The nursery inventory records all plants and their stages of growth. There are 6 key stages:

Germinating stock

Number of seeds that are germinating or have just germinated.

Record germinating stock when propagating new seeds.

Growing (community) stock

Number of seedlings from the same batch growing in shared containers that house multiple seedlings.

Increases when propagating seedlings in batches

Decreases when seedlings from this stage are repotted into individual pots

Growing (individual) stock

Number of saplings from the same batch growing in individual containers.

Increases when repotting seedlings from community trays to individual pots.

Decreases when saplings from this stage reach a mature height.

Ready stock

Number of saplings that have attained the minimum height to be transplanted to our forests.

Increases when saplings reach the minimum height.

Decreases when saplings are sent out of the nursery for planting.

Exported stock

Number of saplings that have been sent out of the nursery for planting.

Increases when saplings are exported.

Dead stock

Number of seeds/seedlings/saplings that have died. Friendly reminder to change the relevant stocks above when you toss out dead plants!

Increases when plants die.

Batch IDs uniquely identify different batches of plants. Each batch refers to a group of plants propagated on the same day, and from the same stock (e.g., 100 of Species X propagated on 3rd December 2022, from seeds collected from the Rail Corridor).

The Batch ID is generated by combining (1) propagation date, (2) species name, and (3) location where the source material was collected.

Use the search bar to filter records based on these fields.

Note: if your nursery records plant stock individually, search by the unique identifier for the plant.