Do you make money by planting Dendrobium?

Dendrobium, also known as Wanzhang beard, hanging orchid, forest orchid, forbidden life, golden hairpin, etc., is a valuable medicinal plant, which has the effect of benefiting stomach, nourishing yin and clearing heat. It is mostly used for Yin injury and fluid loss, mouth dryness and thirst, less retching, deficiency and heat after illness, dark vision and so on. With the depletion of wild resources, it is now mostly planted artificially. Let's take a look at whether it makes money to plant Dendrobium in 2016.

Do you make money by planting Dendrobium?

Because of its slow growth cycle, harsh growth conditions and extremely low reproduction rate, Dendrobium candidum has been excavated in large quantities without restriction in recent years, and Dendrobium candidum is on the verge of extinction, resulting in a continuous surge in the price of Dendrobium candidum. The price of fresh products has more than doubled from 600 yuan per kilogram in 2010 to 1500 yuan per kilogram in 2012, and its first-class dry product Maple Dou exceeded 20, 000 yuan per kilogram in 2013. With the continuous breakthrough of agricultural technology and the application of tissue culture technology and artificial cultivation technology, the industry of Dendrobium candidum has been developed rapidly. the existing planting area in China has exceeded 2000 hectares. Zhejiang, Yunnan, Guangdong, Guangxi, Anhui, Hunan, Fujian, Jiangsu and Sichuan have been cultivated, with an output value of more than 3 billion yuan, making it one of the largest production and sales volume and fastest growing traditional Chinese medicine in China.

Market Prospect of Dendrobium

At present, the total annual demand of the whole Dendrobium market is 800010,000 tons, and the annual demand is increasing by 1015%. Artificial planting has just started and there is a serious shortage of supply. It is estimated that the output of Dendrobium will still be difficult to meet the market demand within 10 years. Now the price of super pure Dendrobium is about 100,000 yuan per kilogram. The price of first-class Dendrobium is between 20, 000 yuan and 30, 000 yuan per kilogram, and there is no stock. The state also strongly supports the planting of Dendrobium. The State Science and Technology Commission has listed the artificial cultivation and research and development project of Dendrobium as a national spark project. For individuals and enterprises who cultivate and study Dendrobium artificially, the State Science and Technology Commission has made it clear that the project will be established and supported by government funding.

Planting risk of Dendrobium

The main results are as follows: 1. The technology is very difficult: although after more than 10 years of research and exploration, the artificial planting technology of Dendrobium is basically mature. However, it is still very difficult for ordinary people to master skilled planting technology in the short term. At present, planting technology varies from place to place, product quality and benefits are also very different, and planting failures also occur from time to time.

2, the investment is big and the risk is high: according to the calculation of the actual effective planting area of 400 square meters per mu of intensive planting in the greenhouse, 30 to 50, 000 seedlings are needed per mu, and according to the current calculation of 2.5 yuan per mu, the investment of seedlings is more than 80, 000, plus the cost of facilities such as the greenhouse, as well as 2 years of manual management fees, the investment per mu exceeds 100000 yuan, once planting failure, heavy losses, this kind of example also occurs many times.

3. The planting cycle is long: it takes about 15 months for seedlings to be domesticated from tissue culture to bottle seedlings. In Dehong and other places with relatively high temperature in Yunnan, it takes 15 to 18 months to harvest, and 18 to 30 months in some areas with low temperature.

4. it is difficult to guarantee the quality: there are as many as 76 varieties of Dendrobium in China, and only Dendrobium has several seedlings with different qualities, such as hybrids, species of origin, soft-footed species, hard-footed species and so on, which are difficult for general professionals to distinguish. In addition, factors such as substrate selection, planting pattern, fertilization and pest control will affect the quality of Dendrobium. If you do not master the technology, the quality of the planted products is not good, agricultural residues, heavy metals and other exceeding the standard, it is generally difficult to sell.

5. Abide by the authentic principle: they are all Dendrobium, and their quality varies greatly due to different planting places. In the initial stage of the current industry, consumers do not pay too much attention to the place of origin, with the expansion of the market, the principle of authenticity will be valued, some unsuitable places to rely on greenhouse artificial planting of Dendrobium will lose the market due to quality and other reasons.

6, the market fluctuation is too big: due to the participation of enterprises in Zhejiang, Guangdong and other places, the one-time planting area is large, coupled with the influence of greenhouse planting quality, authentic and other factors, the market of Dendrobium is unstable, and the later benefit is difficult to predict.