How to grow the latest trichosanthes

Trichosanthes root is one of the most commonly used Chinese medicinal materials in China, alias melon root, its root system can be used as medicine, has the effect of clearing away heat and purging fire, promoting body fluid and quenching thirst, discharging pus and detumescence, is the main raw material of Chinese patent medicine for treating diabetes, so the market demand for it is getting bigger and bigger, artificial planting develops very fast, the following introduces the planting method of Trichosanthes root.

1. Land selection and preparation

Trichosanthes like warm, humid, ventilated, transparent environment, afraid of drought, not cold, planting requires deep soil layer, loose fertile soil. When planting, select qualified plots, clean up weeds and residual plants after selecting planting land, apply farm manure 2000-3000 clean and compound fertilizer 50-80 kg per mu in combination with ploughing, rake and level them, make beds and wait for planting.

2. Reproductive methods

The propagation methods of Trichosanthes chinensis include seed propagation, root-splitting propagation and tendril pressing propagation. Seed propagation is generally used in large-scale production. The sowing time is selected between Qingming and grain rain. Before sowing, soak the seeds in warm water of about 40 degrees for one day. After soaking, suck them out and dry them slightly for sowing. Sowing adopts the method of hole sowing, opening holes according to the row spacing of 1 - 2 ×20cm, placing 1-2 seeds in each hole, watering after covering the soil, keeping the soil moist all the time before emergence, controlling the humidity at about 20%, and about 15-20 days after emergence.

3. Field management

Field management should be strengthened after emergence. The first thing to do is to loosen soil and weed to ensure that there are no weeds in the field affecting the growth of seedlings. After the seedlings are complete, cultivation should be carried out in time to promote root growth. Watering keeps the soil moist and speeds up the growth of seedlings. When the seedlings grow to about 50cm, fertilize twice, apply urea 10 kg per mu each time. When fertilizing, pay attention to the fertilizer at the root of 20-30cm. Water immediately after fertilization to avoid excessive fertilizer causing seedling burning.

4. Diseases and pests

The diseases of Trichosanthes chinensis are mainly spot blight, root rot and node nematode. The disease usually occurs from June to September. Bordeaux mixture and mancozeb are sprayed to control the disease. Root rot mainly occurs in May and is more serious in rainy season. When it occurs, it is necessary to remove diseased plants in time and disinfect diseased points. Node nematode disease mainly harms root system, so prevention should be given priority to. Soil should be ploughed many times during planting, combined with sunning, pesticide disinfection and insecticide, field management should be strengthened, and organic fertilizer should be applied. Insect pests are mainly white grubs, beetle larvae, mainly harm the root system, can be used to kill artificially or pesticide control methods.

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