Yicheng Tea Garden, the main production area of West Lake, suffered a "roasting" inspection, which has little effect on the production of spring tea next year.

Jimu Journalist Liu Yi Zhangqi

As the top ten famous tea in China, West Lake Longjing was produced in Hangzhou and won a well -known in the Qing Dynasty.

This summer, Hangzhou experienced a 55 -day high temperature, and some tea trees could not be exposed to the sun. Then, the rumors of "90 % of the West Lake Longjing were dried".

From August 25th to 27th, Jimu journalists visited Hangzhou Meijiawu Village, one of the core producing areas of West Lake Longjing Tea, as well as Van Village and Shuangling Village, which are also the origin of West Lake Longjing. Fortunately, on the evening of the 25th, Hangzhou was thunderstorm and diluted the sorrow between the tea farmers. Professional analysis will not decrease in the production of tea in the coming year.

There are tea leaves on the side of Meijiawu Village on the side of the road to scorch

Some tea leaves fall when they touch

Meijiawu Village in Xihu District is the largest tea village in the five core production areas of the West Lake Longjing. The roadside and hillside on both sides of a main road in the village is distributed with more than 2,000 acres of Chatian. There are more than 800 households in the village. West Lake Longjing.

Before the thunderstorms on the evening of the 25th, a large amount of scorched leaves were obviously visible on the top of the tea tree along the road. Most of them were sun -dried and curled, and the hands would fall when they touched it.

The scorching tea tree leaves fall as soon as they touch

"It is said that 90 % of the West Lake Longjing was dried? It's exaggerated." The tea farmers in Meijiawu Village said that the summer temperature was high this summer, and the high temperature durable for a long time. It was indeed dry, and the tea farmers saw so many dead leaves for the first time. However, the situation in the village is not too serious, and it is impossible to dry 90 %.

Tea farmers introduced that the geographical location of Chatian will affect the degree of tea tree sunburn: Most of the tea fields in Meijiawu Village are located on the hillside, because there are mountains and big trees, and there is no shortage of water. The leaves of the leaves are dry; because the temperature of the flat ground and the roadside is higher than the hillside, the tea trees on flat and hillside are more likely to sunburn; some tea fields are light, and the tea trees absorb their nutrients with limited nutrients, or soil water retention performance Bad, the tea tree is more prone to sunburn; in addition, some varieties of tea trees are not developed enough, and they are more fragile when facing high temperature and exposure.

Mei Lixin (pseudonym) has studied tea art since childhood, and has grown tea for more than 30 years, and has 5 acres of tea gardens in the home. The area of ​​the dry tea trees in his family was not as much as less than 10 %.

"The leaves on the top are dry. One is because of less water this year, and the other is that the leaves absorb water and will be dried by the sun soon." Mei Lixin said.

In his memory, only the leaves of tea and leaves were dry in 2013. The high temperature days of that year were almost the same as this year, and there were still less rain, but only a few tea leaves were dry.

The leaves of 10%tea garden are dry and dry

Shuangling Village Tea Garden is obvious

Shuangling Village, Shuangpu Town, Xihu District is also the origin of Longjing in the West Lake. The correction of tea leaves is more serious than Meijiawu Village. According to the staff of the village committee, more than 30%of the tea leaves in the village have been exposed to scorching.

From the picture of the high -altitude of Shuangling Village, the scorching blades are compared with other blades, and many tea fields appear brown.

Zhao Youlong's family has 4 acres of tea fields. In the tea fields in the village, there are a lot of branches.

Zhao Youlong's tea seedlings are dead in the ground

Around the Dragon Boat Festival this year, Zhao Youlong planted some tea seedlings and planted edible beans as a tea tree seedlings at the same time. However, the tea seedlings died of high temperatures in many days, which had never been before in previous years.

In early August, the tea farmers in Shuangling Village found that they were wrong and began to pour water. They installed the water pipe by the tea field and watered the soil of the tea tree at night.

Zhao Youlong's house had no water pipes, and his friends' house was poured 4 times in total. Near his tea field, some people watered almost every day, but the leaves of tea were still dried.

The person in charge of the Hangzhou Agricultural and Rural Bureau has introduced to the media that there are 22,000 acres of tea gardens in the West Lake Longjing tea production area. This year, 10%of the tea gardens were affected by drought, and the leaves of tea leaves were dry.

