How To Grow Perilla At Home?

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Perilla is an annual herb of the genus Violet in the family Labiatae, also known as Ebony, Red Sage, White Sage, etc. The young leaves are edible. It is native to China and is cultivated everywhere. Perilla has high nutritional value, and many people choose to grow it at home, so how to grow perilla at home? Follow me to take a look!

Potted perilla planting method

1.The variety of potted perilla selection

There are two variants of shiso: the crinkled-leaf shiso and the pointed-leaf shiso. Stem square, 80-100 cm high, the whole plant with purple, with dense short hairs, and has a special aroma. The leaves are opposite, ovate, purple or greenish-purple, trim trays with serrated margins. The flowers are small purple labellate, racemes, terminal or axillary, fen campanulate, corolla tubular. The fruit is a nutlet, gray-brown, ovate, containing one seed.

Wrinkled-leaved perilla, also known as Hui Hui Su, cockle perilla, suitable for cultivation in warm areas, wide adaptability, but cold places ...
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2.Sowing seeds of potted perilla

Perilla likes warmth, the lower reaches of the Yangtze River is suitable for sowing in April. Can be live, can also be transplanted after seedling, home pot planting because of the number of small, can be used live method. Choose about 20 cm of plastic pots, potting soil with 8 parts of cooked vegetable garden soil, 1 part of well-rotted organic fertilizer, 0.5 parts of compound fertilizer, plus a small amount of calcium superphosphate mix preparation pot. Plum pot sowing 1 hole, 3 seeds, after sowing, mulch, watering sufficient seedling water, after the seedling, such as soil caking, should be loosened once, after 30-40 days to set seedlings, the concordant pot to leave a strong seedlings.

3.The management of potted perilla

Soil selection

Perilla is very adaptable, the soil requirements are not strict, well-drained, sandy loam, loam, clay loam, behind the house, ditch side of the land, fertile soil cultivation, grow well, fruit trees can be planted under young forests.

Temperature, light

Perilla like warm, more heat-resistant, after sowing the pot moved to a well-lit place, seedlings pay attention to keep warm. In the first period of slow growth, the soil should be loosened in time to maintain soil permeability. During the high temperature period, attention should be paid to proper shading.

Fertilizer management

Summer is the peak growth period of perilla, perilla branching is very strong, the average number of branches up to 25-30, the number of leaves up to 300-400, the number of flowers up to 3500, so in the peak growth period to have sufficient water,trimming trays and chase fast fertilizer 2-3 times, combined with leaf and spray nutrient solution. Harvesting young leaves for food, as long as the leaves grow to a certain size can be picked at any time, and at any time to remove the top of the flower bud differentiation has been carried out, so that it does not flower, to maintain vigorous growth of the stem and leaves, such as for ornamental, should be appropriate to remove part of the stem and leaves to reduce the stem and leaves consume nutrients.

Pest and disease control

The diseases that often occur in the large planting of Perilla are powdery mildew and rust, which can be prevented and controlled with 800 times of Sengsheng and 1500 times of Seko, but not in home.