Shellfish benefits per mu is about 150 kilograms.

Shellfish, English name fritillary , perennial herb, long-shaped leaves, like leeks, yellow-green flowers, drooping like a bell, its bulb for medicinal purposes, has a cough and phlegm, clearing heat and dissipation of the function, produced in Qinghai, Sichuan, Yunnan, Shaanxi Qinba mountainous area, Gansu and other places. Shellac is a valuable medicinal material, known as the treasure of the medicine. Bayberry "family" according to the origin and varieties of different, can be divided into three categories: Sichuan Bayberry, Zhejiang Bayberry and soil Bayberry. Alias: Qin mother, bitter vegetables, bitter flowers, empty grass, medicine. Shellac was first published in "Shennong Ben Cao Jing" included in the product. Tao Hongjing said: "the shape is like a poly shellfish, so the name of the mother of pearl". Cultivation of Yibei mother to well-drained, deep soil, loose, humus-rich sandy loam soil is best. Seedling timely loosening and weeding, and combined with fertilizer, and sprayed with medicinal herbs root Da Ling, so that the leaf photosynthesis products (nutrients) to the root system to improve the nutrient conversion rate and loosening the soil capacity, so that the rootstock rapid expansion, the medicinal content is greatly increased.

Planting Ibex is best done in well-drained, deep, loose, humus-rich sandy loam soil. When propagating by seed, the seed should be mixed with wet sand layer treatment and mixed with new high fat film (can be mixed with seed coating agent), to repel underground pests and diseases, isolate viral infection, strengthen the respiratory strength, and improve the germination rate of the seed. Spread the seeds evenly into the furrow, covered with a thin layer of fine soil, a little pressure, watering, keep the soil moist.

Cultivation of bulbs in early to mid-June, the first bulb large, medium and small selection, diameter greater than 0.8 cm for large bulbs, 0.4-0.8 cm for medium bulbs, less than 0.4 cm for small bulbs. Selected according to large, medium and small were planted, planting method uniform sowing, plant spacing 2-3 cm, per 667 square meters to 300 kg of large bulbs, 200 kg of medium bulbs, small bulbs 100 kg. After sowing mulch 3 cm, embracing the bed, the middle is slightly high, to prevent waterlogging, the actual production basically planted bulbs, few seed sowing.

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