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    This document provides information about the Boisahabi Tea Estate in Assam, India, including: 1. The tea estate is owned by SSK Exports Limited and covers 809.84 hectares of land used for tea production, infrastructure, and other purposes. 2. Infrastructure on the estate includes a tea manufacturing unit, administrative office, hospital, staff housing, and places of worship. 3. Standard planting practices like pit size and spacing are not always followed, and less manure is used than recommended. Organic sprays using cow dung, molasses, and other ingredients are used for pest control. 4. Biofertilizers containing nutrients and microorganisms are applied to

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    This document provides information about the Boisahabi Tea Estate in Assam, India, including: 1. The tea estate is owned by SSK Exports Limited and covers 809.84 hectares of land used for tea production, infrastructure, and other purposes. 2. Infrastructure on the estate includes a tea manufacturing unit, administrative office, hospital, staff housing, and places of worship. 3. Standard planting practices like pit size and spacing are not always followed, and less manure is used than recommended. Organic sprays using cow dung, molasses, and other ingredients are used for pest control. 4. Biofertilizers containing nutrients and microorganisms are applied to

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    This document provides information about the Boisahabi Tea Estate in Assam, India, including: 1. The tea estate is owned by SSK Exports Limited and covers 809.84 hectares of land used for tea production, infrastructure, and other purposes. 2. Infrastructure on the estate includes a tea manufacturing unit, administrative office, hospital, staff housing, and places of worship. 3. Standard planting practices like pit size and spacing are not always followed, and less manure is used than recommended. Organic sprays using cow dung, molasses, and other ingredients are used for pest control. 4. Biofertilizers containing nutrients and microorganisms are applied to

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    Tea Garden

    Training Programme
    • Boisahabi Tea Estate, Selanghat
    • Dist. Jorhat, Assam
    About the Tea Estate :
    Boisahabi Tea Estate in under SSK EXPORTS LIMITED,
    Kolkata.
    • In 1997, The pioneers at SSK exports moved to the North-
    East and acquired gardens on the bank of the
    Brahmaputra.
    • It is a chemical free garden with no use of chemical and
    pesticides.
    Area In Ha

    Area under Nursery 4.03

    Area under Tea 488.84

    Area under infrastructure 152.42

    Others 4.03

    Total area 809.84


    Infrastructure of the
    Tea Estate
    • A. There is an own tea manufacturing unit.
    • B. There is an administrative office.
    • C. There is a hospital inside the tea estate.
    • D. There are 4 Bungalows.
    • E. Quarters for office workers.
    • F. Housing facilities for permanent workers.
    • G. Temple, Church and Mosque are there.
    • H. There is a playground inside the tea estate.
    Planting of tea
    Standard practices :
    1. Digging of planting pit :
    The pit should be 45 cm diameter
    and 45-60 cm deep.
    But in the garden some
    differentiation have been seen during
    digging of pit. They don’t take any
    measurement during preparation of pit.
    The size of pits are not same.
    2. Pit mixture :
    Well rotten dry cattle manure – 4/5
    kg
    Superphosphate - 30 g
    Rockphosphate - 30 g

    In the garden they only given dry


    cattle manure 1 or 2 kg/ pit.
    3. The size of the plant is same as the
    standard size of the plant. Which is
    a. Plant with collar pencil thickness. (5-
    8mm)
    b. 40-45 cm tall and having 10-12 leaves.
    c. Age of plants in between 9-12 months

    4. Spacing of plants are :


    a. Single hedge regular
    b. Double hedge regular
    c. Double hedge staggered
    Digging of Pit Planting of Tea
    Plucking and Pruning
    • In the garden plucking is done 20 cm (8 inch) above from
    the last LP mark.
    • Light prune (LP) is done 3-5 cm above from the last LP
    mark.
    • Deep Skiff (DS) is done 10-14 cm above from last LP
    mark. Plucking is done 8-10 cm above from the DS mark.
    Organic spraying
    In the garden they used mixture of
    a. Cow dung slurry.
    b. molasses.
    c. Cow urine.
    d. Paneer water.
    Bio-Fertilizers used by the
    garden :
    1. Humigrow : It contains Humic Acid. It helps
    in the plants growth. Increase root growth
    and resistance to root diseases.
    250 ml per 200 liter of water.(Foliar spray)
    500 ml per 200 liter of water.(Soil Application)

    2. Cropforce : It contains Amino Acid Protein


    along with other growth promoting substance
    off plant & animal origin. It increase
    chlorophyll percentage and increase
    immunity.
    250 ml per 200 liter of water.(Foliar spray)
    500 ml per 200 liter of water.(Soil application)
    3. It containing Pseudomonas
    fluorescens. It is a selective bio-agent
    and effectively control soil borne
    nematodes and diseases on crops.
    50 gm per 200 liter of water.

    4. It contains Trichoderma viride. It is


    used to control root rot diseases.
    50 gm per 200 liter of water
    Small Tea growers’
    Sector
    In this phase of training programme I have visited
    some small tea growers’ garden to see how they maintain
    their garden and the procedure of production of tea.

    In this phase I have seen that they are not adopted the
    standard practices of tea management.
    Sometimes they also used banned chemicals.
    gardens are not clean and crops affected by pests like
    tea Mosquito bug, Red Spider mite and Looper.
    Some chemicals used by the small tea growers are :
    For Helopeltis – Actara (Thiamethoxam 25 WG)
    Renova (Thiamethoxam 25 WG)

    For RSM -- Brigade (Bifenthrin 8 SC)


    Magister (Fenazaquin 10 EC)

    For Looper -- Pocket (Emamectin Benzoate 5% SG)


    Decis 100 (Deltamethrin 10 EC)

    WG : Water dispersible Granules


    SC : Suspension Concentrate
    EC : Emulsifiable Concentrate
    SG : Water Soluble Granules
    THANK YOU

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