Setting Up A Tree Nursery
4. Prepare the site - Prepare the soil
The soil in the seedbed or the pots and containers must be lightweight, with plenty of organic matter, and it must hold water well. To make good soil, sand, soil and compost or manure should be mixed together and stirred. The mixture for the nursery soil will depend on the texture of the soil:
| Soil | Sand | Compost | |
| Heavy textured (clay) soils | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Medium textured (loam) soils | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| light sextured (sand) soils | 1 | 0 | 1 |
