How to plant the dragon bud

In the process of planting, the loose and fertile soil needs to be selected, and there are no strict requirements for the selection of land, but the soil preparation should be cleaned up before planting and the more obvious stones should be disposed of. The planting time of Artemisia angustifolia is in spring and April every year, and it is planted by conventional planting method. In the year of planting, attention should be paid to the cleaning of weeds in the field, and the holes can be expanded appropriately after the second or third year. The work of harvesting buds is concentrated from late April to late May every year, and do not pick male buds.

How to plant the dragon bud

1. Select the place

Select and prepare the soil to choose loose, fertile, soil thickness of more than 10 cm barren mountains, wasteland, open space under the forest can be. In the autumn of the year before planting, site preparation should be carried out to remove tree roots and large stones, and soil preparation can be carried out in spring if the cultivated land is selected in the cultivated land.

2. Colonization

The annual planting time is in the first and middle of April in spring, and the soil can be thawed more than 20 cm. Autumn planting can be carried out after the fallen leaves of the dragon bud and before the soil is frozen. Before planting, the soil should be deeply turned over and then the planting holes should be dug. When planting, the stem of the seedling should be vertical and the root system should be extended, and finally covered with fine topsoil.

3. Management

Weeding is mainly used in the year when planting is completed, and when aphids and other insect pests occur in the growing season, low-toxic agents or biological pesticides should be selected in time. The holes should be expanded in spring from the second to the third year of planting, and pruning should be carried out after picking buds in spring. In order to prevent the difficulty of harvesting plants too high, at the same time, it can promote multiple branches and increase the yield. The pruning time is generally in mid-late May, not too late.

From the fourth to the fifth year of planting, it is necessary to renew and promote cute. After the soil thawed in spring, the root system around the old plant was cut off to promote the germination of the new plant, and the old plant was cut off from the base after the tender buds were harvested.

4. Harvest

The tender buds are harvested from late April to late May. When the buds are 6-10 cm long and have not yet spread their leaves, do not pick male buds, which are purple, long and thin, with hard spines, and cannot be eaten.