Yilan Nan'ao Seedling Growth Journal: Recording the Entire Seedling Growth Process

The main purpose of this trip to Nan'ao was to invite experts from the Tea Research and Extension Station to come and join us in surveying the seedling growth of 11 farmers and to offer suitable cultivation and management recommendations.

The weather has been a bit overcast lately, but because there has been no rain, it feels muggy. We only hope the plum rain front will arrive soon, so that these little bitter tea seedlings can get enough moisture and grow up quickly.

Every farm plot has its own soil characteristics, fertility and moisture content, and each one needs to be examined individually so that the right crop can be planted in the right place. This time we are very grateful for the help of the Tea Research and Extension Station, which was willing to devote time and effort to jointly guide the planting of bitter tea in Chaoyang Community.

During the field survey, we met many farmer brothers, and in the process of discussing with them, it was not just us unilaterally offering suggestions; from their shared experience, we also learned many practical field management techniques. Watching the bitter tea seedlings we planted gradually take firm root and send up new shoots and buds truly made us very happy, and we and the experts agreed that in the future we will regularly return together to Chaoyang Community to check on the seedlings' growth. Time is the best thing to wait with, and perhaps one day Yilan Nan'ao will be covered by dense and flourishing bitter tea trees, which will in turn drive the revival of the local community and make it the hometown of oil tea.