What are the seed selection and seedling-raising methods for white wormwood?
White wormwood, also known as artemisia selengensis and songmaoai, is a common wild vegetable in daily life, with extremely high edible and medicinal value. In rural areas there is a proverb that goes "In the first month, yinchen; in the second month, wormwood; in the third month it can only be used as firewood." It is now the second month of the lunar calendar, the best time to gather and eat white wormwood. So how should white wormwood be grown? How do you select seeds? What are the seedling-raising methods? Let's find out together.
How do you select white wormwood seeds?
White wormwood mainly has two varieties, namely French white wormwood and Russian white wormwood. White wormwood is generally suited to a relatively warm and humid climate, and the soil needs to be fertile, loose, and have sufficient water. Therefore, when selecting seeds, check whether the local growing conditions meet the variety's requirements, and decide based on white wormwood's growth habits, and you will be able to choose a suitable variety.
What are the seedling-raising methods for white wormwood?
1. Site selection and land preparation
Choose sandy soil with sufficient fertility, loose texture, and good drainage for seedling raising and sowing, while ensuring sufficient sunlight. Before sowing, plow the soil deeply 25-30 cm, and apply an appropriate amount of farmyard manure per mu as base fertilizer according to the soil's fertility. After raking fine and leveling, make beds or ridges, and dig drainage ditches at the same time, which is not only convenient for future management.
2. Sowing at the right time
White wormwood is generally sown in spring each year, and the main methods are seed sowing and division propagation. Among them, seed sowing is more widely promoted and applied, from February to March. Dig furrows in the prepared soil, fully mix the seeds and fine sand at a ratio of 1:2, then gently scatter them in the furrows, cover with a layer of fine soil, and water.
3. Seedling stage management
Doing a good job of intertillage and weeding is a key part of white wormwood seedling stage management. Replant in time. When its seedlings grow to about 10 to 15 cm, they can be transplanted. When transplanting, the density is generally set at a row spacing of 25 cm and a plant spacing of 20 cm. When planting, water the field once, then dig holes and plant.
4. Replant in time
About a week after planting, basically all the white wormwood that can survive has survived, and those that have not survived cannot come back to life, so replant in time. After replanting, carry out reasonable topdressing, which can promote the growth of white wormwood and make the white wormwood in the field look relatively uniform, while combining it with intertillage and watering.
White wormwood has the characteristic of being both medicine and food, and the market is relatively fond of this kind of natural dietary wild vegetable, and the selling price is also good. At present, not many people grow white wormwood, and there are great prospects, and friends who want to invest in planting must also understand matters related to seed selection and seedling raising.
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