Planting Panax pseudoginseng under tree canopy

(Baonghean) - For many years, Ms. Nguyen Thi Tinh's family in Van Son hamlet, Nghia Dung commune (Tan Ky) has been using the land area under the fruit trees in their garden to grow Panax pseudoginseng, bringing in high income.

Ms. Tinh said: The soil in her garden on the hillside is gravelly and dry. Previously, her family planted many fruit trees with closed canopies, so they retained moisture. 10 years ago, she read a document about how to grow Panax notoginseng and the effects of Panax notoginseng, so she asked her relatives to buy seeds to try planting. Panax notoginseng is a soft-stemmed plant that prefers soil with high humidity. Afraid that it would not work on gravelly hillside soil, she used a lot of rice husks sprinkled on the soil to create porosity and moisture for the soil. After 1 year of trial planting, the Panax notoginseng in her garden grew well and produced many tubers. After that, she expanded the area around her garden, and the more products she harvested, the more she harvested. With a garden of about 2 sao of land, Ms. Tinh harvested 20 kg of dried tubers each year, the price for importing to traditional medicine stores was over 700,000 VND/kg. So each year she earned 15 million VND. In addition to Panax notoginseng, Ms. Tinh also intercropped black turmeric and ginger, which also yielded high yields...



Panax pseudoginseng garden under fruit trees.

Ms. Tinh said that the way to plant and care for Panax notoginseng, ginger and black turmeric is simple. After digging the hole, add a handful of NPK fertilizer and a little manure. The care is insignificant, because planting under the canopy of trees, grass rarely grows. Harvest after 1 year. With Panax notoginseng, if harvested after 3 years, the tubers are of the best quality. Seeing that Ms. Tinh grows Panax notoginseng with high income, many families in the commune have bought seed tubers and learned from her experience to plant.

Xuan Hoang