Gurukrupa Ropwatika (plant Nursery arm of Forest Culture)

Forest culture operates Gurukrupa Ropwatika which is Central and State Government certified plants Nursery. Gurukrupa Ropwatika nursery spread in 27 acer farmlands at Bavi village, District- Dharashiv, Maharashtra and kallamb Dist Dharashiv.

A high-quality plant nursery is crucial for the successful implementation of Plantation projects, as it ensures the availability of healthy, robust plants tailored to the specific requirements of each project. For initiatives such as Miyawaki Forest development, mass horticultural tree planting, agroforestry, and urban forestry, the nursery acts as the cornerstone of plant selection and cultivation, providing species that are suited to local soil, climate, and environmental conditions. By maintaining rigorous standards in plant propagation and care, a top-notch nursery guarantees the vitality and adaptability of plants, which directly influences the success rates of these green projects. Moreover, the assurance of plant quality helps in achieving the promised survival ratios, thereby fostering long-term sustainability and ecological impact.

Our Certification and Licensing

We hold a license from the Government of Maharashtra, Department of Agriculture, authorizing us to produce and sell fruit and agroforestry plants.

- We have accredited as star nursery from National Horticultural Board of Central Govt. of India.

-This certification enables us to legally offer a wide range of horticultural and agroforestry plants to farmers/clients across India.

The Gurukrupa Ropwatika offers various plants which is genetically pure that are produced in observation and supervision of horticultural Expert, which further use for the tree plantation projects. Gurukrupa Ropwatika have production capacity of 1.5 Millon+ trees and we are also planning to scale up the production capacity to cater the increasing demand of plant. We have served more than 1000 satisfied orchard owners from farming community associated with Gurukrupa ropwatika since foundation (1998).

We produce various types of plant which has lower mortality rate and provide the guidance from plantation to harvesting of fruit/Agroforestry product which make our selfdifferent from competitors in the market. We have planted Genetically pure mother plants orchard of 4500 trees.



We have listed below some of plant varieties that we produced which is approved by State Agricultural University.

Sr. No Name of plant (Botanical Name) Agricultural University approved varieties Plantation distance, Plant/Ha
1 Mango (Mangifera Indica) Keshar, alphonso, dasheri, ratna etc. 36 varieties 12x8 ft, 1000 PLANTS/Ha
2 Guava (Psidium guajava) L-49, Thailand Pink, Allahabad safeda, Phule Amrut, Arka Kiran etc. 15 varieties 10 x 6 ft, 1666 plant/Ha
3 Custard apple (Annona reticulata) Arka sahan, balangar, Anona 1, Phule purandar, etc 12 x 8 ft, 1000 plant/Ha
4 Pomegranate (Punica granatum) Bhagwa, Ganesh. 10 x 6 ft, 1666 plant/Ha
5 Amla (Phyllanthus emblica) Narendrta 7, Kanchan 12 x 8 ft, 1000 plant/Ha
6 Chiku (Manilkara zapota) Kalipatti, cricket ball 15 x 15 ft, 450 plant/Ha
7 Teak (Tectona grandis) Malbar teak, south American teak, konni teak 10 x 10 ft, 1000 plant/Ha
8 Tamarind (Tamarindus indica) Pratisthan, PKM-1 20 x 20 ft, 250 plant/Ha
9 Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris) Manvel, manga, Tulda, green svelgris, budha bamboo etc 15 x 15 ft, 450 plant/Ha
10 Jamun (Syzygium cumini) Bahaodi, gokak, Rahi, Katori 10 x 10 ft, 1666 plant/Ha
11 Swietenia (Swietenia) Swietenia macrophilya, swietenia humilis, swietenia mohagani 10 x 10 ft, 1000 plant/Ha
12 Sweet lemon (Citrus limetta) New seller, Phule Mosambi 8 x 8 ft, 833 plant/Ha
13 Coconut (Cocos nucifera) Tall, hybrid, green dwarf, Pratap, MYD, MGD, MGD, Ganga Bondam 15 x 15 ft, 450 plant/Ha
14 Jackfruit (Artocarpus heterophyllus) Dhruai, selection, Puna red, Rahual Rajewadi, Konkan protif 15 x 15 ft, 566 plant/Ha
15 Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) V4, V9, V-7 10 x 10 ft, 166 plant/Ha
16 Apple (Malus domestica) Anna, HRMN-99, Golden dorset 13 x 8 ft, 1388 plant/Ha
17 Ber (Ziziphus mauritiana) Apple ber 10 x 10 ft, 1666 plant/Ha
19 Lemon (Citrus limon) Sai sarbati, Balaji, phule sarbati, seedless 15x10 ft, 666 plant/Ha
20 All forest varieties Kanchan, karanj, bakul, Arjun, gulmohor, nilmohor, Kadamb, kashid, golden shower etc. 80-90 varieties 12x8 ft, 10000 plant/Ha