Beginning of harvesting Echium amoenum from 22 hectares of farms in Alamut region
The expert in charge of organic products of Qazvin Agricultural Jihad Organization said: the operation of harvesting Echium amoenum from 22 hectares of farms in Alamut region of Qazvin city has started.
Alireza Norouzian, pointing out that the Echium amoenum harvesting operation has started from 22 hectares of farms in Alamut region of Qazvin city, predicted: By the end of the harvest season in late July of this year, 300 to 700 kg more per hectare of Echium amoenum cultivation area Be harvested.
According to him, this harvest has decreased compared to last year due to the spring cold this year.
Nowruzian continued: Alamut region is considered the best region in the country in terms of the rate of harvesting flowers and its quality, and currently 22 hectares of lands in Alamut region have been planted with the cultivation of Echium amoenum.
According to him; The average harvest of dried Echium amoenum in the farms of this region is 100 to 300 kg per hectare.
Nowruzian; He mentioned the villages of Yarud, Abbasak, Kelmin, Sanbalabad, Upper and Lower Gagnin in the western Alamut region as important villages for the cultivation of this crop in the province.
The expert in charge of organic products of Qazvin Jihad Agricultural Organization pointed out the benefits of cultivating Echium amoenum and said: Echium amoenum is a herbaceous plant that is 40 to 70 cm long and its seeds are used in the preparation of oil.
The expert in charge of organic products of Qazvin Jihad Agricultural Organization pointed to the medical and medicinal importance of Echium amoenum and said: This plant contains sugar mucilage, tannins, phenolic compounds, small amounts of alkaloids and sedatives, as well as substances rich in fatty acids.
Nowruzian added: Echium amoenum contains vitamin C and has a warm nature and a calming and tonic effect on the whole body and raises blood pressure. , Effective treatment of measles and scarlet fever.
He said: This plant is present in cold and semi-humid mountainous areas that have intermittent rain during spring and summer and in mountainous and semi-humid areas in Mazandaran and Gilan provinces.
According to the expert in charge of organic products of Qazvin Agricultural Jihad Organization; Echium amoenum seeds germinate in 5 to 21 days at 21 ° C and can be planted in agriculture in late March.
Nowruzian pointed out: Considering that agricultural fertilizers and pesticides are not used in the production of this product, if the necessary credit is provided, the potential areas of the province for the production of Echium amoenum can be identified so that they can receive the organic certification of this product.
