The latest planting precautions of zedoary turmeric

Zedoary turmeric is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, also known as curcuma, turmeric, is a perennial herb of turmeric, its rhizome can be used as medicine, it has the effect of relieving pain, accumulating and dispersing blood, breaking blood stasis, and has a good effect on human liver and intestines and stomach. A lot of people want to plant it, the following editor brings you its planting notes.

1. Growth environment

Zedoary turmeric has strict requirements for the ecological environment, it likes warm and humid climate, it is suitable to be planted in loam or sandy loam with deep soil layer, good drainage, loose and fertile upper layer and compact lower layer, and it is not suitable to be planted in low-lying water-prone land. The soil requires that the upper layer is loose and the lower layer is tight, so that the tuber can not be dug too deeply, and the vegetable garden soil is fertile and loose, which is suitable for its growth. Secondly, the wheat field can also be planted. Be sure to prepare the soil and fertilize before planting, rake flat and make beds after fully mixing the soil and fertilizer.

2. Planting time and method

The planting time of Rhizoma Curcumae is closely related to its variety and local climatic environment. Generally speaking, the planting time of Rhizoma Curcumae is from May to June, but the temperature near the tropics is relatively high, and the temperature is already very high from May to June. At this time, planting is not good for its growth. So close to the tropics, such as Guangxi and other places are generally planted in February, in addition, zedoary is the use of rhizome propagation, in winter to choose a good quality seed stem, it will be treated with plant ash, which can improve the emergence rate.

3. Seedling stage management

It is necessary to loosen the soil and weed in time after emergence, the weeds will affect the growth of the seedlings, and when the grass shortage is serious, the growth space and nutrients of the seedlings will be preempted, the growth of the seedlings will be weak, and the seedlings will die. Therefore, it is necessary to weed frequently in the whole growth process, so that there are no weeds in the field, and at the same time, in order to promote the growth of seedlings, we should timely topdressing after weeding, and pay attention to watering to keep the soil moist, and pay attention to drainage in the rainy season to avoid rotting roots of seedlings.

4. Diseases and insect pests

There are still many diseases and insect pests when zedoary turmeric is planted, and there are mainly leaf spot disease and root rot disease. Generally, the peak of these diseases is in high temperature and rain. At this time, you can spray bacillus and mancozeb to control. The main pests are ground tigers, grubs and other underground pests, which can be controlled by black light trapping or trichlorfon.

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