Name: Aquilaria sinensis/Agarwood seeds 1kg
Brand: Shanghai Touchhealthy seeds shop
SKU: T115
Price: 60.00 USD
Availability: InStock

Description

Plump and fresh agarwood seeds maintain high germination activity. Agarwood tree is a world-famous precious aromatic and medicinal timber tree with extremely high economic value. After artificial injury stimulation, the trunk will secrete resin and form agarwood, which is widely used in high-end incense, traditional Chinese medicine, perfume raw materials and handicraft carving.

It is a typical tropical evergreen positive tree species, strong in high temperature resistance and drought tolerance, very intolerant to cold frost and soil waterlogging. Once encountering freezing weather, it is easy to suffer irreversible freeze damage. Seedlings grow slowly, and the tree can carry out agarwood inducing operation after 5–7 years of field planting. Widely used for precious agarwood industrial base construction, southern mountain ecological greening, courtyard high-grade landscape tree configuration and medicinal raw material forest development. It likes deep, loose, fertile and well-drained slightly acidic sandy loam soil. Low-lying waterlogged land and heavy sticky clay soil must be completely avoided to prevent root rot and seedling death. Daily management focuses on full sunlight guarantee, smooth drainage system and regular fertilizer supply, which is a long-cycle high-income economic tree integrating incense, medicine and timber.

Planting Instructions

Soil Preparation
Mix fertile garden soil, coarse river sand and decomposed organic fertilizer evenly to prepare loose and breathable planting substrate. Adopt high-raised seedbeds for sowing to ensure rapid rainwater drainage and eliminate accumulated water. Hardened clay soil with poor air permeability cannot be used for seedling raising.
Seed Pre-treatment
Remove outer fleshy peel, clean and screen out full healthy seeds. Disinfect seeds with diluted potassium permanganate solution for 30 minutes, then soak in clean warm water for 10–12 hours to fully absorb water. No low-temperature cold sand stratification is required; fresh seeds picked within one month have the best germination rate, and the activity of stored seeds will decline sharply.
Sowing Method
Carry out strip sowing on sand seedbeds, spread seeds evenly and cover 1cm thin river sand on the surface, slightly compact the topsoil and water thoroughly for the first time. It is recommended to transplant germinated young seedlings into nutrition bags for container seedling cultivation, which can greatly improve the survival rate of field transplantation in the later stage.
Germination Condition
Keep the soil slightly moist without standing water, the optimal germination temperature is 24–32℃. Concentrated seedling emergence will be completed within 20–40 days after sowing. Cover breathable plastic film before germination to keep warm and moisturized, uncover the film in time after a large number of seedlings break the soil for ventilation and mildew prevention.
Daily Maintenance
Agarwood tree needs sufficient full sunlight all year round. Long-term shading will lead to thin seedling stems, slow growth and poor later resin formation ability. Water moderately in the growing season, drain all ponding completely in rainy seasons to avoid root rot disease. Trim overly dense lateral branches appropriately during growth to cultivate straight main trunk, which is convenient for later agarwood drilling and injury induction operation. Apply diluted compound fertilizer twice in spring and summer every year to accelerate sapling growth.

Specification

Plant Name: Agarwood Tree
Botanical Name: Aquilaria spp.
Plant Type: Thermophilic precious aromatic medicinal evergreen tree
Mature Height: 8–15 Meters
Blooming & Fruiting Period: Flower in spring, fruit pods ripen in summer; seedlings can induce agarwood in 5–7 years
Germination Temperature: 24–32℃
Growing Temperature: 5℃ ~ 38℃, frost will cause severe freeze damage below 0℃
Light Requirement: Full Sun
Soil: Deep loose well-drained slightly acidic sandy loam, strictly avoid waterlogged heavy clay soil
Planting Difficulty: Moderate
Core Features: High-value agarwood resin for incense and medicine, heat and drought resistant, only suitable for subtropical and tropical southern areas planting, afraid of cold and waterlogging

FAQ

Q1: Can agarwood trees be planted in northern cold regions?

A1: Not possible. It is a tropical tree sensitive to low temperature, frost will lead to whole plant death, only suitable for Guangdong, Guangxi, Hainan, Fujian and other warm southern areas.

Q2: Does agarwood seed need low-temperature sand stratification?

A2: No need. Only warm water soaking and disinfection can break the dormancy of the seed coat, low-temperature treatment has no positive effect.

Q3: What are the two biggest hazards in cultivation?

A3: Long-term soil waterlogging causes root rot, and low-temperature frost leads to freeze injury death.

Q4: How long can the tree produce usable agarwood?

A4: Seedlings need to grow for more than 5 years before artificial injury induction, and it takes another 2–3 years of resin accumulation to harvest qualified agarwood.

Q5: Suitable for novice growers?

A5: Suitable for growers in suitable climate zones. Key points are raised bed drainage, full sunlight supply and seedling stage disease prevention.

Aquilaria sinensis/Agarwood seeds 1kg

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