The planting time of Mullein is April every spring. Mullein planting techniques are seed germination, selection of plots, maintenance management, water and fertilizer management, harvesting shoots.

1, seed germination

Mullein seed skin is relatively hard, so when planting it, you need to first put its seeds in 35 ℃ warm water soaked 1-2 days, so that it softens the skin of the seeds, and then fished out and put it in 25-30 ℃ in the temperature of the germination, generally 4 days or so it can be white, then you can prepare to plant.

2, choose a plot of land

Planting mullein soil requires loose fertile and well-drained, choose a suitable plot of land, you need to straighten the ground, and apply fertilizer to the soil inside, and then made 1.2 meters of flat beds, and finally the treatment of mullein seeds can be sprinkled into the soil, should be watered before sowing, sowing a good cover a thin layer of soil.

3, maintenance management

After the fungus seeds need to do a good job of maintenance management, low temperatures can be covered with a film on the soil surface, which can keep warm and moisturize, is conducive to the emergence of seedlings, until the fungus seedlings need to be planted in a timely inter-seedling growth, but also need to do a good job of fertilizer management, to encourage the fungus to grow vigorously.

4, water and fertilizer management

Muerzai seedlings to keep the soil moist, timely watering. After each harvest in a timely manner after a chase of human urine, 50 kg per mu, or urea 10 kg, rainy season should be timely drainage and flood prevention.

5, harvesting shoots

Mullein harvesting shoots in the seedling height of 30-35 cm to stay 3-4 leaves harvesting head, after selecting and retaining 2 strong and vigorous side shoots into the tip, the rest removed. After harvesting 2 tips, leave 2-4 more strong side shoots to form tips, and remove the rest. In the peak growth period, you can choose to leave 5-8 strong side shoots into the tip. The flower buds should be removed at any time in the middle and late stages. At the end of the harvest, you can leave 1-2 strong side shoots into the tip.

Mullein Introduction

Mullein is a tall perennial herb in the family of Asteraceae, genus Chrysanthemum, up to 2 meters tall. Stem fleshy, woody base, with most corymbose branches, with obvious grooves; leaves large, leaf blade apical acuminate, the edge of the irregular sharply serrated, the tooth end with a small tip, green above, sometimes turning purple below, both surfaces glabrous. Heads, peduncles fine, pubescent. Florets orange-yellow, corolla tube fine, lobes triangular-ovate.

Achenes terete, brown, inter-ribbed with minute hairs. Corolla hairs numerous, white, sericeous, flowering and fruiting in Sep-Oct. Distributed in Sichuan, Yunnan, and Xizang, China. It grows in the understory of forests, mountain slopes, or roadside grasses at 1350-3400 m above sea level. It is also found in India, Nepal, Myanmar, and Thailand.

The above content refers to Baidu Encyclopedia - Mullein (Chrysanthemum trichocarpum, family Asteraceae)