What methods of pruning tea trees are recorded in ancient books in China?

The record of tea tree pruning in ancient books appeared late, and it was not until the early Qing Dynasty that it was seen in Julu Lu You and Physical Tips. "The Travel Notes of Julu" said: "The tea tree is only one foot long. After five or six years, if the stem is old and there are no buds, it must be cut off and tillered again. " "Physics Tips" said: "When a tree is old, it will burn and its roots will spontaneously." The latter method is relatively primitive, and perhaps cutting the table is born out of this method. Cutting is to cut off all the tree heads to completely transform the crown.

According to the above records, it shows that China's tea cutting technology may sprout in the late Ming Dynasty. In the late Qing Dynasty, two new methods of pruning tea trees were adopted: one is to "cut the roots with a waist sickle first, make the roots flush with the soil, pass through a small trap, put thick manure on the roots, and hoe them after returning to the soil, so that the leaves will grow easily."

Second, "tea trees have grown for five or six years, and each tree is more than a foot tall." After the Qingming Festival, it is necessary to cut off half of its branches with a sickle. The rest of the branches must be covered with grass and watered every day. After forty days, the grass will be removed. At this time, the whole tree will be tender. "

According to the literature, tea tree pruning seems to start with table pruning; The first is heavy pruning, on the basis of heavy pruning, other forms of pruning are derived.