Can Chongqing Dazu plant yacon?

Under suitable conditions, yacon can be planted in Dazu, Chongqing. Yacon is especially suitable for growing in sandy soil at an altitude of 1000 ~ 2300m. It likes light and moist soil. The growth period is about 200 days, the growth temperature is 20 ~ 30℃, the growth stops below 65,438+05℃, and the stem dries up and dies when it meets frost.

Land preparation and ridging

Choose the best sandy soil with convenient irrigation and drainage, apply 2000-3000 kilograms of farmyard manure per mu, spread it flat, and then plough deeply, without applying chemical fertilizer or pesticides. Row spacing 1 m, plant spacing of 0.6 m, planting per mu11/plant. Before planting,

Field planting

The planting period varies from place to place. Generally, it is planted in spring when the ground temperature of 5cm is stable at 14- 15℃, and it can be planted in protected land in advance. The planting method can be directly planted in the field, can also be planted in the field after the seedlings are raised in a nutrition bowl or a nutrition bag in a greenhouse, and can also be used for cutting and planting branches and underground sprouting lateral branches in summer.

operate

After planting, when the height of the seedlings is 20 cm, water them to keep moisture, and combine weeding to cultivate the plants. If the amount of fertilizer before planting is insufficient, an appropriate amount of soil miscellaneous fertilizer should be applied at this stage to supplement it. Be careful not to use chemical fertilizers, pesticides and herbicides. Water the soil when it is dry and drain it in time after rain. When the stem grows to about 1m, tillers will be produced at the base. If the field is covered with vigorous growth, the tillers can be broken.

Harvest of fruit

Around 5438+00 in June, the bunches of flowers at the top of the plant began to wither, the leaves began to turn yellow, and the fruits began to be harvested. The south can stay underground for the winter and harvest and sell at any time. The north should be harvested before first frost and stored in the cellar, like sweet potatoes. Stem can be used as high-quality feed, leaves and flowers have high nutritional value, and can be dried to make tea or processed and reused. Generally, the fruit yield per plant is 3 kg, and the highest yield is 6544.

Reserve seed

After digging the yacon, cut off the seed balls on the upper part of the fruit, dry the wound, soak it in potassium permanganate solution of 100 times for 3 minutes, take it out and bury it in a cellar or a room free from freezing injury with wet sand, and plant it next spring.