Where are the best places to grow Chinese herbal medicine?

Requirements for planting Chinese herbal medicines

1. The growth and development of Chinese herbal medicines are closely related to environmental conditions. The main conditions include sunlight, temperature, water, soil, etc. Chinese herbal medicines all need sunlight to grow. However, different varieties or different growth stages require different sunlight. Some can grow in the sun, and some can also grow in shaded conditions.

2. Water is an indispensable condition for the growth of Chinese herbal medicines. Chinese herbal medicines grown in arid and sandy areas have well-developed root systems and strong drought resistance. They need to be watered appropriately. Chinese herbal medicines grown in water or humid areas have larger leaves and aeration tissues. Most Chinese herbal medicines are both moisture-resistant and drought-resistant and are mesophytes.

3. Soil is the basis for the growth of Chinese herbal medicines. According to its texture, it can be divided into gravel soil, sandy soil, clay, loam, etc., and according to its composition, it can be divided into saline-alkali soil, humus soil, etc. Although different Chinese herbal medicines have different requirements for soil, loam with a granular structure and rich in humus is generally suitable.

The growing environment of Chinese herbal medicine

Most Chinese herbal medicines prefer a warm and humid semi-shady environment, are not resistant to strong sunlight exposure, and are not very demanding on the soil. However, if you want to increase yield and quality, you need deep, fertile, loose, humus-rich sandy loam with a pH value close to neutral.

Chinese herbal medicine planting method

1. There are many varieties of Chinese herbal medicines. We should choose suitable varieties of Chinese herbal medicines for planting according to the regional climate and soil conditions. Before planting, we should deeply plow the soil and bury the base fertilizer.

2. Various Chinese herbal medicines have different characteristics, so the sowing time is also different. Some are sown in spring, and some are sown in winter. Before planting Chinese herbal medicines, you should go through systematic learning and choose the appropriate sowing time.

3. Unlike crops, chemical fertilizers cannot be used in the cultivation of Chinese herbal medicines. Decomposed farmyard manure should be used. Herbicides and pesticides cannot be used as they will affect the efficacy of the medicine. Farmers can adopt crop rotation in planting and intercropping in natural environments such as forest farms to increase benefits.