How to plant burdock in order to grow gratifying?

Fructus Arctii is a traditional Chinese medicine with high medicinal value, its market value and price are very good, and it is a very good cash crop. So, how to grow burdock? Let's take a look at it with the editor.

How do you grow burdock?

1. Methods of reproduction

Propagate with seeds, the seed germination rate is 70%-80%, the temperature is 20 ℃, and the seedlings emerge 10 days after sowing. Seedlings emerged in half a month after 15-18 ℃, before and after sowing Grain Rain, direct seeding mainly, strip sowing and hole sowing, individual seedlings transplanting, watering before dry sowing, hole opening according to row spacing 60 cm 80 cm, 50 cm 60 cm, hole depth 6 cm 10 cm, 7 grains per hole, soil cover 3 cm, sowing rate 22.5 kg per hectare. Autumn sowing is adopted in some places, and the method is the same as spring sowing around October.

2. Fertilizer and water management

After 2 or 3 true leaves grew in the seedling stage or returned to green in the following year, the seedlings were properly loosened and weeded and watered in drought to promote the growth of the seedlings, and the second loosening was carried out from July to August. In order to combine inter-seedling and supplementary seedling, two strong seedlings should be left in each hole, and one seedling should be kept at a distance of 50 cm. Weeds should be weeded for the second time before seeding at the end of autumn, and the soil should be fertilized to promote branches, flowers and fruits, and topdressing fertilizer should be carried out every time after loosening the soil. per hectare, 22500-37500 kg of mature human feces or 120-150 kg of ammonium sulfate at seedling stage and 225 kg of superphosphate were applied at flowering stage.

3. Harvesting and processing

The main results are as follows: (1) the harvest of burdock in the second year after sowing is different because of different flowering period. When the involucre yellowed in September, the upper parts were harvested one after another, and the seeds were laid after drying, and the impurities were removed and then dried. The seeds were packed in cloth bags or gunny bags.

(2) stand in the upwind when picking and tighten the cuffs and collar to prevent sharp thorns from irritating the skin. After all the harvest, the underground roots are dug up immediately, scraped off the black skin, dried, and put in a ventilated and dry place.

At present, burdock is relatively tight in the market, the planting benefit is very considerable, interested friends can try to plant. The above is how to grow burdock, burdock planting technology and efficacy of the whole content, I hope to help you.