Soil application of 100 g ZnSO4 /cent can be followed.

P & K may be through Site Specific Nutrition Management by Omission plot technique (Ref. Appendix II).

Apply 1tonne of fully decomposed FYM or compost to 20cents nursery and spread the manure uniformly on dry soil.

Basal application of DAP is recommended when the seedlings are to be pulled out in 20-25 days after sowing in less fertile nursery soils.

For that situation, before the last puddling, apply 40kg of DAP and if not readily available, apply straight fertilizers 16kg of urea and 120kg of super phosphate.

If seedlings are to be pulled out after 25 days, application of DAP is to be done 10 days prior to pulling out.

For clayey soils where root snapping is a problem, 4kg of gypsum and 1kg of DAP/cent can be applied at 10 days after sowing.