Detailed Guide to Polygonatum Planting Techniques: Harvest Season Is Key

There are many farmers growing Polygonatum now, and because of expanding market demand, more and more people are starting to study the techniques in pursuit of profit. There are both success and failure cases, and in our country Polygonatum planting techniques are actually not yet all that refined, so the editor has compiled and summarized this article for everyone, let us learn together!

1. What is Polygonatum?

Polygonatum is also known as chicken-head Polygonatum, yellow chicken vegetable, brush-tube vegetable, and tiger ginger. The entire rhizome grows horizontally, has no stalk, and possesses medicinal value. Polygonatum is generally distributed in our country as well as in Korea and Siberia, and in traditional Chinese medicine it mainly belongs to the tonic category, able to strengthen the spleen and moisten the lungs. Farmers growing Polygonatum in our country are concentrated in Heilongjiang, Jilin, Hebei, northwestern Zhejiang, Shaanxi, Ningxia and other regions, with shaded hillside spots at altitudes between 800-2500 m being most suitable.

2. Polygonatum Planting Techniques

1. Soil

To grow Polygonatum, you first need to choose soil that is relatively fertile and drains well; here sandy loam containing humus is recommended, as sandy loam drains well and has a deep soil layer. After leveling the soil, divide it into units and build ridges in the same way as when normally planting other plants, arranging the width and length in advance.

2. Watering

Before planting Polygonatum, first choose to treat the wounds with plant ash and let them dry in the sun for one day; this is to disinfect the wounds, and then plant them into the soil. Water normally for the first two days, and afterward it is recommended to water three times a week, without needing to do so too frequently.

3. Field Management

In the early stage of growth, Polygonatum needs frequent weeding, and you can choose to do it once each in April, June, September and November every year. After weeding, apply topdressing; the fertilizer is mainly cake fertilizer, calcium phosphate, miscellaneous fertilizer and so on, mixed and stirred and then applied in the usual way, after which cover the soil back over. Polygonatum likes water sources and overcast environments, so when carrying out field management everyone should also pay attention to weather changes.

4. Harvest

Polygonatum is generally harvested in autumn and spring, and the quality of the autumn harvest is higher than that of spring. Dig up the rhizome part, wash off the soil, then place it in a steaming rack and steam it until cooked; once you observe an oily, glossy sheen, it can be taken out. After taking it out, dry it in a ventilated spot with suitable sunlight; if it is the rainy season, drying by machine can be used instead of sunlight.

That is all for today's introduction to Polygonatum planting techniques. Polygonatum is mainly valued for its high medicinal value; if any farmers are interested in this area, they should first get in contact with distributors who can purchase promptly, to avoid the situation where after growing it well there is no one to take it off their hands, wasting all their effort for nothing. We hope everyone can also sum up a set of methods of their own during the planting process.