Can Golden Cicada Flower Be Cultivated? Detailed Guide to Artificial Cultivation Methods

Golden cicada flower is a pathological phenomenon, produced by mutation after an organism becomes diseased. The golden cicada flower has very high economic and medicinal value, so many people want to make money by cultivating golden cicada flower. So can golden cicada flower be cultivated?

1. Can Golden Cicada Flower Be Cultivated?

Golden cicada flower can be artificially cultivated, but cultivation involves a certain amount of trouble. The flower grows from the head of a single cicada larva or 2-3 cicada larvae, about one cun or more in length, branching and flowering from the top, with pollen that is milky yellow, called ”cicada flower spore powder“, which simply put is the ”seed“ and has the function of reproduction. Its formation process is that the cicada larva is infected and parasitized by cordyceps fungus before the cicada emerges; when the climate and environment are suitable, it absorbs nutrients from the insect body and transforms them into mycelium, and finally the insect body is completely occupied by the mycelium, leaving only an empty shell. When all things revive, the mycelium gradually transforms from the nutritional stage into the sexual stage with reproductive function, the ”cicada flower spore powder“, and gradually branches from the top and ”sprouts“ in the shape of a flower.

2. How to Cultivate Golden Cicada Flower?

1. Raising golden cicadas: To cultivate golden cicada flower, you must first raise golden cicadas; that is to say, golden cicada flower is the product of disease in the cicada pupae of golden cicadas. Golden cicadas generally live in forests and survive by feeding on various trees in the woods. In ancient China, golden cicadas could actually also be used as medicine, so many people captured golden cicadas. To raise golden cicadas, we must first choose a location suitable for golden cicadas to live, then select good golden cicada varieties, and then we can begin raising them.

2. Cultivation management: After golden cicadas have been raised for a period of time, they will naturally lay eggs. We need to manage the density of the golden cicadas being raised, generally 500 males and 500 females per mu; in this way, each mu can produce about 250000 cicada eggs. When golden cicadas lay eggs, the environment must be kept quiet, as this will increase the number of eggs laid and the egg-laying efficiency.

3. Growing environment: The environment suitable for golden cicada flower growth is generally an area with sunlight and relatively high temperature as well as relatively high humidity. In this kind of environment, golden cicadas can grow very well, so if we cultivate golden cicada flower, we generally choose warm and rainy areas, and then when the golden cicadas become cicada pupae, they will be invaded by grasses, and then mycelium will grow.

4. Growth period: In the early stage of growth, golden cicada flower grows inside the cicada pupa. Its growth mainly depends on the nutrients in the golden cicada pupa, and it will keep absorbing until the nutrients in the golden cicada are completely absorbed. Then in spring, the golden cicada flower will break through the soil, and it will need to rely on external nutrients for growth, so we must provide it with sufficient nutrients to let it bloom. At the same time, after emerging from the soil, the golden cicada must be protected against diseases and pests. The most common ones are ants and red flower bugs, and strong ammonia essence is needed for prevention.

5. Harvesting: Harvesting is generally relatively simple. After the golden cicada flower blooms and all the petals have fully opened, it can be harvested. Generally, the golden cicada flower is harvested together with the golden cicada pupa underground, then sun-dried or oven-dried, and finally packaged and stored properly.

Cultivating golden cicada flower is relatively troublesome and very difficult to achieve. If you do not have a certain level of skill, it is best not to try cultivating golden cicada flower.