What are the key points to note when planting oil tea trees? A detailed explanation of the latest planting essentials

As a preferred variety for oil pressing, the oil tea tree has seen a decent market response in recent years, and many people grow it. During the planting process, people have also summed up quite a few points that need attention. Let's take a look below at what these precautions are!

1. Pruning issues

During the growth of the oil tea tree, due to environmental factors, not all the fruit will develop fully, and there will be some fairly obvious bad fruit in between. During growth, because of factors such as light and terrain, its growth can also be abnormal, sending out a bunch of useless branches in all directions. Pruning is one of the key points to note when planting oil tea trees. It mainly targets miscellaneous branches, bad fruit and old branches, which can greatly extend the lifespan of the oil tea tree's full-bearing period.

2. Planting density

When planting oil tea trees, you need to give more thought to the density issue. A single oil tea tree absorbs nutrients from nearby quite strongly, so there will be relatively fewer weeds around an oil tea tree, especially during the full-bearing period. Its density generally depends on how fertile the soil is: for poorer soil the spacing should be larger, and for fertile soil the distance can be smaller. With fertile soil, the main consideration is simply that two oil tea trees should not cross over each other. Everyone needs to adjust this appropriately according to the actual conditions on the ground, and places where accumulated fertilizer is more obvious can have a few more planted.

3. Blind watering

When planting oil tea trees, people easily fall into a misconception, which is watering the oil tea tree constantly. In fact, the oil tea tree itself does not have a very strong demand for water. On the contrary, the oil tea tree is actually very afraid of waterlogging, so daily watering should instead have the amount controlled. Secondly, too much water will also affect the oil quality of the oil tea tree. In the entire oil tea tree planting site, a good number of drainage ditches must be prepared, and you should not water as frequently as you would fruit trees.

4. Planting terrain

The terrain for planting oil tea trees can be said to be diverse, and there are a great many places to choose from for planting. When choosing a place, pick one that faces the sun, since with enough light the oil yield will be good. The fertility requirement of the soil is relatively not that high, and it does not matter if the terrain is a bit steep, because oil tea trees can even be planted on slightly gentle hilltops. So when choosing the planting terrain, do not mix up the key points; this is something to pay special attention to.

The above are some of the precautions when planting oil tea trees. Oil tea trees are all about oil yield, so everyone should pay more attention to the factors that affect this. Good growth does not mean good oil production!