Where can I sell moxa seeds? How to raise seedlings?

Artemisia argyi, also known as Artemisia argyi, can often be seen in rural fields. With the improvement of economic benefits of Artemisia argyi, Artemisia argyi is now planted artificially in many areas. So if you want to plant wormwood seeds, where can I sell them? How to raise seedlings? Let's learn about it.

Where can I sell moxa seeds?

There are many channels for the purchase of moxa seeds, mainly divided into physical stores and online shopping, the general physical stores are the first choice, after all, to facilitate after-sales service in the future, the second is to search relevant stores online, and try to choose businesses with good reputation and high reputation. Seed quality is more guaranteed. In addition, buy seeds, pay attention to judge the quality of seeds, distinguish methods can touch and smell, touch can feel whether the seeds are mature and full, smell can smell whether the preservation environment is good, if there are other peculiar smells, it is easy to attract worms, and there are many seed worms.

How to raise seedlings of moxa grass?

1. Land selection and preparation

The site should have irrigation water conditions, there should be no domestic water and industrial water pollution nearby, the soil and air quality should meet the second national standards, and the water for production should meet the water quality standards for farmland irrigation. the soil should be free of toxic and harmful drug residues and pollution of human and animal faeces and domestic waste. According to the characteristics of the soil layer structure of the planting land, the ploughing and harrowing times should be properly mastered, and the soil and miscellaneous fertilizer should be fully matured to achieve harmless soil fertilizer of 22.5 to 30.0 tons per hectare, then evenly mixed into the soil layer, and then the ditch should be repaired for planting.

2. Sowing method

The seeds should be sowed in early spring. From February to March in the south and from March to April in the north, they can be directly seeded or raised and transplanted. The row spacing of direct seeding is 40cm to 50cm. After sowing, the soil cover should not be too thick, and it is appropriate to cover the seeds with 0.5 cm or cover the seeds. It is difficult for the seeds to emerge if the soil is too thick. After emergence, pay attention to loosening the soil, weeding and inter-seedling. When the seedling height is 10  -15 cm, the seedling should be fixed according to the plant spacing of 20-30 cm.

3. Transplanting density

When the height of the seedlings is 5 cm 10 cm from February to March, when the ground is wet (preferably after rain or cloudy days), the seedlings separated from the stem base of the mother plant are planted according to the row spacing of 30 cm × 40 cm, and 3 seedlings per hole are compacted with soil. If it does not rain within 2-3 days after planting, drip water to preserve moisture.

4. Field management

After the planting survived, urea 90kg / ha was applied as seedling fertilizer when the seedling height was 30cm, sprinkled in rainy days and foliar sprayed in sunny days. Ploughing and weeding once in early April, with a depth of 15 cm. After harvesting in mid-June, Qi Ai turned over the garden to remove the remnant branches and leaves and remove the dense stem base and persistent roots, with a depth of 15 cm. In early November, farm manure, barnyard manure and cake manure were applied as base fertilizer. In dry season, foliar sprinkler irrigation with seedling height below 80cm, and flooding irrigation in the whole garden when seedling height is more than 80cm.

5. Harvesting and processing

After entering 50 centimeters, moxa grass begins to enter the reproductive stage, and the leaves will gradually shrink, seriously affecting the yield. Try to choose a sunny day within a week and harvest about 50 centimeters. Artemisia argyi leaves are harvested in summer, and the stems and branches with leaves on the ground are cut before blooming, remove impurities and dead leaves, spread out in the sun to five or sixty thousand, tie them into small handfuls, then spread them in the sun to dry feet, and bind them in bundles.

The above is about the introduction of moxa grass, moxa grass has a great role, sun drying can be made into incense, pillows, can also be used for traditional Chinese medicine to maintain health, now people love to use moxa grass soak feet, long-term health is also a lot of benefits, in short, the economic value of moxa grass is quite high, many areas have developed artificial cultivation.

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