Looks like a lotus lantern, what are the planting prospects of artichokes?

It is not fresh, when it comes to artichokes, you may have heard of it, but not many people have seen it or even eaten it.

Artichokes also have a special name in East Asia, "artichoke", but it has nothing to do with North Korea, it was started by the Japanese.

Artichokes are rarely seen in Chinese food markets and restaurants, but they are household names in Europe and the United States. the sweet taste of peas and asparagus occupied the mainstream position of Mediterranean cuisine in the first half of the year, and its taste and nutritional value. Some people call it the "hairy crab" of the West.

Artichoke Farm in California, USA

However, artichokes have high requirements for soil and climatic conditions, and need fertile, slightly alkaline and well-drained soil, and a frost-free climate in the subtropics. There are few areas suitable for planting in the world. At present, mainly in Naples, Italy, France, Spain, California and other places, Peru and South Africa also have a small amount of planting, with a total area of no more than 1.5 million mu.

The main planting areas in China are Yimen County, Yuxi County, Hunan Changde West Dongting, Zhejiang, Guangxi and other places, with a total area of no more than 50,000 mu.

Some data show that the stable market demand in Europe and the United States is more than 2.3 million tons, equivalent to more than 2.3 million mu of planting area. the key is that China, a huge consumer market, has not yet started, so it is predicted that in the past 10 years, the global consumer market demand will expand to 3.3 million tons.

Artichoke planting tips:

1. This is a plant of the genus artichoke in the Compositae family. The harvest time is more than one month. After each harvest, it will send out new branches and grow new artichokes.

2. It is a perennial plant and can be harvested for up to 5 years.

3. The best intercropping plant for artichoke is pea (which can fix nitrogen), and sunflower, tarragon and cabbage are also suitable. About planting technical questions, you can go to cloud planting APP to consult, experts one-to-one free answers.

4. Planting 600,700 plants per mu, the yield of edible buds per mu is about 1000 kg in the world, and it is estimated to be 800kg in China.

Artichokes are very big, so it's best not to grow other crops if space is limited.

5. Planting has less labor intensity, less labor, fewer diseases and insect pests, and avoids the busy season of agriculture, but it needs to be harvested by hand when harvesting.

6. Artichokes belong to high-input, high-output and high-tech varieties, and almost all of them are exported at present, so the scale and supporting processing facilities should be reasonably controlled when the government or base is introduced.

7. The deeply processed products that can be developed are artichoke tea, beverage, effervescent tablets, artichoke instant powder, artichoke kimchi, stamen tea, canned artichoke, seasoning sauce and so on.

6. Foreign shopping websites show that 100 artichoke seeds sell for $9, and the farm sells one artichoke for $3.

7. The two reasons for the failure of artichoke planting are summer drought and winter soil flooding, so the planting plot should maintain the ability of water storage and drainage.

8. Artichokes should be harvested in time. Once the bud is opened, it can not be eaten. It can only be used as an ornamental plant or for other purposes.

The stamens of artichoke are very beautiful

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