Planting method of Houttuynia cordata how to grow Houttuynia cordata

With the improvement of living standards, more and more people begin to pay attention to health care, and even more and more people like to use traditional Chinese medicine to recuperate and maintain good health. Houttuynia cordata Thunb is more common in life, and even eaten as a dish, but Houttuynia cordata is also a kind of herbal medicine! Let's go with the editor to learn how Houttuynia cordata is planted.

Planting method of Houttuynia cordata Thunb

1. Methods of reproduction. It can be propagated by ramet, cuttage and rhizome. Ramet propagation is from late March to April, and the mother plant can be dug up and transplanted on the seedbed of sandy soil or directly transplanted. Cuttings can be propagated in spring and summer, cut off disease-free and insect-free branches as cuttings, cut and grow 12mur15cm, cuttings on the seedbed of sandy loam, row spacing of 16 × 10 cm or 14 × 10 cm. Watering after insertion, shading, rooting and transplanting seedlings. Rhizome propagation can be carried out from February to March. Excellent white and sturdy rhizomes are dug and cut into small segments with more than 2 axillary buds. Shallow trenches are opened on the seedling bed or in the field to raise seedlings or plant.

2. Land preparation and planting. Select sandy loam with loose fertilizer, convenient drainage and irrigation, leeward and sunny soil or soil rich in organic matter for cultivation. After deeply ploughing and loosening the soil, the border will be 1.5 mi 1.6 meters wide, 30 cm high and 20 cm wide at the bottom of the ditch. Farm soil miscellaneous fertilizer 3000ml / mu was applied as base fertilizer, shallow trenches or holes were dug according to plant spacing of 14 × 20cm, and watered after planting to keep the soil moist.

How to grow Houttuynia cordata

The cultivation of Houttuynia cordata Thunb should be cultivated under the conditions of natural shade (half shade and half yang) and loose and fertile basin soil. It can be planted all the year round, but it can be harvested in winter, spring and early summer. Generally speaking, the best time for sowing is around the Beginning of Spring. Trench strips in the same direction in the flowerpot, 8-10 cm deep, 13-15 cm wide, and 20-25 cm apart. Put the seed root of Houttuynia cordata Thunb in the ditch, each ditch parallel two rows, the distance between the seed stem segments is 5-8 cm, continuously placed, connected from head to tail. The seed stem should be placed evenly, then covered with soil, and should be kept warm and moisturized after planting. If you plant in the summer high temperature season, there must be 3 nodes to ensure that the middle node can sprout and take root.

If planted before winter, plastic film or newspaper should be covered to facilitate normal growth and development in winter and early spring and obtain high yield.

Daily Management of Houttuynia cordata Thunb

After planting, if drought occurs in the seedling stage, it should be watered sooner or later to moist the border soil. Before the seedlings survived, weeding and topdressing were carried out for 2-3 times, and nitrogen fertilizer was the main fertilizer. Each time weeding combined with topdressing, 20 grams of urea can be applied per square meter, dilute at first and then concentrated. Nitrogen fertilizer was mainly applied after each harvest to promote plant germination.

After entering the autumn harvest, it is mainly to apply phosphorus and potassium fertilizer, and cultivate the soil to facilitate overwintering, so as to lay a good foundation for sprouting in the coming year. Watering should be timely in the dry season, drainage should be timely in the rainy season, and water accumulation in flowerpots should be avoided for a long time.

Weeds should be removed in time, shallow ploughing and loosening soil should be carried out in time, and appropriate amount of mature organic fertilizer should be applied between rows combined with loose soil. For plants with overgrown stems and leaves above ground, coring should be carried out to inhibit the growth and height and promote the occurrence of lateral branches.

Planting Prospect of Houttuynia cordata Thunb

Houttuynia cordata Thunb is widely distributed in the provinces and regions of southern China, as well as in the northwest, North China and Xizang. In recent years, due to the influence of "returning to nature" and "homology of medicine and food", Houttuynia cordata Thunb is increasingly popular for sale and consumption as a characteristic mountain wild vegetable, wild resources are in short supply, and the market price is high.

In addition, Houttuynia cordata Thunb is also a traditional medicinal plant, which has a bitter cold taste and has the effects of heat-clearing and detoxification, detumescence and purulence, diuresis, etc., it can be used to treat lung pus ulcer, lung heat cough and asthma, hot dysentery, edema, beriberi, urinary tract infection, excessive leucorrhea, carbuncle, sore and so on. Therefore, Houttuynia cordata Thunb often becomes the main medicine related to lung disease and urinary system disease in traditional Chinese medicine prescription.

Houttuynia cordata Thunb can not only be used as a wild vegetable for industrial production, in-depth development and utilization, but also as a medical raw material, processed into western medicine injection or proprietary Chinese medicine, so it has an ideal market prospect at present.

Through the above content, I believe you have a certain understanding of Houttuynia cordata. Houttuynia cordata Thunb can be eaten in many ways, not only in cold salad, but also in soup, steaming, and even soaking in water directly, suitable for all ages.