COST REDUCTION IN PRE NURSERY

MANAGEMENT

Mini Polybag
Standard Polybag

Sivagnanajothy N. Venkatesan
General Manager
PT. BAKTI TANI NUSANTARA, INDONESIA

Introduction

Due to the High Global Inflation

Rate at present, most of the oil
palm plantation industries are
exercising cost reduction to
maintain their Economic Stability.
Therefore Bakti Tani Nusantara
(BTN) has come out with a new
idea to reduce the cost of
production in the Pre Nursery
Management, in order to minimize
the costing

How Reduce The Cost Of

Production In The Pre Nursery
1. Using Smaller Size Polybag ( 7.5 cm x 10 cm )
Width : 7,5 cm
Length : 10 cm
2. Using Rack System
Width : 0,7 Meter
Height : 2,25 Meter
Length : 3
Meter

3. Mixing Sawdust With Soil as Planting Media

Installation Of Pre Nusery

Material used :
1. Polybag ( 6.5cm x 9.0cm )
2. Sawdust
3. Soil
4. Fungicide
5. Insecticide
6. Fertilizer (NPKMg 15:15:6:4)
7. Water Hose
8. Tupperware with Holes
9. Knapsack Sprayer
10. Rack made by angle iron or wood
11. Wire Netting 50%

Procedure Of Planting : Pre Nursery

Filling of Soil in Polybag

Planting of Germinated
Seeds

Watering

Stacking or arrangement

Fertilizer application,
fungicide, insecticide spraying

Object

Polybag 7,5 X 10 cm

Cost

Polybag 15 X 22 cm

Cost

1. Polybag

Per Polybag

Rp. 9,13

Per Polybag

Rp. 80,76

2. Soil Plus Sawdust Per

Polybag

63 gram

Rp. 9,09

Soil 1 Kg

Rp. 27.27

3. Fertilizer

NPKMg 15:15:6:4

Rp. 0,56

NPKMg 15:15:6:4

Rp. 0,56

LABOUR

Filling, Planting and

arrangement

Rp.46

Filling, Planting and

arrangement

Rp. 230

1. Watering

Per Polybag

Rp. 15,53

Per Polybag

Rp. 82,8

2. Manuring

Fertilizer Application Per

Polybag

Rp. 5,52

Fertilizer Apllication Per

Polybag

Rp. 11,04

3. Weeding

Per Polybag

Rp. 4,14

4. Rotation

Per Polybag

Rp. 8,28

5. Fungicide and Insecticide

Per Polybag

Rp. 5,52

Per Polybag

6. Wire Netting

Per Polybag

Rp. 1,68

Per Polybag

MATERIAL

4. Fungicide and Insecticide

Rp. 56

TOTAL COST PER

POLYBAG

Rp.101,31

Rp.492,57

TOTAL COST FOR 100,000

POLYBAG

Rp. 10,131,000

Rp. 49,257,000

COST DIFFERNCE BETWEEN POLYBAG 7,5 CM X 10 CM AND POLYBAG 15 CM X 22 CM

(Rp. 39,126,000) CHANGE TO USD (Rp. 39,126,000 : Rp. 8,600/1 USD = USD 4549,53)

Packing Seedling For Transplanting

Standard Pre Nursery

Planting of Polybag 7,5 cm x 10 cm in

Main Nursery

Planting of Polybag 15 cm x 22 cm in
Main Nursery

With using this method, most of the oil palm

plantation can reduce the cost of production of
3 months old seedling. And also for the nursery
operator can sell their seedling at lower price to
the beneficial of their customers.

PT. BAKTI TANI

NUSANTARA

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