How to choose land for planting Pinellia ternata? Choosing the right plot is the key to success

The Chinese medicinal herb Pinellia ternata has been popular in the national Chinese medicinal herb market for many years and sells well without decline. But some people are not successful in growing it, and one important reason is that in some places Pinellia ternata simply cannot grow or grows poorly. Planting it in clay or alkaline soil is not worth the effort: plant 50 kg of tubers and harvest no more than 100 kg. In mountainous areas or areas short of water, it grows poorly or even fails completely. Pinellia ternata is actually most afraid of drought and likes moisture; it likes to grow in sandy or somewhat sandy soil and requires good water conservancy conditions. This variety is a semi-shade plant, and if this condition is not met, its yield will be greatly reduced.

How do you carry out artificial shading? Based on experience, the most important point is this: when making beds, an east-west orientation is best, with the bed ridge placed on the south side, and the bed is generally about 1.5 m wide. On the bed ridge, around Grain Rain, plant two rows of corn or sorghum, which grow to full size in June and are just right for shading; the corn and sorghum accompany Pinellia ternata throughout its life. The planting method for Pinellia ternata is as simple as planting potatoes. Intercropping under miscellaneous trees, forest trees or fruit trees is also possible, but it must be away from the main tree roots to prevent the two from competing for water and fertilizer or causing pests and diseases. Based on actual conditions, it can be concluded that other intercropping methods are very unsatisfactory in practice, for example, the requirements of Pinellia ternata for weeding, maturity period, and water and fertilizer conditions are completely incompatible with or opposite to the actual situation.