Complete information about Artemisia cultivation

Artemisia is a medicinal plant that looks like a shrub. Being rich in antioxidant elements, it is beneficial in fatal diseases like common fever, malaria and cancer. Due to the manufacture of medicines, companies manufacturing Ayurvedic medicines procure artemisia in large quantities. Therefore Artemisia cultivators can get good profits. Mosquitoes do not come in the house by planting its plants. Let us get detailed information on the information related to Artemisia cultivation.

Suitable time for cultivation of Artemisia

• October to December is the best time for nursery preparation.

• Planting is done in the main field between January to March.

Suitable soil and climate

• It can be cultivated in almost all types of soil.

• It can be cultivated successfully in black soil, loamy soil, sandy soil to red soil.

• pH of soil The level should be between 4.5 to 8.5.

• Do not cultivate it in waterlogged areas.

• Cold climate is suitable for its cultivation.

Field preparation and planting

• First of all do deep plowing once in the field.

• After this, do light plowing 2 to 3 times.

• Mix well decomposed cow dung manure in the field for better yield.

• Prepare the beds in the field for transplanting the plants.

• Keep a distance of 30 to 60 cm between all the beds.

• Plant to plant distance should be 45 to 60 cm.

• Transplant the nursery prepared 6 to 8 week old seedlings to the main field.

Irrigation and Weed Control

• The plants do not require much irrigation.

• We can get good yield even by doing only 4 irrigations.

• In Artemisia crop, irrigation should be given at an interval of about 15 to 20 days.

• Stop irrigation 7 to 10 days before the harvest.

• Weeding is done 3-4 times to control weeds.

harvest harvest

• The first harvesting of the crop can be done 4.5 to 5 months after transplanting the plants.

• Plants should be harvested at a height of 15 to 20 cm from the ground surface.

• 30-35 quintal leaves are obtained per acre of land.

cost and profit

• The cost of cultivating Artemisia per acre of land is about Rs 10,000.

• Its leaves are sold at the rate of Rs 35-40 per kg.

• In this way, there is a profit of up to Rs 1 lakh on cultivating artemisia per acre of land.

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