How to plant small tea seed tree saplings? A detailed guide to the planting method

The fruit of the small tea seed tree is a relatively important oil crop, and its cultivation has a long history. Many growers have planted small tea seed trees, so how do you plant small tea seed tree saplings?

1. First, choose a slope with relatively abundant sunlight, with acidic and fertile soil being ideal, and carefully level the land.

2. The planting seedlings selected should be robust and excellent; transplanting is generally done on a cloudy or light rainy day after the Beginning of Spring. The planting depth for the seedlings should be 1-1.5 cm above the original root collar in the nursery. As for planting density, if they are grafted seedlings, 70 plants per mu; if they are seedling-grown plants, 50 plants per mu.

3. Seedlings that survive transplanting can be given manure water or compound fertilizer after three months. Young trees should be given mainly nitrogen fertilizer, which ensures rapid growth and development of new branches. Mature trees should be given nitrogen fertilizer in spring and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer in summer and autumn to promote full seeds in the later fruiting stage.

4. Apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer in winter to improve cold resistance. When fertilizing, mainly dig a trench beside the plant and place the fertilizer into the trench.

5. No pruning is needed during the seedling stage; when it grows to about 1 m, the top needs to be cut. Mature trees need crown pruning, removing dead branches and diseased branches; when fruiting, some deformed fruits and fruits need to be thinned out. Do not keep, or keep few of, the fruits that flower in the first year, which can reduce the consumption of nutrients by tea fruits.

6. If anthracnose appears in tea seed trees during the seedling stage, Bordeaux mixture can be used; if aphids and scale insects appear, use the corresponding insecticides.

7. After tea seed fruits mature around October, harvest them and sun-dry them for several days; when the fruit shells crack open, take out the tea seeds and dry them, and they can be used for oil pressing.

Small tea seed tree saplings are still relatively easy to plant; according to the growth conditions, carry out appropriate pruning and water and fertilizer management.