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Planting Tea. 
extend is to plant 18 months seedlings, as it saves 
1} years expense of cultivation, but there is more 
risk of vacancies and most gardens want all their 
Jabour during the rains and cannot spare enough 
coolies to plant any large area. In the 2nd year, 
the work will be easier, that is, if the tea has 
been well filled in, more sickling can be done 
and a hoeing in May and another in October 
will be found very beneficial. It is a good plan 
to leave a little jungle on the land during 
the cold weather, as it helps to shade the 
plant. Of course only in the lines between 
tullies, All tullies should be kept clean. 
Many pieces of new tea are hoed in November or 
December after the jungle has stopped growing, 
do not do this, as the soil gets very dry and as the 
little plants’ root is only a very short way 
down and it suffers accordingly. Whereas, if you hoe 
in September or October, some jungle springs 
up again. If your plants are China, keep them 
down very low 18 inches to 2 feet is quite 
sufficient for a full grown plant. But if they are 
Assam, prune back second year to 16 inches, 3rd 
