• Green Manure plants- A crop grown before or between the main crop rows, cut before maturation and subsequently ploughed in or used as mulch. It provides nutrients to the main crop through decomposition and helps to build up humus in the soil. When tea is to be cultivated on terraces, the soil should be protected against drying out by green manure plants (such as weeping love grass- Eragrostis curvula).
• Apply Waxes- Waxes are applied on the leaves of the tender tea plants at the nursery level to prevent the drying of the plants during the hardening period.
• Spraying water at the nurseries- Soil in the sleeves should not be allowed to dry, so watering is done through the vents with a hosepipe. Plants must be watered as necessary and foliar feed applied weekly until they are transplanted.
• Polythene Sheets- At the nursery level, the cuttings are covered with the polythene to prevent leaves drying off.
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