What is the profit of safflower planting now? What is the harvest time and processing method? What is the effect?

Safflower, also known as red and blue flower thorn safflower, mainly produced in Henan, Hunan, Sichuan, Tibet, Xizang and other places. It is best to have long flowers, bright red colors and soft qualities. So how much profit is there from safflower cultivation now? What is the harvest time and processing method? What's the effect?

How big is the profit of safflower planting now?

1. Safflower cultivation is mainly concentrated in ** Tacheng, Jimsar and Yili;** Safflower yield per mu is low, generally 12-15 kg per mu, and the low yield per mu is only 8-10 kg. ** Land resources are rich, in addition to planting cotton, sunflower, and in recent years cotton prices are low, sunflower planting area is also large, planting safflower mainly to harvest safflower seeds, safflower seeds yield 100-120 kg per mu, seed selling price 5 yuan kg, ** contracted land cost is low, one mu of land income 500-600 yuan is good. One mu of safflower can earn 500-600 yuan (excluding manual picking fees), plus seed income of about 1000 yuan, for ** drug farmers, still unwilling to give up safflower planting. ** The normal annual output of the production area is around 5000 tons.

2. Safflower is a commonly used bulk variety in the national Chinese herbal medicine market. Since China joined the World Trade Organization, it has been exported in large quantities to earn foreign exchange. Safflower oil and safflower seed oil are greatly loved by the world. In recent years, the planting area is small, the contradiction between supply and demand is prominent, and the demand is increasing. In recent years, safflower has always maintained a high price, and its price is firm and smooth in the national medicinal material market. Safflower market is good, planting is at the right time!

What is the harvest time and processing method of safflower?

1. Harvest time of safflower

Autumn safflower can be harvested in April to May of the second year, and safflower can be harvested in batches when it reaches its full bloom. The best harvest standard is when the top of corolla changes from yellow to red. It is better to pick flowers in the morning when the dew is not dry and the bracts of spiny varieties are sharp and soft. Popularize planting thornless safflower varieties, flexible and unlimited harvesting time, no injury to hands, high flower picking efficiency.

2. Safflower processing method

The corolla should be covered with a layer of white paper and dried in the sun, or dried in a cool and ventilated place. It should not be directly exposed to the sun or stacked to avoid mildew and blackening; it can be dried in a drying room at 40~60℃.

The drying rate of safflower is 20%~30%. Generally, the dried flowers per mu are 10~20kg, and the high-yield fields can reach 25~30kg. Finished products: dry, red and yellow color and bright, soft texture is a good safflower.

What effect does safflower have?

1. Safflower can activate blood circulation and dredge channels, remove stasis and relieve pain. It can be used as a blood-activating and channel-activating medicine. Activating blood circulation and removing blood stasis, promoting qi circulation and relieving pain. Nourishing blood, activating blood circulation.

2. Warm in nature, pungent in taste, activating blood circulation and dredging channels, dispelling blood stasis and relieving pain. For amenorrhea, dysmenorrhea, traumatic injury.

3. Add a small handful of safflower. Gauze package boiled can be used twice a day foot soaking, applicable to all kinds of varicose veins, poor blood circulation, numbness or bruising legs and feet, etc.

4. Activating blood circulation and qi circulation, removing blood stasis and dredging collaterals, relieving pain, treating shoulder pain, arm pain, lumbago, leg pain, or pain all over the body caused by qi and blood blocking meridians, and not healing for a long time.

Time: 2019-03-16 Click: