CN114793864A - Soilless cultivation method for mosses - Google Patents

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CN114793864A
CN114793864A CN202210503660.6A CN202210503660A CN114793864A CN 114793864 A CN114793864 A CN 114793864A CN 202210503660 A CN202210503660 A CN 202210503660A CN 114793864 A CN114793864 A CN 114793864A
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吴志
刘平
王强
刘晓荣
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The invention discloses a soilless cultivation method of mosses, which comprises the steps of smashing mosses, uniformly mixing the mosses with a cell protective agent, a viscosity regulator, a humectant and a proper amount of water to obtain mosses slurry, coating the mosses slurry on a solid phase carrier, performing conventional cultivation, and timely supplementing plant growth hormone and water-soluble fertilizer. According to the soilless culture method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the growth of moss can be well promoted, pathogenic bacteria and insect eggs which are difficult to eliminate in culture soil are avoided, and harmlessness of the moss blanket in the application process is ensured. According to the soilless culture method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the moss can be directly connected with the solid phase carrier well, and a moss blanket with stable quality can be obtained, so that industrial production is realized.

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Soilless cultivation method for mosses
Technical Field
The invention belongs to the field of agriculture, and particularly relates to a soilless cultivation method for moss.
Background
With the increasing improvement of living standard of people, people pursue higher and higher environments for office work, life and study, and natural moss with a self-healing effect gradually enters urban living environment and is widely applied to the market fields of home gardening, three-dimensional greening, special plantations, ecological restoration and the like. However, the moss plants in the market are mainly harvested and dug in the field, and various moss plants are endangered to live, especially moss plants with high ornamental value.
The national forestry and grassland administration and agricultural rural area department promulgated a new edition of national major protection wild plant directory in 2021, 9 and 7 days, and moss plants such as Chinese juniper leaf sphagnum, polyporus sphagnum and sphagnum crassimum are classified as secondary protection plants and also as first entry protection directories of bryophytes. The exploration of the field cultivation technology of the moss plants can greatly meet the market demand of moss which is not in demand at present. At present, the field cultivation technology of mosses such as physcomitrella gigantea, physcomitrella east Asian and physcomitrella acuminata has been paid attention by researchers, most cultivation methods mainly adopt nature-like cultivation, and the importance of various cultivation soils or substrates to the artificial cultivation of the mosses is emphasized.
The development of a soilless cultivation method for moss with excellent effect is a technical problem to be solved.
Disclosure of Invention
The invention aims to overcome at least one defect of the prior art and provides a soilless cultivation method for moss.
The technical scheme adopted by the invention is as follows:
a soilless cultivation method of moss plants comprises the following steps:
s1) crushing moss plants, and uniformly mixing with a cell protective agent, a viscosity regulator, a humectant and a proper amount of water to obtain moss serous fluid;
s2) coating the moss serous fluid on a solid phase carrier to obtain a moss blanket;
s3) culturing the moss blanket, controlling the temperature of the moss blanket to be 15-30 ℃, the relative humidity to be 80-100 RH%, the illumination intensity to be 3000-14000 lx and the illumination time to be 10-14/d, and timely supplementing the plant growth hormone and the water-soluble fertilizer;
s4) curing the moss into adults by routine.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the cytoprotective agent is selected from at least one of polyethylene glycol, inositol, sorbitol; the viscosity regulator is at least one of methyl cellulose, starch and corn bran; the humectant is at least one selected from polyacrylamide and humic acid.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the cytoprotective agent is polyethylene glycol, the viscosity modifier is methylcellulose, the humectant is polyacrylamide, the ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is (10-40): (1-20): (3-25).
In some examples of soilless culture methods, polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is (20-30): (5-15): (10-20).
In some examples of soilless culture methods, polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is 25: 10: 15.
in some examples of soilless culture methods, moss plants are washed prior to being broken up.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the moss is selected from the group consisting of physcomitrella major, physcomitrella patens, sphagnum brevicaulis, and sphagnum glaucoides.
In some examples of the soilless culture method, the solid support is selected from at least one of geotextile and cotton cloth.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the moss slurry has a thickness of 5 to 20 mm.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the moss slurry has a water content of 60 to 70%.
The invention has the beneficial effects that:
according to the soilless culture method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the growth of moss can be well promoted, pathogenic bacteria and insect eggs which are difficult to eliminate in culture soil are avoided, and harmlessness of the moss blanket in the application process is ensured.
According to the soilless culture method provided by the embodiment of the invention, the moss can be directly connected with the solid phase carrier well, and a moss blanket with stable quality can be obtained, so that industrial production is realized.
