How to grow Ai?

Ai is distributed in Mongolia, North Korea, Russia and China. It has the functions of warming menstruation, removing dampness, dispelling cold, calming the fetus and so on. It can also be used as a natural plant dye. So how do you grow Ai?

I. selection of land and land preparation

It is better to choose neutral soil with deep soil layer, good permeability and rich organic matter. Sloping land and flat land can be planted, and can also be planted in front and back of the house and in the corners of the field. First carry on deep ploughing, ploughing depth of more than 30 centimeters.

II. Fertilization

It can be combined with ploughing and harrowing to apply fully mature organic farm manure 30-45 tons / ha at one time, or sprinkle a layer of rotten rare human and animal manure as base fertilizer. If there is no farm manure, you can also choose granular moxa special organic fertilizer. After deep ploughing and before raking, apply about 750 kg / ha evenly.

3. Planting

The common planting row spacing is 45 cm × 30 cm, the dense planting row spacing is 45 cm × 15 cm, and the reasonable dense planting row spacing is 45 cm × 20 cm. 1 plant per hole. In the sticky yellow soil or black soil, the planting depth is 5-8 cm; the planting depth of sand land or sesame bone stone land is 8-10 cm.

IV. Harvest

The first harvest time of Artemisia argyi leaves is in early June, harvest in time when the weather is fine, cut the stems and branches with leaves on the ground, separate the stems and leaves, dry them in the sun, or dry at low temperature, pack and store. In the middle and first ten days of July, the second crop was harvested in fine weather, the third crop was collected before and after frost, and the field winter management was carried out.

People often put wormwood, calamus, realgar and sandalwood in small cloth bags to make sachet and hang them with colorful thread. People think that Artemisia also has the function of attracting Baifu.