GEM TEA HARVESTING MACHINE AND PLUCKING MACHINE

http://www.gemforgings.com GEM TEA HARVESTING MACHINE AND PLUCKING MACHINE Gem supplies most efficient and reasonable Tea Harvesting and plucking Machines for the Tea Industry. These machines provide fast return on Investment. They are efficient and produce good results. For your requirements of Tea Harvesting Machine and Tea Plucking Machines please feel free to get in touch with us. Today the company exports Tea Machinery and Spares to Sri lanka, Bangladesh, Nepal, Indonesia, South Africa, Kenya, Uganda, Malawi, Malaysia, Mozambique, Tanzania, Singapore and others. Its domestic market includes blue chip nationally recognized, well established and financially sound companies like Tata Tetley, Williamson Magor (Mcleod Russel), Luxmi Tea Industries, Kanan Devan Hill Plantations, Jayshree Tea etc. For information and catalogues contact Gem Allied Industries Private Limited. For more information Please Contact us on pgarg@gemforgings.com Plucking in tea refers to harvesting or tender apical shoots growing above the pre-determined plucking table. Besides giving crop, it encourages regeneration of new shoots, checks vertical growth of bushes and keeps them in vegetative phase. Plucking accounts for 70 - 80% of total cost of green leaf production. Maintenance Foliage : The shoots left below the plucking table provide nourishment and sustenance to the pluckable shoots, known as maintenance foliage. Depth of maintenance foliage is controlled by tipping. Tipping: In a pruned bush, primary shoots arise from the dormant buds on the pruned sticks. These are decapitated or tipped at pre-determined height to maintain the depth of maintenance foliage and make a plucking table. The following tipping measures are recommended for different types of prunes. Mechanical Plucking: Shortage of manual labour, low efficiency in manual plucking, high labour wages, and additional manpower requirement during peak flush period necessitate mechanical plucking. Main advantages of mechanical plucking are: high efficiency, low plucking cost, time saving, and uniform plucking table. But it has also some limitations like: decline in leaf quality, difficulty in use in high sloppy land, and difficulty in repair and maintenance of the machines. Motorised Shears The simple forms of fuel operated machines, suitable for hilly area area. Single man oriented machine: Plucking efficiency 8-10 fold or hand plucking, Two men oriented flat type or domes shaped machine: Plucking efficiency 15-20 fold of hand plucking, Do's 1. Always follow standard plucking to prevent excessive rise or plucking table. Break back janam when shoots are oversized. 2. Use backpack type of basket for leaf collection. Plucking with one hand while holding basket with other reduces plucking efficiency. 3. Sections having uneven plucking table should be leveled off by skiffing at the end of first flush. 4. Banjhi shoots at plucking table should be removed after each flush, as these take longer period to regenerate than axillary buds. 5. The plucked leaf should be spread on a cool shady floor, with maximum layer depth of l5 cm. The leaf should be given turning after each hour to avoid build up of heat. 6. Plucking in section due for heavy pruning, should be abandoned 2-3 weeks prior to season end. 7. Spray of 2-3 rounds of urea 2%, zinc 2% and magnesium 1%, at 2-3 weeks interval. Improves tea bush flushing, particularly during drought period. Routine spray of agrochemicals should be done at the earliest and always after plucking to reduce residues in the crop. 8. Weeds within bush retard plucking efficiency. Hence, weeding should be done in time. 9. Shade trees, besides many benefits, help improve working conditions and thereby elevate the plucking efficiency, particularly in summer and rains. Don'ts 1. Strictly avoid stripping of leaves, particularly during peak flush period. 2. Do not pluck side shoots and shoots below the level of plucking table. 3. Do not hold shoots very tightly while plucking. 4. Upper layer of maintenance foliage should not be damaged while plucking. 5. Do not keep the plucking baskets on tea bushes. The machines are exported to Albania, Argentina, Australia, Bangladesh, Burundi, Bolivia, Brazil, Burkina Faso, Congo, Chile, China, Ecuador, Egypt, Europe, France, Germany, Guatemala, Nepal, Indonesia, Italy, Japan, Kenya, Madagascar, Mauritius, Malawi, Malaysia, Mexico, Morocco, Mozambique, New Zealand, Nigeria, Paraguay, Portugal, Papua New Guinea, Rwanda, South Africa, South Korea, Sri Lanka / Ceylon, Sudan, Taiwan / Formosa, Tanzania, Thailand, The United States of America, Turkey, Uganda, Vietnam Gem Allied Industries Pvt Ltd 10c Middleton Row 3rd Floor, Kolkata 700071 India Tel: +91 -- 33 -- 2217 7328/29/30/31 Fax: +91 -- 33 -- 2217 7333 email: pgarg@gemforgings.com / gem.forgings@vsnl.com http://www.gemforgings.com