How to plant cat claw grass

Cat's claw is an annual herb of Ranunculaceae, which is called cat's claw because its flowers are similar to cat's claws. Cat's claw grass is a kind of traditional Chinese medicine, its main part of medicine is root tuber, which has the effect of dispersing knots and eliminating blood stasis, and can be used in the treatment of lymphoid tuberculosis. Cat claw mainly has a wide planting area in the south of China. So how exactly should cat claw grass be planted? The following editor has brought the planting technology of cat claw grass, let's have a look!

1. Land selection and preparation

Cat claw grass has a strong ability to adapt to the soil, so there is no great demand for soil, but we should try to choose soil with sufficient fertility and normal drainage. This is beneficial to the growth of cat claw grass and is very beneficial to the yield and quality of cat claw grass. After selecting the site, turn the soil about 25 cm deep, flatten it and rake it. After applying sufficient base fertilizer, the base fertilizer is mainly rotten farm manure, and the dosage is controlled at about 1500 kg / mu, and then appropriate amount of calcium superphosphate is applied. Mix it fully with the soil to make a bed about 150 centimeters wide for planting.

2. Methods of reproduction

The propagation method of cat claw grass is mainly based on the propagation of seed roots. first of all, on the prepared border, the plant row spacing is controlled at about 30 cm to dig the sowing hole. Then a plant with strong growth, no disease and insect pests and high yield was selected as the mother plant. Then break off the mother plant, do a good job of disinfection and budding, if there are no conditions, you can skip this work. A seed plant was planted in each planting hole, and then covered with a layer of fine soil, then covered with a layer of straw and watered enough to improve the soil moisture conservation capacity. Seedlings will emerge in about half a month in a suitable environment, and the mulch will be uncovered after successful emergence.

3. Field management

Cat claw grass has a strong ability to resist drought, so in its growth process, as long as it keeps the soil slightly moist. However, in case of long-term dry weather, we should also pay attention to watering, too much water or rainy season to do a good job of drainage. Proper topdressing should be applied in spring, mainly farm manure, and then an extra-root topdressing should be carried out before flowering to meet the nutrition needed for the growth of cat claw grass. Finally, the cat claw grass will enter the dormant period in summer and stop growing, so it can properly interplant vegetables and other crops with short growth period in the field to improve the planting efficiency.

4. Pest control

The common diseases and insect pests of cat claw are blight, aphids and so on. In the process of planting, we must pay attention to the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests. To strengthen management, we should pay attention to isolating the sources of transmission, do a good job in water and fertilizer management, and drain water in a timely manner during the rainy season. The incidence conditions of many diseases and insect pests are high temperature and high humidity, so we must pay attention to control the temperature and humidity in the field, avoid temperature and humidity discomfort, and affect the normal growth of cat claw grass. After the onset of the disease, we should pay attention to observe the specific diseases and insect pests, and then carry out symptomatic prevention and control according to the actual situation.

The above is a brief introduction to how to plant cat claw grass, the planting of cat claw grass is actually very simple. However, we need to do a good job in field management to ensure that the cat claw grass has a good growth environment. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help you all.