new to tea in Assam want plucking round and pruning cycle for good yield
How often to pluck and prune tea bushes in Assam?
PPranab1yr ago · 358 views
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🌾Farmer.in Krishi TeamExpert ✓1yr ago
In Assam, tea is plucked at regular rounds through the cropping season, commonly every 7 to 10 days, taking the tender two leaves and a bud, with rounds slowing in the cooler lean season. Plucking standard and round length affect both yield and quality, so do not let bushes overgrow between rounds. Pruning is done in a cycle of roughly every 3 to 5 years to keep the bush at a convenient height, maintain a productive frame and remove old unproductive wood, usually in the cold dry period. Formative pruning shapes young bushes after planting. Maintain the plucking table level, feed the bushes well after pruning, and follow the tea research advisory for your district and elevation.
DDipankar11mo ago
In Dibrugarh we pluck every week or so in the flush season. If you stretch the round too long the leaf gets coarse and quality drops. Keep the table even and do not pluck too hard into old leaf.
NNabajyoti11mo ago
After pruning, feed the bushes well, they recover and crop much better. I prune in the cold dry months when growth has slowed. Skiff the lighter cuts in between to keep the table at plucking height.
HHiren11mo ago
If you are a small grower selling green leaf to a bought leaf factory, check their leaf acceptance norms and payment record. Fine two leaf and a bud plucking gets a better rate, and a coarse hard plucked lot gets cut down or rejected. Pluck to their quality standard so you actually get paid for the round.
JJiten11mo ago
Do not over pluck a young or freshly pruned bush trying to earn early, you set back the frame for years. I let the table build up properly first and then settled into the regular round. Patience early gives steadier crop later.