How to Grow Madeira Vine? A Detailed Guide to the Latest Planting Methods
Madeira vine is also called chuanqi, or tu sanqi. Madeira vine is a perennial vine that is grown in most parts of China, especially in the southern regions of our country. The main producing areas of Madeira vine are Sichuan, Yunnan, Zhejiang and other places in our country. It is rich in vitamins, has high nutritional value, and also tastes good. It has effects such as nourishing, promoting blood circulation, enriching the blood, reducing swelling, and resolving blood stasis, and is mainly used to treat waist and knee pain, weakness after illness, fractures, and traumatic injuries. So how should Madeira vine be planted? Let us take a look at its planting methods below.
1. Seedbed preparation
We generally build the seedbed in a greenhouse. The seedbed should be about five to six meters long and about one meter five wide. The seedbed can generally be built with wood, and can also be built with cement, but wooden ones are easier to disassemble. The preparation of nutrient soil is similar to the nutrient preparation for edible mushroom cultivation. Then mix the nutrient soil and field soil evenly in a ratio of two to one, add an appropriate amount of livestock manure, spread it on the seedbed at a thickness of about ten cm, and then rake the nutrient soil on the seedbed level before raising seedlings.
2. Scientific seedling raising
Madeira vine seedlings are generally raised by cutting propagation. For the cuttings of Madeira vine, choose vigorous branches that are more than one year old. The branches should be about fifteen cm long, and the branches should have at least two nodes. We gently insert the selected cuttings into the seedbed at a depth of four to five cm, and the distance between each cutting is about five to six cm. In order to promote rooting of the branches, watering should be thorough. Within one week after cutting, we need to adjust the temperature between twenty-five and thirty degrees, and after one week keep the temperature between twenty-two and twenty-five degrees, and provide appropriate ventilation and light.
3. Field preparation
The planting site for Madeira vine is generally chosen in sandy loam soil with sufficient soil fertility, close to a water source, convenient for irrigation, and with good drainage and permeability. Before planting, plow the land deeply and apply a heavy base fertilizer. The base fertilizer is two thousand five hundred kilograms of organic fertilizer per mu. After preparing the land, open furrows and make beds at a width of one meter five to one meter seven. Pull out the cultivated Madeira vine seedlings together with the base soil, and transplant them at a density of five thousand seedlings per mu, with a row spacing of twenty cm and a plant spacing of about fifteen cm for each plant, and water after planting.
4. Field management
The growth vigor of Madeira vine is still relatively strong, and it also has a certain drought resistance, but in order to improve the yield and quality of Madeira vine, its demand for water is still quite large. Under normal circumstances, water once every seven to ten days, and the amount of water should not be too much, but in high-temperature seasons, when there is no rainfall, then basically watering is needed every day. Of course, when there is continuous rainfall, also remember to drain water to avoid root rot. During the growth process of Madeira vine, multiple topdressings are needed, mainly according to the specific growth condition of Madeira vine, especially after each harvest, an appropriate amount of farmyard manure needs to be applied as a topdressing, and the soil should be loosened in time to enhance the permeability of the soil. Finally, because Madeira vine grows relatively vigorously, we continuously carry out pinching, pruning, and training, so that its yield and quality can be improved.
5. Pest and disease control
The main disease of Madeira vine is snake-eye disease, which runs through the entire growth process of Madeira vine, mainly harming the leaves of Madeira vine, ultimately affecting its yield and even causing it to lose edible value. We can enhance the resistance of the plants by reducing the use of nitrogen fertilizer and balancing fertilization. Secondly, we can use Banjituo for control. The main pests are tobacco cutworm, beet armyworm, and aphids, among others. We can use trichlorfon for control. Of course, the best is to use pyrethroid insecticides for control, because they are less toxic.
The above is what the editor wants to share with you today, the planting methods of Madeira vine. Madeira vine and Panax notoginseng are two completely different medicinal materials, so everyone must not confuse them. If you want to learn more about Madeira vine, remember to leave a message for the editor.