Where do you sell moxa seeds?

Moxa grass, also known as ice platform, curbing grass, fragrant wormwood, etc., is a perennial herb or slightly semi-shrubby plant of the Compositae genus Artemisia. It is often born in wasteland, roadside, riverside, hillsides and other places in low to medium elevations. In addition to extremely arid and alpine areas in China, it is widely used among the people. Let's take a look at the seeds of Artemisia argyi.

Where do you sell moxa seeds?

Moxa seeds are seldom sold and can only be bought in a few agricultural markets or online. Artemisia argyi mainly propagates asexually with rhizome ramets, but it can also be propagated by seeds. Generally, seed propagation is sown in March, rhizome propagation is carried out in November, and sufficient base fertilizer is applied before sowing. 4000 kg of rotten farm manure per mu, deep ploughing and soil are fully blocked, and sufficient bottom water is watered once after discharge.

What are the functions of moxa grass?

1. Medicinal use: moxa grass has the effects of regulating menstruation and hemostasis, calming the fetus and stopping collapse, dispelling cold and dehumidification, treating irregular menstruation, menstrual pain, abdominal pain, abortion, uterine bleeding and other diseases. it is one of the most commonly used herbs in traditional Chinese medicine.

2. Edible: moxa grass is a kind of good food. In the traditional food in southern China, a kind of Ciba is made of moxa grass as raw material. Local people pick fresh and tender moxa leaves and sprouts as vegetables in Dongjiang Valley of Guangdong Province.

3. To ward off evil spirits: moxa grass is closely related to the life of the Chinese people. During the Dragon Boat Festival, people always put Artemisia argyi at home to "ward off evil spirits". The dried plants are soaked in water and fumigated to disinfect and stop itching, and parturients often bathe or fumigate with moxa water.

4. Moxibustion: moxa grass is dried and mashed into "moxa wool". Moxa wool can be made into moxa strips for moxibustion, and it can also be used as the raw material of "printing mud (the main raw materials are cinnabar, cinnabar, moxa, castor oil, musk, borneol, etc.). It can also be used as a natural plant dye.

How to plant moxa seeds?

The main results are as follows: 1. Sowing method: moxa grass is sown in early spring, from February to March in the south and from March to April in the north, it can be directly seeded or transplanting, the soil cover should not be too thick after sowing, and attention should be paid to the management after emergence. When the seedling height is 10 ~ 15 cm, the seedling should be fixed according to the plant spacing of 20 ~ 30 cm.

2. Planting density: the seedling height of Artemisia argyi was 5 × 10 cm in 2 ~ 3 months. When the ground was wet, the seedlings were planted according to the row spacing of 30 × 40 cm, 3 plants per hole, and compacted with soil. If it does not rain within 2-3 days after planting, drip water to preserve moisture.

3. Timely fertilization: after Artemisia argyi was planted and survived, 90kg / ha of urea was applied as seedling fertilizer when the seedling height was 30cm, spread in cloudy and rainy days, foliar spraying in sunny days, and farm manure, barnyard manure and cake manure were applied as base fertilizer in early November.

4. Reasonable watering: Artemisia argyi turned over the garden after harvest in mid-June to remove the residual branches and leaves and remove the overdense stem base and persistent roots. Foliar sprinkler irrigation with seedling height below 80 cm in dry season, and flooding irrigation in the whole garden when seedling height is more than 80 cm.

5. Harvest and processing: moxa grass is usually harvested in summer, with leaves, stems and branches on the ground before blooming, removing impurities and dead leaves, drying in the sun and bundling them, and storing them in a dry place to protect against moisture and mildew.