Seedling price and planting method of Siraitia grosvenorii

Luohanguo is a perennial vine of Luohanguo of Cucurbitaceae, also known as immortal fruit, fake balsam pear, Jinbu, and so on. It is the first batch of valuable traditional Chinese medicine for both medicine and food announced by the Ministry of Health. It has the effects of clearing away heat and cooling blood, promoting cough, smoothing intestines and detoxification, nourishing skin and tonifying skin, moistening lungs and resolving phlegm. The cultivation value is very high. Let's take a look at the price and planting method of Siraitia grosvenorii seedlings.

How much is a Siraitia grosvenorii seedling?

The price of Siraitia grosvenorii seedlings is about 40.8 yuan per plant, but it varies greatly due to the quality, variety, producing area, market and quantity of seedlings. Siraitia grosvenorii is mainly produced in Guilin, Guangxi. Yongfu County and Longsheng County have a long history of planting Siraitia grosvenorii. Yongfu has planted Siraitia grosvenorii for more than 300 years, and Longsheng County has planted Luohanguo for more than 200 years. 90% of Siraitia grosvenorii in China are produced in Yongfu County and Longsheng County.

What are the varieties of Siraitia grosvenorii?

1. Green fruit: the plant of green fruit is strong, the yield is high, the adaptability is strong, the fruit is early, the high yield is good, the quality is medium, it is widely used in production, and the cultivated area accounts for more than 90%. It can be planted in either mountain area or plain.

2. Lajiang fruit: Lajiang fruit is cultivated from seedlings of long beach fruit, the fruit is oval, oblong or pear-shaped, with wide adaptability, suitable for planting in mountain or hilly areas, exuberant plant growth and good quality.

3. Changtan fruit: Changtan fruit is the best variety among the cultivated varieties at present, the fruit is long oval or ovate oval, the pericarp is delicate, thin pilose, the top of the fruit is slightly sunken, and the pericarp has obvious fine veins.

4. Red hairy fruit: the adaptability of red hairy fruit is very strong, the plant growth is robust, the yield is high, tender vines and young fruits are densely covered with red verrucous glandular scales, the fruit is small, shaped like a pear-shaped short round.

5. Wax gourd fruit: wax gourd fruit plant growth is robust, fruit long cylindrical, flush at both ends, similar to wax gourd, seed-shaped, leaf triangular heart-shaped, fruit densely pilose, good yield, suitable for planting in low mountainous areas.

Planting techniques of Siraitia grosvenorii

1. Land selection and preparation: Siraitia grosvenorii is a short-day crop, which likes to be moist, foggy and shady. After selecting the land, ploughing and harrowing in the winter of the first year, ploughing again a few days before planting, opening the border and opening holes, applying 5 kilograms of rotten barnyard manure in each hole, mix the fertilizer and the soil well and pile it into a pile for planting.

2. Planting method: Siraitia grosvenorii is generally planted between March and April, with about 400 plants per mu and two plants in each hole. The northern cold areas choose warm sunny days before and after the Qingming Festival, the southern areas can be planted earlier, and the frost-free areas can be planted in autumn and winter.

3. Build canopy and support vine: after planting, Siraitia grosvenorii begins to set up a shed, put small bamboo or branches on the roof, insert a small bamboo next to the plant, remove the side branches from the vine when the seedling is 17cm to 20cm high, and gently tie the main vine to the bamboo with straw or hemp rope when the seedling is 30cm high.

4. Weeding and topdressing fertilizer: Siraitia grosvenorii weeding and topdressing fertilizer should be carried out many times every year, thin human manure should be applied once from April to May, rotten barnyard manure should be applied once after the main vine goes up to the shed in May, and the mixed fertilizer such as barnyard manure, peanut bran and phosphate fertilizer should be applied every 7-15 days from June to September.

5. Artificial pollination: Siraitia grosvenorii is carried out when the plant blossoms from June to July, but the artificial pollination ends in the morning, and the pollination effect in the afternoon is poor. The pollen collected should be used on the same day. If you want to keep it for the next day, it must be dried and stored, otherwise it will lose its germination power.

6. Overwintering management: Siraitia grosvenorii is about 15 cm thick before the Beginning of Winter every year, and then cover with a layer of grass to prevent the tuber from freezing. In the second year, the cover is removed and the soil is removed to expose the tuber before and after the Qingming Festival. At the same time, the withered vines are cut off to facilitate the growth of new buds.

Pest control of Siraitia grosvenorii

1. Root knot nematode disease

[harm] nodules of different sizes are formed on the fibrous roots after the disease, and nodular bumps are formed on the tubers. The absorption of water and nutrients by the roots of the plants with mild disease is affected, and in severe cases, the roots and tubers all rot.

[prevention and control] planting on newly reclaimed land, selecting disease-free tubers as seeds, carrying out crop rotation, cutting off nodules and applying tung oil after the disease has a certain control effect.

2. Huang Shougua

[harm] the larvae bite off the roots in the soil, and the adults bite out the leaves or eat the whole leaves to kill the plant.

[prevention and control] when adults are harmed, 90% trichlorfon or 80% dichlorvos 1000-1500 times can be sprayed.

3. Fruit fly

[harm] the larvae eat the flesh, and the damaged fruit turns yellow and falls early.

[prevention and control] the damaged fruits were removed in time, and 50 kg of water was sprayed with 50 kg of 90% trichlorfon and 1.5 kg of brown sugar during the active period of adults.

4. Red spider

[harm] damage the leaves, tender vines and fruits of Siraitia grosvenorii, and cause falling leaves and fruits in serious cases.

[prevention and control] spray with 80% dichlorvos 800 times or 40% dimethoate 800 times plus 20% triclofenac 800 times.