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What does the wormwood of the Youth League look like?

The stem of Artemisia argyi is stout, the plant height is between 80- 150 cm, and the leaves are oval with lobes.

The whole plant of wormwood is fragrant, with gray-white pubescent leaves, white glandular spots and small concave spots. It blooms in autumn every year with an oval inflorescence, and the fruit is mature and rectangular after flowering.

Wormwood likes warm climate, and the optimum temperature for its growth is 24-30 degrees, so it is not resistant to high temperature. When the temperature is higher than 30 degrees, it is easy to grow white. Moreover, wormwood has strong adaptability to the environment and good reproduction, and is mostly distributed on hillsides, roadsides, wasteland or grassland at middle and low altitudes.

The harvest period of Artemisia argyi 1 is in early June. Harvest in time on sunny days, cut off the stems and branches with leaves on the ground, separate the stems and leaves, spread them in the sun to dry, or dry them at low temperature, and package and store them. In the first half of July, the second crop was harvested in sunny days, and the third crop was collected before and after frosting.

Planting techniques of wormwood

1, land selection and land preparation

Planting wormwood should choose areas with irrigation conditions, no residents nearby and no industrial pollution, and the soil and air quality should meet the national second-class standards. After land selection, 30 cm should be ploughed deeply, and sufficient decomposed soil miscellaneous fertilizer should be applied, and the fertilizer should be evenly turned into the soil layer, and then furrowed to make a compartment.

2. Scientific close planting

The wormwood is mainly propagated asexually by rhizomes, and the time is selected in June 5438+065438+ 10. First dig a planting ditch on the border, then dig out the seedlings near the mother plant and put them in the ditch at a distance of 30 cm. After planting, the soil is covered and compacted. If it doesn't rain within 2-3 days, water should be poured in time to moisturize.

3. Tian Tuan management

After planting wormwood, when the seedling height is 30cm, 90kg urea is applied per mu as seedling-raising fertilizer, which is applied in rainy days and mainly sprayed on leaves in sunny days. In the first half of April, 1 time intertillage weeding was carried out, and the depth was 15cm. Harvest began in mid-June, and residual branches and leaves were removed after harvest.