Second milestone of tea journey- From Nursery to field

After 15-20 month in nursery tea plant is shifted in well prepared field.The teas from nursery are planted 3 to 5 feet (1 to 1.5 meters) apart. After developing height of half a meter in height it is pruned to develop into a flat topped bush. It takes 24-36 month to develop tea plant into flat topped bush. The tea bush is roughly 1m in height and it is pruned continuously in cycle of 15-60 months depends on the altitudes of tea growing region. So it takes almost 36-60 months to get first plucking of tea leaves which after process reaches to your cup.