Besides palms , nolina , genus Strelitzia , and umber , Dutch seed trader and nursery Aardam start nursing Camellia sinensis works some clip ago . Arthur Spruit , who on a regular basis get going on business trips to tropic place many can only woolgather about , was lately in Indonesia to talk with the seed supplier .
Arthur Aardam among the afternoon tea plants in Indonesia ; right , already sprout seeds are being position up ; bottom leave behind : tea leaf plants in the greenhouse in the Netherlands
Tea ( Camellia sinensis ) is get in many place all over the reality . Tea grows in bushes from which the tonic , soft - immature leaves are picked , dried , and mixed with other plant materials & ingredient , creating a large variety of tea character .
So far so unspoilt , but you do have to have a go at it that the bush only creates bloom ( and thus seeds ) if treat properly . If you find fault all the leave-taking , the prime do not get the chance to educate . Beforehand , agreements have to be made for the yield of seed .
The efflorescence of the tea leaf plant
Arthur : " The seeds we expend come from Indonesia and Nepal . For sourcing , it is essential to make well agreements with your suppliers about the personal manner of harvesting and shipping . It has to be done with precision , because the seeded player sprout best when fresh , and moreover , obtain the require permits is not always easy . "
" When we receive the seeds , they are treated and placed in the sprouting sleeping room where the seeds sprout . Every week , we look through the seeds and take out the sprouted ones . We embed these in degradable jars and work them in the nursery . After some month of grow , we separate the plants on size of it , remove the plant which have not grown properly , and append them to the grower . The grower school the vernal flora to a plant suitable for sale . "
The seeds in the degradable cultivation heap and on the right an order ready for consignment . Below again Arthur , with a tray of tea plants .
The industrial plant can be deal as tub industrial plant or even as hedge plant life , but also as a industrial plant mean for making tea . " Especially to supply those customers , we do not use any chemical crop protection agents in the cultivation . This means we have to exert control with biological mean and treat pathogens with natural enemies . We are also looking for various kinds of tea , so the client can blend . We already have various kinds of tea from six origin in our assortment . "
Tea by meNursery Special Plant Zundert is one of Aardam ’s customers . In cooperation with them , the brand ' tea by me ' was introduced on the market , and accord have been made with respect to quality standards and the class of the plant . " With this form of Sir Ernst Boris Chain cooperation , we endeavor to grow the best product potential . "
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