Autumn tip pruning means using a tea pruner to cut off the top tender buds or buds after the autumn tea has stopped growing to prevent immature bud tips from being frozen in winter and promote the maturity of the lower leaves to enhance cold resistance. After pruning, the top edge of the tea tree can also be controlled, stimulating the development of overwintering axillary buds, so that the spring tea will sprout neatly the next year.If the tea growing area has sufficient rainfall in summer and autumn and the tea trees grow well, pruning the autumn shoots will help improve the quality of the next spring tea. Pruning in autumn requires special attention to time and moderation.

Timely: Usually when the average temperature is below 20 degrees, the upper part of the tea tree is generally dormant and can be pruned with a Tea Trimme. Special emphasis should be placed on not topping and pruning too early. Topping in the autumn shoots has not stopped growing, which can easily stimulate overwintering germination and seriously affect the quality of next year’s spring tea buds.

Moderation: Do not prune too deeply to avoid affecting the second year’s spring tea production. Try to keep as many thick autumn shoots with green stems as possible. It is best to top by hand and only remove the immature top buds. You can also use Tea Pruner And Hedge Trimmer to cut off 2-3 leaves on the top or immature autumn shoots.