Konjac is a flower konjac, a plant of the genus Konjac in the family of Amanita muscaria, whose tuber presents a compressed globular shape, with a diameter of 7.5-25 centimeters, which will blossom in April-June every year, and the growth cycle of Konjac is 200 days, and it is a warm-loving semi-shady plant, which is mainly located in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other areas of China, and it grows in the woods, streams, valleys, and other plots of land.
What kind of plant is Konjac
Konjac is a plant of the genus Milleria in the family of Tennessee, with the scientific name of Flowering Konjac, with a petiole length of 45-150 centimeters, a flowering period of April-June every year, and a fruiting period of August-September every year, and a mature berry that is globular or oblate, with yellowish green coloring, and an oblate tuber of Konjac with a diameter of 7.5-25 centimeters.
Konjac growth habitKonjac's growth cycle is 200 days, and the growth stage can be divided into four phases, which are seedling stage, head changing stage, tuber expansion stage, and tuber maturity stage, in which the seedling stage of Konjac mainly occurs in April-June every year, and the head changing stage is in July every year, when the growth of Konjac is changed from heterotrophic to autotrophic.
Konjac DistributionKonjac is a semi-shady plant, like warmth, avoid drought, in China is mainly distributed in Shaanxi, Gansu, Ningxia and other places, in the wild, mainly growing in the stream valley, ravine, under the forest and other humid environment, and Konjac's growth of the appropriate temperature of 20-30 ℃, intolerance of heat and low temperature.
Konjac CultivationKonjac is suitable for growing in fertile and soft slightly acidic soil. When cultivating Konjac, you need to plow 25-30 cm of land first, and then apply well-rotted compost, organic fertilizers, and farmyard manure to the soil, so as to make it more fertile, and then bury the Konjac tubers into the soil, so as to promote the rapid emergence of its seedlings.