Present seed use (11 kg for a nursery bed of 1.2 m x 12 m) for kcora (Sonneratia apetala Buch.-Ham.) was found to be at least 55 times higher than the actual requirement for producing usable seedlings in the Chittagong coastal area. No significant difference was observed in respect of availablility of seedlings when pregerminated
and ungerminated seeds were sown. Seeds sown by broadcasting showed significantly better performance than dibbling.