Briefly explain how tea is grown in Kenya.

      

Briefly explain how tea is grown in Kenya.

  

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Faith
The land is cleared.

Tea cuttings or seedlings are raised for eighteen months in a nursery until they reach the height of thirty centimeters.

They are transplanted.

Tea is planted in contoured fields one and half meters apart.

Weeding, manuring and pruning are carried out at regular intervals.

The first picking occurs between two and four years.

Tea is fully matured after five years.

The crops are uprooted after every century and new plants grown.
Faimus answered the question on January 8, 2018 at 14:10


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