Which Chinese herbs can be interplanted in the orchard? What are the principles?

It is common to plant medicinal materials under fruit trees, but Chinese herbal medicines are agricultural and sideline products, and the growth cycle of each agricultural by-product is different. Some are half-yearly, some are annual, and some are perennial. What kind of Chinese herbal medicines can be interplanted in the orchard? What are the principles?

I. principles of interplanting traditional Chinese Medicinal Materials in Orchard

1. A reasonable field structure should be formed according to the biological characteristics of different fruit trees and traditional Chinese medicine. The selected varieties of traditional Chinese medicine should be negative-tolerant and shallow-rooted.

2. the proportion of allocation should be appropriate, and adhere to the principle of giving priority to fruit trees and complementary advantages.

3. Interplanting local excellent and real estate medicinal materials

4. Strengthen field management, promote mutual benefit and control contradictions so as to ensure a bumper harvest.

Second, which Chinese herbal medicines can be interplanted in the orchard?

1. Interplanting according to the age of orchard trees

Young orchards can be interplanted with light-loving herbs such as Radix Rehmanniae, Scutellaria baicalensis, Chrysanthemum, Astragalus, Achyranthes bidentata, Radix Isatidis, Radix Isatidis, Atractylodes macrocephala, Bupleurum and so on, because the fruit trees have not been closed. Adult orchards should choose the interplanting of Chinese herbal medicines that like or tolerate shade.

2. Interplanting according to the crown of fruit trees

Fruit trees with dense crowns and leaves, such as peach, cherry, apricot, grape, persimmon, etc., can be interplanted with Pinellia ternata, Rhizoma Coptidis, Ganoderma lucidum, Coptis chinensis and other herbal medicines. Fruit trees with sparse crowns, such as apple trees, pear trees, Hawthorn trees, etc., can be interplanted between rows of Salvia miltiorrhiza, lilies, asparagus and other slightly damp-resistant Chinese herbal medicines.

3. Interplanting according to orchard type

Dry land orchards can be interplanted with drought-tolerant Chinese herbal medicines, such as Bupleurum, Huangzen, Astragalus, Anemarrhena anemarrhena and so on. Irrigated orchards can be interplanted between rows, such as Rhizoma Corydalis, Bletilla striata, aconite, Radix Scutellariae and so on. Mountain orchards can be interplanted between rows of Coptis chinensis, Codonopsis pilosula, Chonglou, American ginseng and so on.

4. Interplanting according to fruit tree species

Jujube, persimmon and other late sprouting fruit trees can be interplanted between rows of Chinese herbal medicines that like light but have the habit of summer dormancy, such as Fritillaria, Yuanhu and so on. Peach, apricot, cherry, batch quat and other fruit trees before the arrival of the hottest month, can be interplanted in the row like Poria cocos, Gastrodia elata and other fungi, and can also use the moisturizing and shading effect of the crown at this stage to produce fungus and Tremella fuciformis.

Matters needing attention for interplanting Chinese medicinal materials under fruit trees

1. Don't grow medicinal materials too close to the fruit trees, in case they grow and hurt the fruit trees.

2. do not choose the varieties of medicinal materials with a strong degree of Lignification and high growth, so as to prevent them from competing for fertilizer and water with fruit trees, and affect the management of fruit trees.

3. it is necessary to choose the varieties of medicinal materials that are suitable for local conditions, in case they fail to grow because of unsuitable soil and climatic conditions, and spend money in vain.

4. it is necessary to choose varieties of medicinal materials with market demand and stable prices, in case there is no place to sell the planted medicinal materials.