At a plant nursery at Meepe, Sri Lanka.

Seedlings on a wooden platform.

Autoclaves soil in plastic packs awaiting insertion of seeds.

Seedlings of common vegetables like brinjal, carrot, cabbage, chillies etc are produced for sale whole sale and retail sale at this place. Quite a lot of householders bye these seedings and grow them in pots in their home gardens, avoiding chemical contamination by pesticides.