Snow lotus fruit can be eaten directly after peeling.

Snow lotus fruit, daisy family away from the bracts fruit perennial herbaceous plants, tuberous roots, thick, shaped like sweet potatoes, succulent without starch; stems purplish-red erect hollow, tubers fusiform; leaves opposite, papery, broad-leaved shape; inflorescences for the capitate, the corolla yellow, the lower leaves broadly ovate or halberd-shaped; the fruit is an achene, seedless; flowering period in September. Snowdrop fruit is the name given by Songming people in Yunnan, China for better marketing, the actual scientific name is chrysanthemum potato.

Snow lotus fruit potato lumps juicy, does not contain starch, can be directly eaten, taste crispy and crisp, taste slightly sweet. 2008 introduced into China's Yunnan Province for planting, Guizhou, Fujian and other places are also cultivated; like warm and humid as well as sunny environment; cold-resistant, barren; like loose, well-drained fertile soil, the growth of the appropriate temperature of 15 ~ 26 ℃; generally to leaf insertion method or sowing method of reproduction, spring and autumn can be sown. Spring and fall can be sown.

Propagation of snowdrops

Generally propagated by leaf insertion or sowing, can be sown in spring and fall.

Before seedling, choose the seed potato with smooth surface, no spots, no mold, each piece weighs 30-50 grams, with 1-2 bud eyes. When cutting potatoes, the knife should be sterilized, the cutting surface should be flat, without damaging the bud eyes, after cutting, spray with 0.2% Chlorothalonil or carbendazim, or soak with 0.03% potassium permanganate solution, or you can also use grass ash to smear the incision.

Lay the seed pieces flat in a small arched greenhouse, covered with moist fine soil or river sand 8-10 cm, and then covered with plastic film or straw to moisturize the bottom of the water should not accumulate. When the seedling grows to 13-15 cm, planting, can be transplanted, the depth of 5-6 cm, transplanting, pour enough rooting water.