Agriculture in Our village🍀 Episode 2 : My father's Tea nursery

 

                  Tea nursery is a very difficult task and it should be done very consciously. The main task here is to prepare the background for the tea plant to grow. Climate is the main one and My village has a good climate for growing tea plants.

        First, a plain area should be selected for this purpose. Then small polythene bags are filled with soil recommended for tea plants. Soil-filled polythene should be placed in rows on the prepared ground. Another important part of the tea plant-making process is choosing the leaves that will be used for the plants. Here the branches should be cut from well-grown tea bushes. 

          And the next step is very special. The selected branches should be cut into small sections suitable for planting and those small pieces should be stored in polythene bags. After planting all the plants, cover the nursery well with polythene as shown in this picture and leave it like this for forty-five days.

           There is another special point I should mention here. That is, all the work is done by the Tamils workers until the nursery is sealed with polythene.    

               I see the reason for this is that the Tamil people in particular are very good at the tea industry and the Sinhalese people still believe that they are working more effectively in those areas. Of course it is more accurate because they do it very well.

          Also during this time, I was able to interact very well with the Tamil people and associate with them. They are very kind and humble people. But sometimes they do not know how to use the goods properly. So a lot of the time I have seen the waste of raw materials to use in tea cultivation as well. That's a bad thing, but a lot of the work in the tea nursery is done according to their culture.

               We also grow seedlings very well using fertilizers recommended for tea nurseries. Also, more water is applied.

 👈Some smallest tea plant                      

👈 Slightly big tea plant

👈 Large tea plants

( Tea plants suitable for sale)

          My contribution to the nursery is by watering the plants and removing the weeds that have grown around it. Also, the tea fruits growing on the tea plants should be broken down and removed because they interfere with the successful growth of tea plants. 

             Tea cultivation is a very tedious process but it is very interesting. Also, Sri Lankan tea has high demand in many parts of the world. So I think it would be great if you could get involved in this industry and it will be a different experience for you.😍

 

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