How to grow spine date seed? Latest planting technique method tutorial
Spine date seed is a traditional Chinese medicine in our country. It is the dried mature seed of the spine date. It is neutral in nature and dry and sour in taste. It has the effects of nourishing the heart and tonifying the liver, calming the heart and soothing the nerves, reducing sweating, and promoting fluid production. It is mainly used to treat insomnia, weakness and excessive sweating, and other symptoms. In clinical medicine, it can also treat neurasthenia 0 and cardiovascular and other diseases. Its medicinal value is extremely high, so how should it be planted? Let's take a look together.
1. Growing environment
The spine date has extremely strong environmental adaptability. It is tolerant of saline-alkali, cold, and cold, and can be planted in wasteland, beside ditches, and on field ridges. The most suitable planting areas are arid and barren western mountainous areas. This relatively harsh environment is beneficial to the quality of spine date seed.
2. Grafting
When cultivating spine date, the grafting method is generally chosen, using wild spine date as the rootstock and grafting excellent varieties with high yield and temperature-appropriate spine date varieties. This can promote the formation of a forest as soon as possible, and the variety and yield of the spine date seed produced are also relatively high.
3. Field management
During the seedling stage, intertillage and weeding should be carried out 2-3 times each year. However, when the seedlings grow to 10 cm high, topdressing should be applied once in time, with 15-20 kg of ammonium sulfate applied per mu. When the seedlings grow to 30 cm, apply topdressing again. In order to improve the fruit-setting rate of spine date, timely shaping and pruning should be carried out in spring, sawing off the trunk above 1 m to promote branching and early formation of the tree crown. At the same time, ring barking can also be carried out. During the full flowering stage, at a position about 10 cm from the ground on the trunk, use a knife to make a ring cut all the way around, deep to the xylem, and make another ring cut at an interval of 0.5 cm, then peel off the bark. This can also improve the fruit-setting rate of the plant and reduce flower and fruit drop.
4. Pests and diseases
The main disease of spine date during growth is jujube witches' broom, known as “jujube tree cancer”. There are no obvious symptoms when it occurs, only dull leaf color, and obvious symptoms begin to appear after budding. The main manifestations are leaf yellowing, clustering, small leaves, and leaf curling, affecting the normal growth of spine date, and finally causing death. At present, there is no effective control method. The main pest is the yellow-spined slug moth larva, which gnaws on leaves and can eat all the leaves in severe cases. Combined with winter garden clearing and pruning, eliminate overwintering pest sources. When pests occur, spraying Bacillus thuringiensis powder has a relatively good effect.
The above is an introduction to the planting techniques of spine date seed. We hope it can help you. If you want to learn more related knowledge, please stay tuned to us.