How to fertilize Belamcanda chinensis

The need for fertilizer

This herb is very resistant to fertilizer and is perennial. More importantly, its leaves are large, so it still needs a lot of nutrients every year. Especially during the period of good growth, it needs more fertilizer. Therefore, farmers who think that fertilizer is not needed can refer to the following tips to see if it changes their minds.

Time of fertilization

This herb needs to be fertilized at least three times a year, in March, June and after tillage. You don’t need to use chemical fertilizers in the first two times. You can use some organic fertilizers. Human and animal manure is also a good fertilizer. For the third watering and fertilization, you can use some soil and miscellaneous fertilizers appropriately, and add some phosphorus and potassium fertilizers. This way the rhizome can be bigger, and the rhizome is also the medicinal part that needs the most high yield. Fertilizer should be applied once more before mid-July, and then no more fertilizer is needed until the winter tillage.

Watering and fertilizing

This kind of herb generally does not need watering during the fertilization period, unless the leaves are seen to be very wilted and it is very short of water, then you can water it appropriately. Because they are not tolerant to waterlogging, they need to strengthen their anti-waterlogging work during the rainy season, otherwise their roots will rot, which will easily reduce their yields.

Tips

This herb basically blooms before early July, and it will consume more nutrients at this time. At this time, the stems must be picked in time so that the nutrients can be concentrated on the rhizomes, and the yield can be greatly increased. At the same time, you can also remove the flower buds, which is also very helpful in increasing yields. You can also remove the withered lower leaves in time so that the roots can absorb more nutrients.