Jujube seeds are a traditional Chinese medicine, which is the dried ripe seeds of jujube. They are warm in nature, bitter in taste, and have the effects of nourishing the mind, clearing the liver fire, nourishing yin and blood, astringing sweat, and quenching thirst. They are mainly used to treat insomnia, sweating due to physical weakness, and other symptoms. In clinical medicine, they can also be used to treat neurasthenia and cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, with high efficacy and effects. So how to plant them? Let’s take a look together.

1. Growth environment

Jujube has a high adaptability to the environment, resistant to salt and alkali, cold, and drought. It can be planted in barren mountains, drainage ditches, and embankments. The most suitable planting areas are arid, poor mountainous areas in the central and western regions, where such harsh environments are beneficial to the quality of jujube seeds.

2. Grafting method

When planting jujube,嫁接法 is generally used, using natural jujube as the stock and嫁接法 varieties with high quality and high yield and temperature, which can promote the early formation of forests and increase the variety and yield of the produced jujube seeds.

3. Cultivation techniques

During the seedling stage, it is necessary to carry out soil tillage and weeding, 2-3 times a year. However, when the seedlings grow to 10 centimeters in height, it is necessary to fertilize immediately, with 15-20 kg of ammonium sulfate for 1 mu of follow-up fertilization. When the seedlings grow to 30 centimeters in height, fertilize again. In order to improve the fruit setting rate of jujube, it is necessary to carry out pruning and shaping immediately in spring, saw off the main stem above 1 meter, promote branching, and produce the trunk as soon as possible. In addition, ring stripping can also be carried out. During the flowering period, cut a circle around the main stem at a height of 10 centimeters above and below the ground, reaching the bark, and make a cut every 0.5 centimeters to loosen the roots. This can also improve the fruit setting rate of the main stem and reduce the situation of flower drop and fruit drop.

4. Diseases

Jujube trees, during their growth and development, are prone to key diseases and pests such as jujube疯病, known as the ‘cancer of jujube trees’. When the disease occurs, there are no significant symptoms, only the color of the leaves becomes dull, and the significant symptoms begin to appear after the buds appear. The specific manifestations include yellowing, scattered leaves, small leaves, and leaves curling up, which affect the normal growth and development of jujube trees, eventually leading to withering. Currently, there is no effective prevention method. The main pests are the larvae of the yellow caterpillar, which can chew off the leaves and, in severe cases, eat the leaves completely. Combined with garden pruning in winter to eliminate overwintering pest sources, and spraying with green worm powder during pest outbreaks, the effect is good.