Japan invented LED tea cultivation method

According to Japan's "Yomiuri Shimbun" reported in April 26th, is located in Ibaraki County of Japan's "Noda Tokutaro" tea processing factory, started to use the red and green LED lights in the interior of the tea seedlings were cultivated without pesticide. The new method not only has simple operation, but also can produce safe and nutritious tea.

Set up in the company's 10 square meters plant workshop, filled with LED light bulb issued purple. In order to make photosynthesis better, the plant workshop is studying the color of light. Staff will be replaced by fluorescent lighting equipment, bright yellow green tea on the bed will come into view.

LED lighting 24 hours uninterrupted, room temperature has been maintained at 22-23 degrees celsius. Because it is indoor cultivation, no need to worry about the problems caused by bacteria and pests, so in the course of cultivation will not use pesticides. In addition, the moisture and nutrients required by the tea comes from the automatic spraying device.

The company's general manager Noguchi from about two and a half years ago began to consider tea and tea roots as edible food, tea cultivation and batted and start menu from April last year.

Usually the tea can be harvested three times a year, if the LED lighting lasted for 24 hours, then the speed of cultivation will reach the original 6 times a year can be harvested tea more than 10 times. The cultivation method is not affected by the seasonal change, and the harvested tea can provide the raw material for making tea. In addition, on the tea seedlings 24 hours of continuous photosynthesis, it can nurture a tea rich in catechins and vitamins, the idea, the researchers are also further collecting data to prove this idea.

This factory cultivated tea has been the same as the company operated by the coffee shop as scheduled, tempura tea cooking materials. The company's fifth generation general manager Noguchi Futaro said: "if the new tea cooking program can get everyone's favorite. "

In recent years, due to the promotion of agricultural automation, agricultural production does not need to spend too much time, so that the aging of farmers will be achieved. General manager of wild mouth, said: Although the use of a variety of tea, but we hope to propose a constructive tea production plan.

Ibaraki county is rich in tea apes in Western japan. However, affected by the Fukushima Daiichi nuclear power plant accident, the 2011 annual output of tea ape is limited. Even in 2012, 2 years after the production and sales of ape tea is still only in the year of 2010, the Japanese nuclear power plant accident in the tea industry set off a headwind in the wind in the year of 60%. Soon after, but also to the tea picking season, wild mouth general manager said he would do his best to make tea to get people's favorite.