Tea
Tea is a popular beverage and is widely grown in many countries around the world, particularly in regions with a suitable climate. Tea grows best in regions with a warm and humid climate, high rainfall, and well-drained soils. From plantation to harvest Fyllo helps you grow the best quality tea varieties.
Solutions for the Tea cultivation are:
Fyllo device installed at your garden monitors your garden 24*7 and captures 12 critical parameters in real time. You get this data on you mobile and dashboard in real time. You get to monitor where the crop is getting enough sunlight, proper temperature or humidity.
Precise irrigation given to the tea can help you get the best quality leaves from the bushes. Over irrigation leads to wilting in the plants. Tea’s water requirements vary based on soil type and stage. With Fyllo’s device containing soil moisture and soil temperature sensor and intelligent software, you get alerts on how much water to provide to the crop. You can also see and visualize evapotranspiration (Etc) values of the crop. You can perfectly manage the water requirements to get the perfect size, color and sugar.
Major disease in tea is Blister Blight. Pests that can harm the crop include Red Spider Mites and Tea Mosquito Bugs. Fyllo provides prediction of these diseases and pests along with preventive plant protection schedule. The disease and pest prediction models are based on stage of the crop and favorable climate. You can also monitor area wise progression of the diseases and pests. Fyllo also tells best time to spray for highest effectivity of plant protection molecules.
Tea crop needs fertilizers in form of soil application, fertigation and foliar application. Some stages need more of a particular nutrient than the other. Our dynamic fertilizer schedule takes into account variety, stage-wise crop needs and nutrient availability in soil and in leaf. Fyllo nutrient schedule is generated on based of nutrient interactions in the soil and crop by a team of Tea crop experts and technologists. Crop yield target is also a factor in the nutrient schedule.
Monitoring climate and rainfall is very important to plan the picking cycles in tea. Also, leaf wetness and high humidity lead to fungal diseases. Fyllo’s garden level weather monitoring and predictions for next 2 weeks will help you plan for the next actions.
Based on growing degree days, Fyllo helps you plan your harvest time in advance. You can set and plan the harvest cycles easily with Fyllo in your tea gardens.
The yield and quality prediction model will give you insights into upcoming harvest from your gardens.
Each garden may have different goals in terms of yield, quality and market requirements. Whether your goal is getting perfect quality or yield, Fyllo system helps you achieve your crop goals.
