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Friday, April 24, 2009

Fertilizer for Seedling Tea Nursery

Fertilizer applicatoin for tea nursery is an important matter for a vigorous and healthy young tea plant for planting. The nursery mixture of fertilizer is suitable to having N%, P% & K% 10%, 11% & 4% respectively, since it has been found that a tea plant in that stage requires nutrients in such composition.

Approximately 25-35 g of the mixture desolved in 5L of water is adequate for approximately 100 nursery plants as a folier application. The rate could be made double with the age and growth of young plants. ZnSo4 can also be applied to foliage for inducing bud break, at the rate of 5g in 5L of water for 5000 plants.

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Agronomic Practices for High Yielding Tea Plantation

This blog is meant for discussing proper agronomic practices applied in tea cultivation, where you can discuss and have answers for tea related agronomic and other problems.