Techniques for planting rare and precious milk plants

The milky plants of legume, big woody, are rare and precious timber recorded in the Vietnam Red Book, sold at high prices but have quite complex planting techniques.

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Characteristics of milky plants

Cultivation techniques require farmers to pay attention to the selection process . This is a species of plant that lives on many different types of land such as: hills with medium slope, red soil, light soil, sandy soil and gravel hill.

Techniques for growing milk are quite complicated

The milky tree is a large, light-demanding tree with medium growth but at 1 - 2 years of age grows very fast; The tree reaches 4-5m long and bends like a fishing rod, until the end of the age of 3 to 4 years the tree will straighten itself. According to the experience of the people, the more curved the tree will grow stronger. The milky tree is very flexible and tough, it is very resistant to wind and storm, the branches are never broken by the stormy wind.

Currently, planted trees in some provinces in the North such as Vinh Phuc, Phu Tho, Yen Bai, Tuyen Quang and Thai Nguyen . are light-loving plants, adapt to many different types of soil and climate. each other, able to regenerate seeds and buds very well.

Just pay attention to some techniques of planting trees, farmers will earn high economic profits

There are 2 types of milk. Red yogurt is characterized by yellow flowers, staggered leaves, moldy stalks, shabby and clustered fruits, when ripe fruit do not separate themselves. White milk varieties are characterized by white flowers, symmetrical leaves, green stems, smooth, single fruits when ripened. At present, the market only buys red yogurt , so farmers need to choose the right kind of red milk when planting.

Germination technique

Growers need to soak seeds in warm water at the rate of 2 boils 3 cold for 12 hours then remove the basket of coffee several times and then incubate in cloth wrap at a temperature of about 35 degrees. After 48 hours of incubation, the seeds are cracked and need to be removed separately. The seeds are cracked into the pots and the seeds are not cracked. After 12 hours, non-cracked particles must be removed.

Nursery techniques

People need to ensure humidity and light for young trees, nursery pots must have loose soil and drainage, should not be watered much but need to water every day.

After 45 days and seedlings are 2-3 leaves, caregivers need to enhance light in combination with micro-nutrients and nutrients. When the tree reaches 15-20 cm, the farmer should put the plant in the sun so that the tree becomes familiar with the environment. Plants reaching a height of 25 - 50 - 100 - 150 cm can be planted out of the environment.

Techniques for growing milk

• Concentrated planting: Planting density is 1,100 trees / ha (trees are 3m away from trees, 3m rows are found). Mixed planting with other native plants: Melaleuca can be mixed with other native broad-leaved plants: filling, liming, black-felling . depending on conditions).

Milk is a rare and highly economic tree

• Prepare soil : People need to dig holes before planting 15 days, size of holes 40cm x 40cm x 40cm; fertilizer amount of 0.2kg NPK (5: 10: 3) / hole or 0.5kg of compost / hole; Mix well with the topsoil to the bottom of the hole.
• Planting season : Planting in 2 main crops : Spring crop: From February to April. Autumn crop: From July to September. Note: If the tree is scattered in small quantity, it is necessary to take care of irrigation. Humid, farmers can grow all year round.
• Seedling standards : Seedlings are planted in the garden from 6-8 months, with a height of 40 - 50cm, straight stems, balanced stems and no signs of pests and diseases. Plants should be planted on small or shady days. Growers use a knife or scissors to tear the plastic bag, place the tree in the hole, adjust the tree upright and continue to fill the hole to fill it, you can use your hands or feet to stomp tightly around the tree, to avoid breaking the gourd.

Take care of trees

In the first 3 years, the tree needs to be tended and weeded around the root, ensuring no weeding and photosynthesis sources.Every year, people should fertilize 2-3 times . Fertilizer amount is 0.1 - 0.2kg NPK (5: 10: 3) / tree. In the following years, plants still need to be cared for, weeded 1-2 times a year and can be fertilized with an increase of 0.1 - 0.2 kg NPK (5: 10: 3) / tree.

This plant species from the third year onwards will stand upright

Note : In the first 1 to 2 years, milky plants grow, grow fast, have many branches and tops often bent, so pruning branches and branches, leaving only a healthy and well-developed stem. People can use plugs to support the bent tops, making the tree stand upright. Plants reaching 3 - 4 years old will stand upright.

When plants grow normally, farmers can fertilize them because red milk is legume, the root system can synthesize Nitrogen to help the plant grow.The development of red milk is stronger than that of other trees in the same group and harvests much earlier.

Exploited

Trees grown from 8 to 10 years can be harvested because after 4, 5 years old, trees begin to form cores (trees aged 4 - 15 years old, yellow wood core, from 15 years and older are yellow dark).The core components of the tree are all used for sale.