This allows approximat ely 600-700 trees per hectare. All trees should be on trickle irrigation and are managed as in a professional orchard system. Cutting Trees are kept to approximately 2.5 m in height and will produce foliage for sale from between 18 months and two years. Buds will appear on trees in three to four years. Foliage cuttings are from 40 - 60 cm long and are prepared in 400 gram bunches .
Buds are of similar length and prepared similarly or sold by stem.
Deduct expenses, wages, sprays, allow only 100 trees to produce per acre per year and nett figures will probably be approximately half the gross. Both domestic and export markets are extremely bullish. The Asian market is undeveloped and the domestic market largely uneducated to our product. Any claims made by authors in the Australian New Crops Newsletter are presented by the Editors in good faith. Readers would be wise to critically examine the circumstances associated with any claims to determine the applicability of such claims to their specific set of circumstances.