Planting techniques of borage

Borage, also known as star grass, is an annual herb of the genus borage, native to the eastern Mediterranean coast and Asia minor. It is widely cultivated in Europe and North America and can be used as a honey source plant. Fresh and dried leaves can be used as vegetables in Europe. Fresh and dried leaves can also be used for stew and soup, beverage seasoning. Let's take a look at the planting techniques of borage!

Growth habits of borage

Borage is native to the eastern Mediterranean and is widely cultivated in Europe and North America. Thermophilic plants, resistant to high temperature and rain, but also resistant to drought, are not resistant to cold, and require less barren soil.

Propagation techniques of borage

Borage can be propagated by direct seeding, seedling raising and transplanting. Open field cultivation is generally suitable for spring sowing, and protected field cultivation can be carried out throughout the year as needed. The seed is nutlet, the seed coat is hard, soak in warm water for 1-2 days before sowing, change water every day, sow seedlings quickly and neatly after soaking. Then the treated seeds were burrowed and sowed in the whole seedbed. Sow 3 seeds per hole, 0.5 grams per square meter, and cover fine soil with a thickness of 2 centimeters. Sowing is mostly carried out from March to April, and two or three times of thin fertilizer can be applied in May to promote flower bud differentiation. Picking seeds can spread the newspaper under the plant on a sunny day, shake the branches, and the seeds will fall.

Planting techniques of borage

1. Planting: the seedlings were planted in 3 to 5 true leaves, the plant spacing was 20 to 30 centimeters, the row spacing was 30 to 40 centimeters, and watered after planting.

2. Management: weeding and loosening the soil at the seedling stage, the direct seeding seedlings were weak in the time of 3 true leaves, surplus seedlings, leaving 1 to 2 seedlings in each hole, keeping the field moist during the leaf growth period, reducing watering after flowering, generally no disease and insect pests, and no pesticides.