This year, due to widespread cold snaps and wintry weather, some tea gardens in the Huangshan District experienced low-temperature frost damage. To ensure that Spring Tea production is not affected, recently, Professor Li Yecloud of Tea Science from Anhui Agricultural University and experts from the South Anhui Comprehensive Experimental Station visited tea gardens in the Huangshan District to provide on-site guidance for spring tea production.
With less than a month until the start of spring tea harvesting, it's a critical period for spring tea management. In the high mountain tea garden in Longyuan Village, Longmen Township, Huangshan District, Professor Li Yecloud of Tea Science from Anhui Agricultural University and his team are discussing the situation of spring tea production with local tea farmers and offering targeted advice.
“The Pruning was too severe; generally, we suggest leaving a base.” After on-site observation, Professor Li found that some tea plants had been over-pruned, and some leaves were showing red-yellow discoloration.
In the tea garden, tea farmers surround the experts to humbly seek advice. After listening to the expert advice, they actively undertake spring tea garden management tasks such as weeding, loosening soil, and applying additional fertilizer.
Tea farmer Cheng Lianghua: I've summarized the measures to mitigate losses from frost damage currently in our tea garden. First, prune severely frost-damaged branches. Second, where conditions allow, apply foliar fertilizers. Third, supplement with high-nitrogen organic fertilizers to boost yield and reduce losses from frost damage. Spring tea harvest is about to begin, and we can ensure a good harvest.
In recent years, the Huangshan District has deeply implemented green prevention and control measures across all tea gardens, vigorously promoting the “insect-trapping yellow boards + biopesticides + ecological farming” model. Currently, all 75,000 mu (approximately 5,000 hectares) of tea gardens have achieved ecological management. The area of clonal selection superior variety tea gardens has reached 42,000 mu (approximately 2,800 hectares), and the certified area of ecological organic tea gardens exceeds 20,000 mu (approximately 1,333 hectares). For the upcoming spring tea picking season, experts also provided recommendations.
Reporter/Swajiajun