Is it profitable to grow Gastrodia elata? How much is the profit?

Is it profitable to grow Gastrodia elata?

Planting Gastrodia elata is currently quite profitable because of its high medicinal value and high selling price, but the wild quantity cannot meet people's demand, so the prospect of artificial cultivation is very good. As long as it is properly maintained, it is very easy to make money.

Profits and benefits of growing Gastrodia elata

Gastrodia elata is a common Chinese medicinal material with many varieties, including red Gastrodia elata, black Gastrodia elata, loose Gastrodia elata, etc. It is a planting industry with relatively high costs and returns. Generally, the cost per mu of land is around 100,000 yuan, and the net profit can reach 70,000 yuan.

High-yield cultivation techniques of Gastrodia elata

1. If you want a high yield of Gastrodia elata, you must first cultivate a good mushroom bed. You can use oak, oak, chestnut and other tree species as culture materials.

2. The Gastrodia elata plant is mostly propagated by tubers. You need to choose healthy and plump varieties without obvious terminal buds and small in size as seed hemp. The best planting time is around November.

3. In addition, you can also use outdoor cultivation or air-raid shelter cultivation, use sowing propagation, and cultivate it symbiotically with the purple fern mushroom during the germination stage, which can promote its high yield.