Tea Nursery & Planting of Tea

Nursery for Tea



  • Area requirement for Nursery- 1 Hactare area will be required for a nursery capacity of 6 lakhs plants.



  • Area for cuttings - From 1 Acre Plantation  area we can take 5 -6 lakhs clonal cuttings.


  • Preparation of Bed - Prepare a curve shaped bed with size of 50' (Length) x 5' (breadth).


  • The direction of bed will be East to West in length to minimize the damage from sun scorching.


  • Drain size should be 12"(breadth) x 18"(depth) between beds & 18" x 24" in periphery  of nursery . 


  • Soil - Mix SSP 400 gram/square meter and sand with soil for tube filling.

  • Verieties - 

  • For Cuttings - TV-1, S3A3, R-94, P-126, TV-9, TV-17, TV-18, TV-22,TV-23, N-436...

  • For Seed - 
  • Spreading Type seed Plant - TS-491, TS-520 (Spacing for Seed Bari -20' x 20') 
  • Ereet Type seed Plant - TS-449, TS-462, TS-506 (Spacing for Seed Bari -15' x 15') 
  • Chinery Type seed Plant - TS-378, TS-569 (Spacing for Seed Bari -10' x 10')

  • Seed Sowing - Before sowing of seeds in tube, keep it in a pit (size 3' x 3' ) with 6 to 8 layer of sand for 1 week and then choose the medium cracked seed for sowing. During sowing keep cracked portion down side in tube upto 1" deep.
  • Cuttings - Take pencil wood cuttings from medium mature branches (Which will be left in tea bushes before 3 months) with one leaf. Now plant it in a tube with the help of a thin stick.

  • Total nos of plants in bed(50' x5'):-

          Tube size (8" x 6") = 1000 nos

          Tube size ( 8" x 5") = 1350 nos


  • Shade - Netlon shade will be required for clonal cuttings but no shade require for seeds.


  • Callus formation formed after 40 days in clone cuttings. 


  • Take care of pest  & weed as per requirement.


  • After 1 year, cuttings will mature for planting at the height of 20" (inch) or 10 - 12 leaves on plant. 

Planting of Teas


  • Time of planting:-
          Non Droughty Areas - October 
          Droughty Areas.         - May/June


  • Size of Planting Pits :- 
                                    12" x 18" (30 x 45 cm.)
                                    12" x 12" (30 x 30 cm.)


  • Mixture in Planting Pits - 

         Well Rotted Cattle Manure - 4 - 5 kgs
         Organic Manure/ Oil Cake  -  250 gr.
         SSP                                           -    30 gr.
         RP                                             -    30 gr.
         Phorate.                                   -  2.5 gr.



  • Nos of Plants per Hectare:-

               Spacing                   Plants/ha.
                 3'   x  2'                       17940
                3.5' x  2'                       15377
                3.5' x 2.5'                     12302
                 4'   x  3'                         8970
                 5'   x  3'                         7176
                90   x 60 cm.               18519
                105 x 60 cm.               15873
                105 x 75 cm.               12695
                120 x 90 cm.                 9259
                150 x 90 cm.                 7407


  • Calculation Formula for Plant per Hectare

           By Mr. S.C. Barua =
            N x Area(in ha./Acre) / Y (X+Z)

           Where:-
            N = Nos of Hedge( 1 for Single Hedge,
                                              2 for Double &
                                              3 for Triple )
            Y = Distance between Plant to Plant
            Z = Distance between Row to Row
            X = Distance between Hedges 
                   (In Triangle Planting cross 
                     X with 0.866)


  • Example:- If Double hedge planting is 90 x 60x 60 then detect bush population per hactare...

        Solution...
        So, X =  90
              Y  = 60  &
              Z = 60

         Formula = 2 x 100000000( ha. in cm.)
                              /60(90+60)
                          = 200000000/60x 150
                          = 200000000/9000
                          = 22222 Plants /ha.

 Planting cost/Hectare - @ 12300 Plants/ha.(Spacing 3.5" X 2.5")

Work                   - Task/Mnds  -   Mnds/ha.
Stacking              -   500 nos     -      25
Digging Pits        -   100 nos      -   123
Carrying Plants -   500 nos      -     25
Manuring           -   250 nos      -     50
Planting Tea       -   100 nos     -    123
Levelling             -   500 nos     -      25
Mulching            -    200 nos     -      62
Watering             -   500 nos     -      25
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Total                                            -    458  nos

Planting Cost/ha. = 458 x 250/-(wages) = 114500 = 9 to 10 Rs/Plant

&

Tea Plant's cost = 6 to 10 Rs/Plant









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