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It explains how to select viable, healthy seed with disease-free, mature fruits and how to avoid expired seed. The guide covers treating hard-seeded varieties by scarification, preparing fenced seed beds with proper tillage depth, drainage, bed sizing, and manure-soil-sand mixing. It then details sowing methods, spacing, depth by seed size, packet sowing, and mulching to reduce evaporation and improve germination.","Agriculture for Standard Six-Unit 26  \nTREE NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT  \nEnglish Agriculture  \nAgriculture for Standard Six-Unit 26 TREE NURSERY ESTABLISHMENT  \nEnglish Zomba, Southern , Malawi  \nCopyright © 2025, Knowledge & Information for Successful Society  \n[http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/)  \nYou are free to make commercial use of this work. You may adapt and add to this work. You must keep the copyright and credits for authors , illustrators , etc.  \nSEED SELECTION  \nIt is important to select good seed for planting to ensure high germination percentage and healthy strong seedlings. Seed can be collected from already existing trees. Ensure that the seed is disease free, plump and from mature fruits. The seed must be whole and able to germinate. Avoid seed which has overstayed by checking the expiry date when using seed which has been bought  \nSEED TREATMENT  \nSome seeds have very hard seed coats which prevent water from entering the seed for germination. They can either be nicked, socked or rubbed with sand paper. Seed treatment  \nSEED BED PREPARATION  \nAfter selecting the site for a nursery establishment, it must be fenced. The land must be tilled to a depth of more than 30 centimetres to loosen the soil and improve drainage. The beds should 90 centimetres wide and 15 centimetres high. Well rotten manure should be mixed in the ratio of two parts soil, one part manure and one partsand. The seeds can be sown on flat beds to avoid run off. They can also be sown in pots, plastic tubes of opaque beer packets.  \nSOWING  \nMake furrows 10 centimetres apart along the width of the seedbed in straight lines for easy cultivation and extraction. Large seeds like gliricidia and acacia must be planted at a depth of 1.5 centimetres. Medium seeds like msangu must be planted at a depth of 1 centimetre. Small seeds like sensibania and Cinderella should be planted ata depth of 0.5 centimetre. The seeds should be sown 5 centimetres apart and covered lightly with the soil.  \nTiny seeds may be mixed with sand and spread evenly along the furrow. When sowing seeds in packets, lay the seeds flat in the middle of the container. Push seeds to the required depth with a finger or stick. 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