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<blockquote data-quote="sjt01" data-source="post: 6652910" data-attributes="member: 30726"><p>In 1989 I got married back in Norfolk, then returned to Malawi to the Tea Research Foundation in Mulanje. Tea is a nice crop - establish and harvest every year for 100+ years, with the occasional down prune. Not much attacks tea, unlike coffee which suffers from a host of bugs and diseases.</p><p>Mulanje mountain is a bit special. The tea is at about 3000 ft ASL, there is a plateau level at 6000 ft with mountain huts for accommodation, and the peak, Sapitwa is 9849 ft (3002 metres)[ATTACH=full]845402[/ATTACH]</p><p></p><p>The tea is plucked, just the top two leaves and the bud, and pruned to maintain a plucking table at waist height. In the peak growing season (November), plucking is every 7 days, extending to 21 days in May.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]845403[/ATTACH]</p><p>Although the tea bushes look quite forgiving, they can contain a 100 year old stump, as my wife found when she did a 3 point turn into a tea bush. If a bus falls off the road, the tea has to be completely removed to get it out.</p><p>[ATTACH=full]845404[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]845406[/ATTACH][ATTACH=full]845407[/ATTACH]</p><p>When pruning, the cuttings are inverted over the bush to protect from sun</p><p>[ATTACH=full]845408[/ATTACH]</p><p>Then removed as the new shoots develop</p><p>[ATTACH=full]845409[/ATTACH]</p><p>If left unpruned develops into trees - here in the background used for seed production[ATTACH=full]845410[/ATTACH], it</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="sjt01, post: 6652910, member: 30726"] In 1989 I got married back in Norfolk, then returned to Malawi to the Tea Research Foundation in Mulanje. Tea is a nice crop - establish and harvest every year for 100+ years, with the occasional down prune. Not much attacks tea, unlike coffee which suffers from a host of bugs and diseases. Mulanje mountain is a bit special. The tea is at about 3000 ft ASL, there is a plateau level at 6000 ft with mountain huts for accommodation, and the peak, Sapitwa is 9849 ft (3002 metres)[ATTACH type="full" alt="845402"]845402[/ATTACH] The tea is plucked, just the top two leaves and the bud, and pruned to maintain a plucking table at waist height. In the peak growing season (November), plucking is every 7 days, extending to 21 days in May. [ATTACH type="full" alt="845403"]845403[/ATTACH] Although the tea bushes look quite forgiving, they can contain a 100 year old stump, as my wife found when she did a 3 point turn into a tea bush. If a bus falls off the road, the tea has to be completely removed to get it out. [ATTACH type="full" alt="845404"]845404[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="845406"]845406[/ATTACH][ATTACH type="full" alt="845407"]845407[/ATTACH] When pruning, the cuttings are inverted over the bush to protect from sun [ATTACH type="full" alt="845408"]845408[/ATTACH] Then removed as the new shoots develop [ATTACH type="full" alt="845409"]845409[/ATTACH] If left unpruned develops into trees - here in the background used for seed production[ATTACH type="full" alt="845410"]845410[/ATTACH], it [/QUOTE]
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