This document discusses how to start and manage a turf nursery business. It covers key steps like developing a project proposal, preparing the land, selecting and planting turf varieties, maintaining the nursery, protecting from pests and diseases, harvesting turf, selling to customers, and ensuring after-sale service. It also addresses challenges like market size, competition from artificial turf, and the need for innovative technologies and marketing strategies to succeed in this niche business.

1. KURSUS HORTIKULTUR LANSKAP
PUTRAJAYA
PENGURUSAN TURF- NURSERI

2. ISI KANDUNGAN

3. Nursery: history

4. Nursery: overview
1. Size market in Malaysia?
2. Turf nursery-niche market?

5. Keratan akhbar

6. What is turf nursery?

7. Nursery: Purpose?
1. Golf courses
2. Landscape
3. Field
4. Hobby

8. Nursery-type
1. Permanent
2. Short term

9. Nursery- advantage
1. development-golf course?football field?etc
2. Mature turfgrass- patching on problematic
green/area
3. Preparation-before tranplanted on target
area

10. What to look before start a turf
nursery?
• SWOT analysis
• Product market expansion grid

11. How to Start a turf nursery?
Project Proposal
Land Preparation
Planting
Maintenance
P&D Management
Harvesting/Collecting
Sell to
client/customer
After sell service
(option/need?
Profit/loss?

12. Project Proposal
1. First step is the beginning of the thousand
miles of journey

13. Land preparation
1. Selection of suitable area. (roadside?size?)
2. Nursery infrastructure requirement
- office, stores, vehicles, nethouse,
irrigation,pump house, soil sterilization,
composting unit
3. Soil test? {esp. for golf course & field (pitch)}

14. planting
1. Turf selection- best variety/cultivar?turf
maturity period?market demand? Turf use
(landscape?green?)
2. Technique-
seeds?stolonizing?sprigging?plugging?soddin
g?
3. On soil/sand?tray?
4. Media selection-100% sand?1:1?soil?
5. Factor affecting turf growth?

15. maintenance
1. Water-source?sprinkler?fertigation?subsoil
drainage
2. Cultural practice-
cutting?verticut?rotarycut?topdress?slicing?
3. Manuring/fertilizer-program?optimum
application (efficient)? Foliar/granular?

16. Protection from P&D
1. Soil borne disease?
2. Handling-clean
3. Application of
insecticide?herbicide?fungicide?
4. When to apply-periodically/preventive/cure?
5. Biological control
6. Friend vs enemy

17. Harvesting/collection?
1. Technique-stolon?tray?sod?
2. Sell to client-golf course, landscape,
contractor?
3. RM/m2?RM/2’x1’ ?

18. After sale service
1. option/need?

19. Profit/losses?
1. Work schedule vs cost
2. Sales vs profit/loss

20. Turf nursery- business plan

21. Challenges?
1. Market size
2. People awareness
3. Source?
4. Artificial grass/turf
5. policy

22. New technology
1. turfgrass in the building/no light etc?
2. Urban agriculture?
3. Urban landscape?
4. Rooftop technology?
5. Biological technology?

23. How to success?
1. Marketing strategies
2. Work smart and hard
3. Always ask
4. Love what u do or do what u love
5. Pray to God

24. THANK YOU FOR LISTENING