[seetharam annadana]

Market cost for dried leaves vary. We only supply processed tea cut leaf and not whole leaf.

We plant 9 inch long, 3 month old, vegetativly multiplied plants in the field. We get first cutting within 60 days after planting. Subsequent planting depends on hours of sunlight. In general we take 8-9 cuttings per year. With our care and maintainence we have be able to reach upto 60 tons per acre, with a plant density of 50000 plants per acre.

With the incomes you calim, and the costs as per UAS per Hectare, the net income is about 3.5 to 4 lacs.

The key is marketing and potential competationj from China.

Regards