Planting techniques of Banana Taro

Canna is a perennial herb in the genus Canna of Cannaceae. Scientific name CannaedulisKer, banana taro, also known as banana root, ginger taro, dry lotus root, is a high-yield starch plant, can also be used for landscaping.

Banana potato is native to tropical South America. It likes warm and sunny environment. It is both cold-resistant and drought-resistant. It is suitable for the growth of deep and fertile sandy loam soil. The suitable temperature is 15-30 degrees Celsius, planting tubers or sowing and propagating. The distribution of tubers is generally carried out in spring and March; sowing can be cultivated in the sunny bed, and the following spring can be transplanted, and it will blossom in the same year. During flowering, topdressing should be applied once, preferably organic fertilizer, such as dried dung, bean cake or sesame sauce residue, no matter what kind of fertilizer must be fermented, otherwise raw fertilizer is easy to damage the root system.

Plant shape like plantain, plant height 1.52m, leaves alternate, banded, 50cm 70cm long, 15cm 20cm wide, bright green leaves, purple back. The tidbits are evacuated, the Corolla is red, and then turns orange. The florescence is from July to September, and the capsule is verrucose, and the fruit is ripe from September to October. Canna tuber contains about 40% starch, which is generally harvested from July to September. After digging, the soil is washed, the outer skin is removed and dried, and it is put into a grinder or mill to crush it to make starch, which can also be used for industrial sizing. Banana in the garden can be used for courtyard greening, or as a green wind barrier, green leaves and safflower, beautiful and colorful.

Cultivation techniques of banana taro: the longer the growth period of banana taro is, the higher the yield is. It can be sown from February to May in the south. The land with high topography and convenient drainage and irrigation is selected to make a ditch for the border after soil preparation; the width of the border is 1.0ml / m 1.2 m, the height is about 30 cm, and the width of the inter-border ditch is 25m / m / 33 cm. Before planting, the tubers with hypertrophy, many roots, reddish bud tip, good growth and no diseases and insect pests were selected for planting. 75kg per mu with 50m / m stem. The row spacing is 120ml / 100cm, and the plant spacing is 60mm / 100cm. Plant 1-2 lotus roots under each hole, bud end up, cover with burning soil or ashes mixed with fine soil, cover the bud end to the limit, so that deep planting shallow cover. Planting begins when the temperature is above 10 degrees. The plant of banana lotus root is tall, the growing period is long, and it needs more fertilizer. Generally, 2500 Mu of basic fertilizer is applied, 3000kg of basic fertilizer is applied, and 7.5 kg of nitrogen fertilizer is applied per mu during the growing period. The aboveground parts of banana lotus root should be cut before frost and the stubble should be 10ml / 15cm. Cover after cutting, take and use as you like. Generally, the yield of stem and leaf per mu is 5000 kg and that of stem block is 1500 kg.

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