Bamboo vs Tea
Both are Plantation. Each axis is a percentile across all 538 crops — 80 means higher than four-fifths of the table. Where an axis is missing, the crop genuinely is not measured that way.
Bamboo
Tea
| Measure | Bamboo | Tea |
|---|---|---|
| Season | Perennial | Perennial |
| Sowing window | Jun–Jul | Jun–Aug (planting) |
| Days to harvest | 4–6 yr | 3–4 yr to pluck |
| Spacing | 5 × 5 m | 1.2 × 0.75 m |
| Soil pH | 5.0–7.0 | 4.5–5.5 |
| Water | 1000–2000 | 2000–2500 |
| Temperature °C | 18–35 | 18–30 |
| Seed rate | Rhizomes | 13 k plants |
| Yield | 8–15 t | 2–3 t made tea |
| Watch for | Shoot borer, witches broom | Red spider mite, blister blight |