Mechanical means of Tea Harvesting

Plucking is the most labour intensive operation in a tea plantation when it is done manually. Bud with with immature one or two leaves is the best time of plucking or picking of tea leaves. Mechanical was of harvesting now popularizing in asian countries now-a-days with the lacking of labour for field operations. In countries near to the equator, as sunshine and rainfall is high all over the year, this makes bushes debilitated and deduction in yield by around 20-30%. Therefore, mechanical harvesting is recommended only in rush crop seasons.