The Latest Tutorial on Artificial Cultivation and Processing Techniques for Litsea cubeba

Litsea cubeba is also called mountain pepper, and it is a medicinal plant. The root bark and leaves of Litsea cubeba can both be used as medicine. The applications of Litsea cubeba are also relatively broad. Its most commonly used and most frequently seen application is in medicine, and because Litsea cubeba smells of a very special aromatic fragrance, it is also used by people to make cosmetics. So next, the editor will tell everyone how to cultivate Litsea cubeba artificially!

1. Seed collection and seedling raising

When collecting seeds and raising seedlings, we need to carry out a systematic screening of the seedlings, select some old mother trees, and pick out 5-10-year-old mother trees for inspection. If any have severe pests and diseases or poor growth, they must be eliminated. Then the high-quality seedlings that remain should be kept for seed collection at the end of August. If the bark color of Litsea cubeba appears purplish-black, then seed collection can be carried out. After removing the skin and wax and washing them clean, sowing can be done, and then the soil should be covered. The thickness of the soil should be 2 cm. After sowing, spray butachlor once, and spend more time removing weeds to ensure that no weeds grow throughout the year.

2. Land selection and planting

Litsea cubeba is suitable for growing in southern China, and it can be planted on wasteland at an altitude below 1,500 m. Litsea cubeba can be planted in winter and spring, and the row spacing should be kept at 1*2 m. In 667 sq m of land, it is enough to plant 300 plants, because Litsea cubeba is a dioecious plant, so the ratio of male to female trees should be kept at 1:3.

3. Daily management

Usually, patrol the field frequently. When the mother plant of Litsea cubeba grows to 1 m tall, topping should be carried out, which can promote branching of the mother plant. In May, weeds should be removed from the field. Weeds grow wildly in May, so weed control must be done well to ensure that nutrients and land are not taken by weeds. If there are too many weeds, they will also block the light, causing Litsea cubeba to lack sunlight. In November, 100 g of phosphate fertilizer should be applied. The phosphate fertilizer element is beneficial for the sprouting of Litsea cubeba flowers, and during the full flowering period, urea and potassium dihydrogen phosphate should be sprayed on the Litsea cubeba trees, which can help it overcome alternate bearing. If it suffers from the harm of white wax scale in summer, machine oil emulsion can be sprayed on Litsea cubeba for control.

4. Harvesting and processing

After planting seedlings, Litsea cubeba can enter the high-yield period after growing for 3 years. However, by the fourth year or more than four years, one mother tree can produce 4-8 kg of fresh fruit. By the eighth year of growth, the yield can reach 25 kg per plant, which is very high-yielding. After Start of Autumn in the lunar calendar, the fresh fruit of Litsea cubeba can be harvested, then heated with steam from a pot to volatilize the seeds, pour out the Litsea cubeba oil, and after passing through a conduit and condenser tube, Litsea cubeba oil is formed. Dry the kernel in the sun, then crush it and use a juicer to extract oil, with an oil yield of about 30%. The earlier oil yield was only 6-7%. By comparison, the latter is more efficient.

The above is the artificial cultivation and processing technique for Litsea cubeba. Have you all learned it? Apart from cultivation, which takes some time to study, processing is still very simple. It only requires some tools, and the other steps are all very simple. To learn more related information, please continue to follow Qinnong Web!