There are tea farmers spend 10,000 yuan to buy shading net

Ma Hongliang, a tea planting security officer of Shuangling Village, said in an interview with the media that the most suitable temperature for the growth of tea trees is 10 ° C to 25 ° C, which continues to 8 to 10 days in the climate environment of high temperature drought and strong light. Essence Anti -high temperature drought, focusing on shading and hydration.

On August 25, in Meijiawu Village, the tea farmers did not particularly anxious because of the dry tea leaves. The weather forecast information states that Hangzhou is expected to usher in a rainfall on the evening of the 25th. Tea farmers are waiting for the arrival of rainwater. "At this time, it can replenish water and cool down."

Tea farmers said that there was a period of time, from March to October each year is the picking time of West Lake Longjing tea. In recent years, due to the increase in the cost of picking and the quality of summer tea, they are not as good as spring tea. They only pick tea in spring, and in summer and autumn are mainly to maintain the tea field to ensure the quality of spring tea in the coming year.

Although the leaves of the tea are burned, as long as the branches and main parts of the tea trees are still fresh green, they are not injured and died. When the rain falls, the tea branches can still come up with new buds and grow into new leaves. No loss will occur. In contrast, the cost of shading nets is higher, and not many people will install it.

Xu Linchang is one of the people who installed the shade net. In early August, he found that the leaves of his tea garden were exposed to discoloration. Considering the rare high temperature weather for many days, he spent about 10,000 yuan installed a shade net for his 6 acres of tea gardens. When the temperature drops, the removal net will also pay a lot of labor costs. Xu Linchang explained that he was worried that the high temperature continued, and the damage to the tea tree was difficult to grow new leaves, resulting in the reduction of the yield of spring tea in the coming year. In addition, the buds and leaves growing from damaged branches are thin, and the shape of the tea may not be as good as previous years, and it will affect sales at that time. Therefore, he installed a shading net.

Shuangling Village Tea Farm Tea Tree Leaf Big Scorching

Shuangling Village also has a shade net installed in tea farmers. Compared with the tea trees under the net, the sunburn extent outside the network is heavier. At present, Shuangling Village has counted the damage and reported to the local agricultural department.

There are 281 households and 246 acres of tea fields next to Vancun, which are close to Meijiawu Village. In the face of high temperature, the village avoids losses by taking water irrigation and additional fertilization on the mountain.

It is expected that spring tea will not reduce production next year

In March of this year's West Lake Longjing tea mining, some professionals analyzed the local media in Hangzhou that one acre of tea gardens produced about 40 to 50 catties of dry tea. It was almost the same in 2021, about 5%.

Tea farmers said that the price of spring tea next year will rise, and the price will rise. Fortunately, Hangzhou laid thunderstorms on the night of the 25th and 26th. After thunderstorms, new buds appeared on some tea branches. Otherwise, according to the previous high temperature and drought, the tea tree will inevitably encounter more serious damage.

The Tea Research Institute of the Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences is located in the core production area of ​​West Lake. Li Xin, the person in charge of the Tea Tree Planting Engineering Research Center of the Institute, told Jimu Journalists that through a field research and development in the West Lake Longjing Production Area, the tea trees just look serious. In fact, the tea trees in most tea gardens were sunburned The branches on the top were sunburned, but the main body of the tea tree was not sunburned. "As long as the branches are not damaged, the temperature can grow new buds and resume vitality."

According to Li Xin, after the cooling brought by thunderstorms, the tea farmers formulated appropriate tea garden management measures according to the drought conditions of the tea garden. If the tea branches are damaged, they can be trimmed by lightly cutting the dead branches and replenishing fertilizer in time. Based on the current meteorological prediction information analysis, this year's summer high temperature and drought conditions have been basically lifted, and the output of spring tea in the coming year will not be reduced.

Shang Jiannong, the president of the Longjing Tea Industry Association of Xihu District and the chief expert of the tea district, told Jimu reporters that the output of West Lake Longjing and the cost of artificial tea picking will affect the price of tea. This year's high temperature damage to the tea tree is not serious. It is expected that spring tea will not reduce production in the coming year, and prices will not rise sharply.

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