What is the planting prospect of Platycodon grandiflorus? Latest market analysis
Platycodon grandiflorus belongs to the Campanulaceae family and is a herbaceous perennial plant, also known as earth ginseng and Zhongling flower. It has the effects of dispersing lung qi, soothing the throat, resolving phlegm and expelling pus. In South Korea, North Korea, Japan, the countries of Southeast Asia and the northeast region of our country, eating Platycodon grandiflorus as a vegetable is very common, especially in South Korea, where living standards are high and the demand for fresh Platycodon grandiflorus for consumption is large. Below, let us take a look at the planting prospect and planting benefits of Platycodon grandiflorus!
Planting prospect of Platycodon grandiflorus
Wild Platycodon grandiflorus is distributed throughout the country. At present, the dried wild Platycodon grandiflorus on the market is about 16 yuan per kilogram. Nationwide, there are only three major production areas: Chifeng in Inner Mongolia, Taihe County in Anhui and Zibo in Shandong. In recent years, due to consecutive years of planting, the yield has declined again and again (Platycodon grandiflorus is afraid of continuous cropping). In some places, what was once a 10,000-mu base now has only a few thousand mu left. The contradiction of demand exceeding supply has caused the price of Platycodon grandiflorus to rise. The dried product has risen from 7 yuan/kg to the current 16 yuan/kg, and the export-grade fresh product has risen from 3 yuan per kilogram to the current 5 yuan per kilogram.
Planting benefits of Platycodon grandiflorus
Planting Platycodon grandiflorus is the same as planting other crops. Its advantage is that it does not occupy the busy farming season. It is sown during the slack farming season (from the 11th month of the lunar calendar to March of the following year) and harvested during the slack farming season, with most of the growth period being one year. Each mu requires an input of 10,000 jin of barnyard manure or 100 jin of compound fertilizer, valued at 100 yuan, 2 kilograms of seed, priced at 160 yuan, and about 300 yuan for labor, totaling 560 yuan. The average annual yield is more than 1,000 kilograms, with a high yield reaching 1,500 kilograms. Calculated at an export product rate of 70%, that is 700 kilograms. At the current purchase price of 4 yuan/kilogram, the income per mu is 2,800 yuan. In addition, 300 kilograms of substandard products, processed into medicinal material (drying ratio of 3:1), make 100 kilograms. At the current purchase price of 10 yuan/kilogram, that is 1,000 yuan. There is also seed income: each mu produces 20 kilograms of seed in the current year, and at 40 yuan/kilogram that is another 800 yuan. The total income per mu is 4,600 yuan. After deducting costs, the income per mu is more than 3,800 yuan.
Planting conditions of Platycodon grandiflorus
Platycodon grandiflorus prefers a cool climate, is cold-resistant and likes sunlight. It is suitable for cultivation in hilly areas below 1,100 m above sea level, in semi-shaded and semi-sunny sandy loam soil, and grows better in neutral sandy loam rich in phosphorus and potassium fertilizer. The seed life is 1 year. Stored at low temperature, the seed life can be extended. Dry-stored at 0-4°C for 18 months, its germination rate increases by 3.5-4 times compared with storage at room temperature. The seed germination rate is 70%. At a temperature of 18-25°C, with sufficient moisture, seedlings emerge 15 days after sowing.