Five Problems to Be Paid Attention to in Forest Medicine Interplanting
The use of interplanting Chinese medicinal materials in returning farmland to forests in mountain areas is an effective measure to increase land utilization and increase farmers' income. However, the following five major issues must be addressed. SICHUAN UNIWELL BIOTECHNOLOGY CO.,LTD. , https://www.uniwellbio.com
Adaptability of selected varieties of Chinese herbal medicines must be adapted to the local soil and climatic conditions, and it is appropriate to grow in the returning farmland to forest land. As returning farmland to forests is generally a mountain slope, most of these cultivated lands are thin and have poor fertility and are prone to drought. Therefore, it is recommended to choose crude and prolonged Chinese herbal medicine varieties that are resistant to thin, drought-tolerant and grass-tolerant species, such as Bupleurum, Spearmint, and Honeysuckle. In addition, factors such as altitude, heading, soil moisture, and age of trees must be considered. For example, alpine shade can be planted with cold-resistant Xiyang white peony and Chuanxiong, and low-yin yin sloping fields should be planted with Houttuynia cordata and Gynostemma pentaphyllum. When the tree age is small, it is possible to grow positive Chinese herbal medicines such as Salvia miltiorrhiza and Spearmint which require higher light conditions. When the tree age is large, it is necessary to grow Chinese herbal medicines such as Coptis chinensis and Huangjing which are not required for light conditions. Note that most Chinese herbal medicines should not be replanted 3 to 5 years after planting.
Although some Chinese herbal medicines containing active ingredients of the product can be interplanted in the conversion of farmland to forest, the yield is also high, but the active ingredient content is very low, and the commodity characteristics are poor. Such Chinese herbal medicines cannot be blindly developed. For example, many alpine medicinal herbs are not suitable for cultivation in low mountains. A simple way to ensure the quality of Chinese herbal medicines is to prioritize the development of local species that have wild resources and that have had higher levels of active ingredients tested in the past. For imported new varieties, we must first test, confirm the yield and content, and then promote planting in similar ecological areas.
In line with the policy of returning farmland to forests, the purpose is to stabilize the results of returning farmland and to better return farmland to forests. This must not be done at the expense of the end or the cart before the horse. In the selection of interplanting varieties of Chinese herbal medicines, the first choice should be to harvest stems, leaves, flowers, fruits and other parts of the above-ground part of the plant for a year to benefit from the Chinese herbal medicines, such as honeysuckle, roses, papaya and so on. Secondly, Chinese herbal medicines, such as peony, peony, spearmint, and peppermint, which can be harvested after planting for many years or after cultivation, do not have to be plowed continuously for years, and the green vegetation on the ground is maintained for a long time. In short, in the year of returning farmland to forest land, it is impossible to interplant the root and stem Chinese herbal medicines of the year in conflict with the policy.
To highlight key points and unify technical standards for the production of modern Chinese herbal medicines, we must take the path of regionalization, scale, specialization, and standardization. Lin medicine interplanting is no exception. All localities shall, based on their own resources and environmental conditions, carefully analyze and compare, determine the development priorities according to local conditions, and organize production in accordance with unified plant management technical standards. Only in this way can a product have market competitiveness in order to obtain the desired benefits.
There must be a good economic efficiency of forest medicine interplanting, the purpose is to increase farmers' income under the premise of returning forests, so we must pay attention to economic benefits. This requires Lintao interplanting in the selection of medicinal materials, planting layout, cultivation techniques, harvest processing, etc., to operate as far as possible according to market requirements, not only to exert local advantages, but also to focus on changes in the market; not only to prevent blind development of the market, It is also necessary to prevent it from falling out of the actual price.