Our Field Operations encompass the Nursery where we raise new plants for our own Estate and neighbouring farmers, through planting operations, harvesting and transportation from the field to our factory.
Nursery
We propagate tea plants by taking leaf cuttings from our mother bushes, which are direct descendents of the cloned varieties developed in Kenya and Uganda.
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Planting
We are continually either planting new areas with clonal varieties or infilling and replacing plants that may have become diseased. We plant in 2 seasons per year at the beginning of the rains.
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Harvesting
The tea is harvested once a week, depending on the growth rate. Just the tips of the new growth are plucked, consisting of the top two leaves and the growth bud.
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Transport
We operate five green leaf collection vehicles for collecting green leaf from our growers.