| Month |
Inspect |
For |
Action |
| January
onwards |
1-2 yr old
pruned wood
mature leaves of young
tea |
borer
red spider
|
prune out
affected stems
spray
|
Jan-Feb
Sept-Oct
March
|
pruned tea
whole garden, shade,
mature tea, young
tea and nurseries |
termites
mites
looper
cricket |
soil and
frame
treatment
spray
spray
treat burrows |
Throughout
tipping period
|
whole
garden |
mites,
borers
flush worm
red rust
discolored leaf |
spray
pluck off & spray
spray
diagnose & treat |
April-May
|
maintenance
leaf
treatment |
black rot
|
spray
|
May-June
|
young tea
|
cockchafer
grub |
soil treatment
|
| July-August |
maintenance
leaf |
black rot |
spray |
Nov-Dec
|
maintenance
leaf
& stem
pruned tea
young tea |
black rot
nectria &
poria
mites |
spray
prune out
spray |
| Throughout
year |
whole
garden
|
dead
bushes
|
uproot
& diagnose |
