Content
Gardening Secrets: How to Grow Fireweed
29.07.2023 13:00
Updated: 13.05.2024 21:24
Fireweed is a caffeine-free herbal health tea. Unlike conventional black, green or white tea, it does not contain taurine, purine, oxalic or uric acid. Rich in vitamins and minerals needed to maintain good health.
Where to plant fireweed on the site
The site should be well moistened, soils are best light sandy. For this purpose, areas where potatoes were previously planted are well suited. The site should be assigned to fireweed for at least 5-7 years. Sowing can be done at the end of April.
Polanting and Care
Lighting: bright sunlight or partial shade. Soil: any, even after it has fallen. Watering: at first - constant, so that the soil on the site is slightly moist all the time. As soon as the seedlings rise to a height of 10-12 cm, watering is reduced to two times a week.
How fireweed reproduces
After self-sowing and rooting in a favorable place, fireweed begins to multiply not only by seeds, but also by the growth of roots. In this way, kilometer-long thickets of Koporye tea can form. This process can take 5-10 years.
A possible way to propagate fireweed is a seedling method. This makes it possible to increase the growing season of the plant. To do this, prepare boxes for sowing seedlings with light fluffy soil. Seeds are sown on the surface of the soil, not covered, but only lightly sprinkled with humus.
Is it possible to collect fireweed when it does not bloom
It is necessary to collect fireweed in June-August before flowering and during abundant flowering. Have time to prepare raw materials before the plant begins to fluff (form seeds), because by this time the plant has lost its medicinal properties. For tea, only leaves from the middle of the stem are collected.
