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When to plant Tea in Nuzha
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Tea (Camellia sinensis) is an evergreen highland bush you grow not for one harvest but as a living plucking table — a flat-topped hedge, kept pruned to about waist height, that pushes out soft new shoots again and again for a whole generation.
| Fit | Favourable |
|---|---|
| When to plant (establish) | 9 Aug 2026 – 22 Mar 2027 open now |
| Expected harvest | about 2.3 t/ha |
| Work it takes | 213–430 days per hectare, by hand |
Rain-fed. These dates are worked out from each place's own rainfall, for a field watered by the season — with irrigation a window can open earlier, close later, or come round more than once a year. Check your own field under What grows, or get the Divisi app for a calendar dated to your farm.
If you only get one chance to plant, aim for around 1 Jan 2027. That is the point in the window where the rains are most reliably established.
No seasonal forecast reaches Nuzha yet, so these dates follow the rains it usually gets rather than this year's.
Planting after 22 Mar 2027 leaves the crop short of season: it runs into the dry months before it has finished filling.
What decides this in Nuzha
| Rain and temperature | 60% |
|---|---|
| The soil | 96% |
| The lie of the land | 88% |
For tea in Nuzha, rain and temperature is the tightest of the three at 60%. This one is fixed. It is why the planting window above is where it is — hitting those dates is the whole of your control here.
The season in Nuzha
| Rain in a typical year | About 23 mm |
|---|---|
| This season's rain | Rain close to usual — plan around about 23 mm falling roughly when it always does |
| What that supports | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation, warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth |
| Ground this covers | 2 kinds of ground. The season below is the largest that farms — about 70% of this area. |
| 70% | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 20 mm |
|---|---|
| 30% | too dry for rain-fed cropping without irrigation; warm, with a cool spell that slows winter growth no rain-fed season · about 20 mm |
last updated 18 September 2026
Temperature holds back about 45% of yield here.
What tea needs to grow here
| Soil it likes | well-drained sandy loam or loam soil |
|---|---|
| Soil sourness (pH) | Happiest between pH 4.5 and 5.5 |
| Spacing | 120 cm between rows, 60 cm between plants |
| Feed it most with | nitrogen, potassium and zinc |
What it takes to grow tea in Nuzha
| Planting material | About 12,000 plants per hectare |
|---|---|
| Nitrogen (N) | About 115 kg per hectare |
| Phosphate (P₂O₅) | About 17 kg per hectare |
| Potash (K₂O) | About 57 kg per hectare |
| In the shops | A basal compound at planting — Compound D, or an NPK blend — covers the phosphate and potash. A nitrogen top dressing — urea or AN — goes on once the crop is established. |
| Hand work | 213–430 days per hectare, by hand |
These are the nutrients a tea crop of that size carries off the field. What you actually apply depends on what your soil already holds — which is what a soil test, or the app's field records, tell you.
Grow Tea with a plan, not a guess
Everything above describes Nuzha as a whole — your own soil, slope and rainfall will shift the dates. The Divisi app works them out for your field, and dates each job that follows.
This calendar moves
Planting windows shift with the forecast. Leave your email and we'll send what changed, and a note when planting time nears — a couple of emails a month at most.
Frequently asked questions
Will tea grow well in Nuzha?
Nuzha rates as favourable for tea.
When should I plant tea in Nuzha?
Typically 9 Aug 2026 to 22 Mar 2027, typical season.
Is this exact for my own field?
No — these are readings taken across Nuzha, not on your field. Soil, slope and rainfall change from one farm to the next. Check your own location to see your own numbers.