the root) in the centre of the pit.) Spread out the roots in the hole in their natural position and cover with soil or manure mixture.
Press the soil round the plant to ensure the contact of roots with soil.
Water the plant copiously