What are the risks of agarwood cultivation? Growers need to understand them in advance

Agarwood is a very precious medicinal material, and agarwood wood is also an extremely expensive timber. Agarwood on the current market is very rare, and it is also one of the plants protected by the state. Many people think that growing agarwood is very profitable, but in fact there are also great risks in growing agarwood, so what risks exist in growing agarwood? Let us take a look together below.

1. Agarwood trees may not produce agarwood

Not all agarwood trees will produce agarwood. If the agarwood trees planted do not produce agarwood, then growing agarwood trees is a serious loss. First, the price of agarwood saplings is relatively high; second, the management of agarwood trees also takes a lot of time, and the cost of cultivation is relatively high. At present, the trees that can produce agarwood are generally Aquilaria sinensis trees, and Aquilaria sinensis trees can be further subdivided, so without certain professional knowledge, you will already lose out on the saplings, and it is very likely to be all effort wasted.

2. Agarwood seedlings do not meet planting standards

Agarwood is a plant under state emergency protection, so it is an endangered species, and Aquilaria sinensis trees are even rarer, so high-quality agarwood seedlings are very scarce. The requirements for agarwood cultivation are very strict; half of it depends on agarwood seeds from trees at least twelve years old or above, which also need to be screened before seedling raising, and the seedlings need to have gone through one year of field hardening before they are suitable for planting. Therefore, many agarwood seedlings sold do not meet the planting requirements, which will lead to the agarwood not producing resin, and the trees carefully cultivated for many years and all the effort invested will come to nothing.

3. Improper selection of agarwood planting sites

There are reasons why agarwood is rare. First, not all places are suitable for agarwood to survive; second, there is human destruction of nature. So the risks of growing agarwood also include its planting conditions, and many places cannot grow agarwood. Now some people say that places like Guangdong, Hainan, Fujian and all other places can grow agarwood. If that were the case, agarwood would not be so rare, and the market price would not be so expensive. Therefore, when we grow agarwood, we should choose planting sites that meet the conditions for agarwood cultivation; for example, red and yellow sandy loam soil is suitable for planting.

4. Qinan agarwood does not mean Qinan seedlings

At present, the highest-priced agarwood on the market is Qinan agarwood, but Qinan agarwood is even rarer than ordinary agarwood. Now many nursery stock sellers falsely claim to have Qinan seedlings, and for growers who want to make money, they think this is an opportunity. In fact, this is how you get cheated, because Qinan agarwood does not grow from any so-called Qinan seedlings. Qinan agarwood is a qualitative change produced after Aquilaria sinensis trees go through a unique growth process and years of time, so there are no Qinan seedlings at all, and this is also a very big risk in agarwood cultivation.

Although growing agarwood is profitable, without solid professional knowledge and cultivation techniques, then no matter how profitable agarwood may be, do not easily try it, otherwise it is very likely that you will lose everything. The above is all the content that the editor wants to share with you today. If you still have other questions to consult, then leave a message for the editor.