What are the prospects for large-scale cultivation of Gastrodia elata in rural areas?

Gastrodia elata, as a valuable traditional Chinese medicine, used to be collected in the wild, with the market demand for Gastrodia elata, more and more artificial planting, many people are very concerned about the planting prospect of Gastrodia elata, and now the planting yield of Gastrodia elata has increased exponentially.

Now the market price of Gastrodia elata is relatively stable, and the technical difficulty of artificial cultivation of Gastrodia elata is not high. many people think that it is more difficult to grow Gastrodia elata because it needs to rely on Armillaria mellea to provide nutrition. use wood as nutrients, because many people feel that the planting method of Gastrodia elata is quite different from that of ordinary crops, and that it is more difficult to grow Gastrodia elata.

In fact, the difference between planting Gastrodia elata and ordinary crops is that Gastrodia elata needs to be sown in sandy soil with wood and Armillaria mellea. In fact, the management of planting Gastrodia elata is simpler than ordinary crop management, and the workload is very small. Planting Gastrodia elata requires neither fertilization nor weeding, let alone pesticides.

The main management of planting Gastrodia elata is to keep the soil moist, if it is planted indoors, it is necessary to ensure indoor ventilation.

Now Gastrodia elata has entered the ranks of health products from simple medicinal use, and the market of health products is getting bigger and bigger, and the products of Gastrodia elata series are also selling well in the market.

With the increase in the number of Gastrodia elata, the previous self-production and self-sale gradually went abroad and began to be sold to foreign markets. With China's accession to the WTO, the export of Gastrodia elata is also more convenient.

Because the production cycle of Gastrodia elata is relatively long, and the one-time investment is relatively high, it is difficult to greatly increase the production area and output of Gastrodia elata in a short period of time. According to these characteristics, the market of Gastrodia elata is relatively stable, at least the sporadic planting risk of farmers is very small. But we can't rule out the possibility that the market situation will change suddenly.