Plantation Crops (2+1)

Shade regulation

Shade regulation in tea plantation
Shade trees should be lopped regularly to maintain the clear trunk upto the height of about 8 – 10m (singling).

Season of lopping
At the commencement of monsoon. Lopping of shade trees can be generally done twice a year at the commencement of monsoon. Trees of Acacia spp donot withstand lopping and hence need very light lopping. Shade trees in the beginning are planted at 6m x 6m and later be thinned out by removing alternate trees as required to 6 m x 12 m or 12 m x 12 m spacing.