In what month can bracken be picked?

May to June is the best time to harvest bracken every year.

At this time, the bracken is fresh and tender, and the leaflets have not yet fully opened. It's really delicious to pick it back and fry it with meat at this time. Ten days after this harvest, it can be harvested again for 2-3 times in a row.

When the bracken grows to about 20 cm from the ground, the newly emerged top leaf has not yet unfolded, and it looks like a fist, so it should be harvested in time. Early harvest and low yield, late harvest, high temperature and drought will make the stalk cellulose aging and affect the quality of fresh ferns.

cultivation techniques

Choose glades, generally with 40-75 kilograms of seed roots per mu. In the first year, wild bracken was cultivated and domesticated mainly by stringing roots. In the second year, growers can make a profit, and in the third year, they enter the period of getting rich.

Soil preparation and fertilization: deep loosening in autumn, deep ploughing, water storage and moisture conservation. Combined with fine soil preparation in spring, water and basic fertilizer are poured at the same time, and 2000 kilograms of decomposed high-quality farmyard manure is applied per mu, and then the bed is made.

Swing cultivation: planting rhizomes, selecting varieties with strong disease resistance and reasonable close planting. According to the row spacing of 25 cm, open a planting ditch with a width of 10 cm and a depth of 15 cm, adjust and place root segments according to the bud spacing of 5 cm, then cover with 10 cm soil, pour thoroughly, cover with 5 cm soil after the water sinks, and level with a rake.