万寿菊种植（Marigold planting）.docVIP

万寿菊种植（Marigold planting） Also known as marigold Calendula, China is also called smelly lotus, chrysanthemum, chrysanthemum Senju honeycomb, Asteraceae, native to Mexico, is a herbaceous plant after hybridization, post, purification and cultivation of artificial cultivation, the flowers as raw material for the extraction of the Yellow pigment. Form: annual herbs, plants 50-100 cm tall, stems erect and stout. Leaves opposite (or alternate), pinnately lobed, leaf blade lanceolate, serrate, abaxial leaf margin with oil glands, peculiar smell. Capitate, solitary, orange, florescence 6-10 month. Achenes black, shiny, 1000 seed weight 3 grams, seed life 4 years. Habits: happy sunshine, warm humid, more resistant to drought, not cold, not strict requirements on the soil adaptability, resistance to transplantation, flower period during autumn. Use: Marigold leaf and flower can be used as medicine, have the effect of calming the liver and clearing heat, dispelling wind and expelling phlegm, with the amount of fresh root mash and apply to affected area can be detoxification swelling, flowers can cure infantile pertussis and can also be used for the extraction of the yellow pigment etc.. Cultivation techniques: First, raising seedlings: 1, breeding time: Marigold flowers grow long and almost throughout their growth cycle. Their vegetative and reproductive growth are simultaneous. Therefore, prolonging flowering is the key to high yield. But the frost free period is limited, so in order to extend the flowering period, can only be achieved through early fry. Marigold seedlings in early spring, seedling age of 60 days, Daqing frost free period around May 15th, the marigold timely sowing time is the year of March 20th. 2, buckle time Because the temperature in Daqing is still very low in middle and late 3, it is necessary to adopt greenhouse breeding or greenhouse breeding. If the use of greenhouse seedlings need to buckle two layers of film or three layers of film, the shelf shoul