Multiple Nursery Planting Bar: a tool for maintaining optimum spacing in the field

With the increasing emphasis on productivity enhancement in agriculture/horticulture/forestry sectors precision in every field method is of utmost importance. To realize the productive potential of every plant in the field accuracy in spacing is essentially required so that crop plants can grow without competing with one another for nutrients, water, sunlight or space. This article aims at offering simple technique based on locally developed field tool called Multiple Nursery Planting Bar (MNPB) to get necessary precision in maintaining spacing while planting medicinal plants especially Mushakbala (Valeriana jatamansi), Atish (Aconitum heterophyllum) and Kutki (Picrorhiza kurrooa). The farmer can also fabricate similar tool locally or even can modify this tool according to the crop type or desired spacing he wants to keep in his field on large scale basis.