Is there a future in the latest Bletilla striata cultivation?

Bletilla striata, also known as lian ji cao, zi lan, bao she lan and so on, is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant of the genus Bletilla in the orchid family. It often grows on relatively moist rock walls and in moss layers, and for thousands of years has been used as a traditional astringent hemostatic medicine, taken internally or applied externally, with the effects of tonifying the lungs, stopping bleeding, reducing swelling and promoting tissue regeneration. Now let us take a look together at whether there is a future in cultivating Bletilla striata!

Is there a future in cultivating Bletilla striata?

Cultivating Bletilla striata has a future. Bletilla striata has a very wide range of applications. Although artificial cultivation has been successful in recent years, large-scale cultivation has not yet taken shape, and moreover wild rhizomes are mostly used as seedlings for planting, resulting in a scarce supply of dried goods, which is one of the reasons for the high prices of Bletilla striata in recent years. Although artificial cultivation of Bletilla striata will put great pressure on the future market, there will not be a large influx of supply hitting the market in the short term, and after a period of adjustment there may even be a trend of continued price rises.

How much investment does Bletilla striata cultivation require?

1. Seedlings: tuber planting costs about 30,000 yuan per mu, domesticated seedlings about 15,000 yuan, and bottle seedlings about 8,000 yuan.

2. Fertilizer: an estimated 200 yuan of fertilizer input per mu per year is needed, and cultivation over 3 years requires an input of 200*3=600 yuan.

3. Other: daily management and other costs are about 1,000 yuan per year, and over 3 years about 3,000 yuan per mu is needed.

What are the profits of Bletilla striata cultivation?

1. Yield: high-yield fields can reach about 500 jin of dried goods, medium-yield fields 300 to 400 jin, and low-yield fields about 250 jin.

2. Income: the current price of dried goods is about 150 to 250 yuan per jin, with income per mu of about 60,000 yuan.

3. Profit: about 30,000 to 40,000 yuan per mu, but market changes, management level and other factors directly affect the returns.

How should Bletilla striata seedlings be selected and purchased?

1. Variety identification: there are very many varieties of Bletilla striata, but among these varieties only five or six meet pharmaceutical standards, and only three can achieve high yields. If you do not have the ability to identify them yourself and merely trust the one-sided claims of seedling suppliers, it is entirely possible to buy inferior varieties.

2. Seedling selection: the most common seedling propagation methods for Bletilla striata are direct seeding, tuber propagation and tissue-culture seedlings. Among these, the most reasonable and most economical is direct seeding; tuber propagation has a high survival rate and large yield, but the cost is too high; the lowest survival rate is with tissue-culture seedlings.

3. Beware of hormone seedlings: there can be a gap of 1 to 3 months in the emergence time of Bletilla striata, but there is no lack of enterprises that abuse hormones and chemical fertilizers to advance the emergence time by more than 5 months. Seedlings that have been treated with growth hormones look very healthy, but after transplanting they are very prone to yellowing, wilting and death.

4. Ordering time: in theory Bletilla striata can be planted all year round, but the most suitable seasons are spring and autumn. Spring is most suitable for planting domesticated seedlings, early autumn is also fairly suitable for planting domesticated seedlings, late autumn and winter are generally for purchasing tubers, and planting in summer is generally not recommended.