The CEO of Razavi Seed and Plant Institute said to Astan News: Considering the need to implement crop rotation and fallow programs in the institute's main nursery and also in order to protect the soil, control diseases and soil pathogens, we need to use the auxiliary nursery that In this regard, the new nursery of Razavi Seed and Plant Institute with an area of ​​about 23 hectares has been exploited in Tos 57 street.

Increasing production capacity up to one million and 200 thousand young trees

He called the leap in trees production the main approach of the Razavi Seed and plant Institute to build a new nursery and said: According to the strategic documents prepared for the institute, it is anticipated that over the next two years, i.e. by 2023, we will achieve the production capacity of one million and 200 thousand seedlings, which is almost twice the current capacity and can be realized by exploiting these nurseries.

Mohammad Hashemzadeh added: "With the exploitation of 23 hectares of nursery, it has been made possible that depending on the number needed, up to one million seedlings can be produced and in terms of planting type as planned, in this new nursery in addition to fruitful seedlings such as walnuts, almonds and a variety of nuclear fruits, ornamental and non-fruitful seedlings will also be planted.

Providing soil reclamation bed for main nurseries

He stated: Currently, the soil improvement, tillage and bedding of the new nursery have been done, the saplings have also been planted and transplanting should be done. Hashemzadeh considered the proximity of the new nursery to the main seedling center of this institution as its strength and added: this proximity makes it much easier to transfer the seedlings to the place of supply, while all the infrastructures of the institution are located at small distances from each other, and this issue, the chain It boosts production and we hope to get maximum productivity from the serious capacity created.

Hashemzadeh reiterated: The main seedling of the institute in Toos has an area of 24, 60 hectares and annually about 600,000 types of fruitful and non-fruitful seedlings are produced and supplied in it, which now, with the benefit of new nursery, in addition to increasing the production capacity, the possibility of recovery and restoration of the soil of the main seedlings will also be possible.