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A Complete Guide to the Key Cultivation Techniques for Lilies

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Lily is also known as mountain lily, medicinal lily, trumpet tube, rock lily, etc. Lily is a plant of the genus Lilium in the Liliaceae family, valued for both food and medicine. Its bulb is used for food or medicine, and it has effects such as moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and clearing the heart and calming the spirit. It is also a side food for moistening the lungs. 1. Habits Lily is a perennial herbaceous plant. The plant height is 70-150 cm. The bulb is spherical, pale white, and the tip often opens like a rosette. It is formed by the aggregation of many fleshy, thick, egg-spoon-shaped scales, with fibrous roots growing from the lower part. It likes a warm and humid environment, can tolerate drought, and fears hot, severe drought and waterlogging. For soil, it requires

Lily is also known as mountain lily, medicinal lily, trumpet tube, rock lily, etc. Lily is a plant of the genus Lilium in the Liliaceae family, valued for both food and medicine. Its bulb is used for food or medicine, and it has effects such as moistening the lungs and relieving cough, and clearing the heart and calming the spirit. It is also a side food for moistening the lungs.

1. Habits Lily is a perennial herbaceous plant. The plant height is 70-150 cm. The bulb is spherical, pale white, and the tip often opens like a rosette. It is formed by the aggregation of many fleshy, thick, egg-spoon-shaped scales, with fibrous roots growing from the lower part. It likes a warm and humid environment, can tolerate drought, and fears hot, severe drought and waterlogging. For soil, it requires deep soil layers, loose and fertile sandy loam or humus soil with good drainage. It grows well on slightly acidic soil plots. Alkaline, overly sticky, and low-lying, easily waterlogged land is not suitable for planting. Continuous cropping is avoided.

2. Planting Autumn planting is carried out from September to early October.

3. Harvesting and processing This should be done around the Beginning of Autumn in the second year after planting, when the stems and leaves wither, choosing a sunny day to dig them up. Remove the soil, stems and fibrous roots to obtain fresh commercial lily.

4. Yield and benefits Generally, the fresh lily yield per mu is 800-1000 kg, and the drying rate is about 30%. The current market @#@136@#@ price is 24 yuan/kg, and the seed usage per mu is 70 kg.

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