Planting techniques of Fructus Aurantii

Fructus Aurantii is a commonly used traditional Chinese medicine, which belongs to Rutaceae plant lime and the dried young fruit of cultivated variety or sweet orange. it has the effect of breaking qi and relieving knot, resolving phlegm and dispersing ruffia. it is mainly used to treat bloating pain, constipation and diarrhea. It is planted in the south of Qinling Mountains in China, and there are also a lot of wild plants. Let's take a look at its planting techniques.

1. Planting conditions

Fructus Aurantii likes a warm and humid climate, has a strong shade tolerance, and has higher requirements for temperature, requiring an annual average temperature of more than 15 degrees. Its seeds can only germinate at a temperature of more than 10 degrees, and the suitable temperature for growth is 20-25 degrees. In addition, the requirement for moisture is also higher, requiring annual precipitation of 1000-2000 mm. When planting, it is best to choose loam with sufficient light, deep soil layer, loose soil quality, rich humus and good drainage.

2. Sowing seeds

Fructus Aurantii can be propagated by seed and grafting. The seeds are picked when the seeds are ripe, washed and stored in wet sand, and sown after the beginning of spring. Sowing with strip sowing, furrow spacing at 30-40cm, plant spacing at 5cm, covered with fertile soil after sowing, and covered with a layer of straw to keep warm and wet. The soil should be kept moist during seedling emergence, and the straw should be removed when the seedling is about to emerge. when the seedling grows to 8-10cm, it is necessary to interseedling and replenish the seedling, strengthen the fertilizer and water management, and transplant when the seedling grows to 1 meter.

3. Inter-park management

Pour water once before transplanting, then transplant the young trees with soil, fertilize the soil before transplanting, apply organic fertilizer or farm manure 3000-4000 kg per mu, match 100kg compound fertilizer, spread it on the ground and mix it evenly with the soil. When transplanting, control plant row spacing 3 × 4 meters, pour root water once after transplanting, loosen soil and weed frequently after transplanting, combine topdressing with nitrogen fertilizer, topdressing 3-4 times a year, spray urea, calcium superphosphate, plant ash and trichlorfon, which can not only supplement plant nutrition, but also control diseases and insect pests. Attention should be paid to water management in young fruit, drainage in overcast and rainy season, and timely watering in dry season to avoid the phenomenon of long drought and rain or sudden sunny for a long time, affecting the growth and development of fruit.

4. Shaping and pruning

It is necessary to cultivate backbone frame and increase yield, plant shaping and pruning is essential. after planting, it is necessary to erase more than one meter of the plant, leaving only 3-4 branches as the main branches, and then carry out the same operation on the main branches every year to cultivate branches and lateral branches to form a large crown. When the plant is stereotyped, there is also flower thinning and fruit thinning to avoid excessive number of flowers and fruits, consuming a lot of nutrients and weakening the plant, so it is necessary to thinning flowers and fruits in an appropriate amount. After harvest, the weak branches, disease and insect branches, withered branches, clump branches, sagging, growing and senescent branches should be pruned in time to avoid the consumption of plant nutrients and restore the tree potential quickly after the beginning of spring in the coming year.

The above is the planting technology of Fructus Aurantii. I hope it can help you. If you want to know more about the planting of medicinal materials, please follow us.