1. Camellia oleifera usually blooms in autumn and bears fruit in the next year, and the fruit can also be picked in autumn. Generally, tea seeds are picked around the Cold Dew Festival, which marks the maturity of tea seeds, but some late-maturing tea seeds can only be picked after the first first frost Festival.

2. If the seeds are harvested early and the cones are immature, the oil content of tea seeds is low and the water content is high; However, picking is too late, cones crack and tea seeds are scattered, which makes it difficult to collect and waste. Therefore, Camellia oleifera fruit should be picked in time and "three observations" should be made.

(1) observed varieties

Generally speaking, the maturity of different tea seed varieties is different. "Cold dew seeds" have small crown, upright branches, angles less than 30 degrees, small and dense leaves and thin skin, with 65,438+0 ~ 3 seeds per fruit, which should be picked when "cold dew" occurs. The "first frost seed" has a large crown and the branching angle is generally 40 ~ 60 degrees. The leaves are roughly thick and the fruit is large, with 4 ~ 7 grains per fruit. It should be picked when the "first frost" is ripe. "beginning of winter Seed" has a large crown, a branching angle of more than 40 degrees, large and sparse leaves and large fruit, with 7 ~ 10 seeds per fruit, so it should be picked at "beginning of winter".

(2) Observe the color

Pick cones at will and peel them off in the Camellia oleifera forest. When the tea seeds shine, peel them further. When the seeds are yellow and shiny, it proves that the cones are completely mature and can be picked at this time.

(3) Observe the terrain

Different topographical environments of Camellia oleifera will also affect its maturity time. Here is a formula to share with you, that is: high mountains ripen first, low mountains ripen later; The sunny slope ripens first, and the shady slope ripens later; Old forest ripens first, young forest ripens later.