Bletilla striata planting prospects analysis: Is there really a future in growing Bletilla striata?
Bletilla striata, also known as Lianjicao, Zilan, Baoshelan and so on, is a perennial herbaceous bulbous plant of the genus Bletilla in the orchid family. It often grows in relatively moist stone walls and moss layers. For thousands of years it has been used as a traditional astringent hemostatic medicine, taken internally or applied externally, with the effects of tonifying the lungs to stop bleeding and reducing swelling to promote tissue regeneration. Let us take a look below at whether there is a future in growing Bletilla striata!
Is there a future in growing Bletilla striata?
There is a future in growing Bletilla striata. Bletilla striata has a very wide range of applications. Although artificial cultivation has been successful in recent years, large-scale planting has not yet taken shape, and wild rhizomes are mostly used as seedlings for planting, resulting in scarce dried product supply. This is one of the reasons for the price rise 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 amount of supply hitting the market in the short term, and after a period of adjustment it may even tend to continue rising.
How much investment does growing Bletilla striata 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 for 3 years of planting the input is 200*3=600 yuan.
3. Others: daily management and other expenses are about 1,000 yuan per year, and for 3 years about 3,000 yuan per mu is needed.
What are the profits of growing Bletilla striata?
1. Yield: high-yield fields can reach about 500 jin of dried product, medium-yield fields 300-400 jin, and low-yield fields about 250 jin.
2. Income: the current price of dried product is about 150-250 yuan per jin, with income of about 60,000 yuan per mu.
3. Profit: about 30,000-40,000 yuan per mu, but market changes and management level directly affect the returns.
How should Bletilla striata seedlings be selected?
1. Variety identification: there are very many varieties of Bletilla striata, but among these only five or six meet pharmaceutical standards, and only three can be high-yielding. 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 cultivation methods for Bletilla striata are direct seed sowing, tuber propagation and tissue-culture seedlings. Among these, direct seed sowing is the most reasonable and economical; tuber propagation has a high survival rate and large yield but too high a cost; tissue-culture seedlings have the lowest survival rate.
3. Beware of hormone seedlings: the emergence time of Bletilla striata may differ by 1 to 3 months, but some enterprises abuse hormones and chemical fertilizers to advance the emergence time by more than 5 months. Seedlings that have used growth hormones look very healthy, but after transplanting they are very prone to yellowing and withering.
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.