A Detailed Guide to Tea Seed Tree Planting Techniques and Management Methods

The seeds of the tea seed tree can be used to press oil, and market supply is large. Many people choose to plant tea seed trees, so what are the planting techniques for tea seed trees?

Tea Seed Tree Planting Techniques

1. First choose a sloping field with relatively abundant sunlight, with acidic and fertile soil as suitable, and level the land carefully.

2. The planting seedlings selected must be strong and excellent; transplanting is generally carried out on cloudy or light rainy days after the Start of Spring. The planting depth for the seedlings should be 1-1.5 cm above the root zone of the original nursery bed. As for planting density, if they are grafted seedlings, 70 plants per mu, and 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 mainly need nitrogen fertilizer, which ensures rapid growth and development of new branches. Adult trees are given nitrogen fertilizer in spring and phosphorus and potassium fertilizer in summer and autumn, to promote full and plump seeds in the later fruiting stage.

4. In winter, apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer to improve cold resistance. When fertilizing, mainly dig trenches beside the plant and place the fertilizer into the trenches.

5. No pruning is needed during the seedling stage; when it grows to about 1 m, the top needs to be cut. Adult trees need their crowns pruned, removing dead branches and diseased branches, and 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 tea seed trees develop anthracnose during the seedling stage, Bordeaux mixture can be used; if aphids and scale insects appear, then use the corresponding insecticides.

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

These are mainly the steps for planting tea seed trees; it is relatively simple. If you want to carry it out in detail, you still need to consult relevant people.