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FIG. 1 is a photograph of a slurry of a sphagnum moss coated on a geotextile;
fig. 2 is a photograph of a sphagnum slurry coated 15 days after it is placed on a geotextile;
fig. 3 is a photograph of the slurry coated bright leaf moss on geotextile after 45 days.
Detailed Description
A soilless cultivation method of moss plants comprises the following steps:
s1) crushing moss plants, and uniformly mixing the crushed moss plants with a cell protective agent, a viscosity regulator, a humectant and a proper amount of water to obtain moss serous fluid;
s2) coating the moss serous fluid on a solid phase carrier to obtain a moss blanket;
s3) culturing the moss blanket, controlling the temperature of the moss blanket to be 15-30 ℃, the relative humidity to be 80-100 RH%, the illumination intensity to be 3000-14000 lx and the illumination time to be 10-14/d, and timely supplementing the plant growth hormone and the water-soluble fertilizer;
s4) curing the moss into adults by routine.
The viscosity regulator is mainly used for regulating the viscosity of the moss seriflux so that the moss seriflux can be well adhered to a solid phase carrier. Different requirements are met mainly by the dosage of water and viscosity regulator.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the cytoprotective agent is selected from at least one of polyethylene glycol, inositol, sorbitol. Researches find that the cell protective agents have good protective effect, can well promote the restoration of moss freshness and improve the success rate of moss cultivation.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the viscosity modifier is at least one of methylcellulose, starch, corn husks. The experimental data show that the viscosity regulator has better viscosity regulating capability and basically has no harm to moss. Meanwhile, the viscosity regulators have better degradation capability, and can avoid adverse effects on the environment after the moss is transplanted.
In some examples of the soilless culture method, the humectant is selected from at least one of polyacrylamide, humic acid. Experimental data show that the humectants have good moisturizing capability, can maintain the required temperature of a moss blanket, meet the requirement of moss growth, and avoid moss cultivation failure caused by too fast water loss.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the cytoprotective agent is polyethylene glycol, the viscosity modifier is methylcellulose, the humectant is polyacrylamide, the ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is (10-40): (1-20): (3-25). Relatively better results of this mixing ratio were found.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is (20-30): (5-15): (10-20).
In some examples of soilless culture methods, polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is 25: 10: 15.
in some examples of soilless culture methods, moss plants are washed prior to being broken up. This avoids unnecessary impurities.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the moss is selected from the group consisting of physcomitrella major, physcomitrella patens, sphagnum brevicaulis, and sphagnum glaucoides.
The solid phase carrier is only required to have good adsorbability and certain strength. In some examples of the soilless culture method, the solid support is selected from at least one of geotextile and cotton cloth. The two raw materials have wide sources, low cost and good effect.
The thickness of the moss slurry may be adjusted accordingly as required, and in some instances of soilless culture methods, the moss slurry has a thickness of 5 to 20 mm.
In some examples of soilless culture methods, the moss slurry has a water content of 60 to 70%. The moisture content can better promote the recovery and subsequent growth of the moss.
The technical scheme of the invention is further explained by combining the embodiment.
Example 1:
s1) cleaning the sphagnum, and crushing the sphagnum into fragments with the size of about 3 mm;
s2) taking 20% of mossbania gmelini fragments, 15% of polyethylene glycol, methylcellulose and polyacrylamide and the balance of water, and uniformly mixing to obtain moss serous fluid, wherein the weight ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is 25: 10: 15;
s3) coating the moss serous fluid on the geotextile, and controlling the thickness to be about 8 mm to obtain a moss blanket;
s4) culturing the moss blanket, controlling the temperature of the moss blanket to be 20-25 ℃, the relative humidity to be 80-100 RH%, the illumination intensity to be 5000-14000 lx and the illumination time to be 10-14/d, and timely supplementing the plant growth hormone and the water-soluble fertilizer;
s5) curing the moss into adults by routine.
Example 2:
s1) taking and cleaning the short moss, and smashing the short moss into fragments with the size of about 3 mm;
s2) taking about 15% of sphagnum linteum fragments, 15% of polyethylene glycol, methylcellulose and polyacrylamide and the balance of water, and uniformly mixing to obtain moss serous fluid, wherein the weight ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is 25: 10: 15;
s3) coating the moss serous fluid on the geotextile, and controlling the thickness to be about 7mm to obtain a moss blanket;
s4) culturing the moss blanket, controlling the temperature of the moss blanket to be 20-25 ℃, the relative humidity to be 80-100 RH%, the illumination intensity to be 5000-14000 lx and the illumination time to be 10-14/d, and timely supplementing the plant growth hormone and the water-soluble fertilizer;
s5) curing the moss into adults by routine.
Example 3:
s1) cleaning the large ash moss, and crushing the large ash moss into fragments with the size of about 3 mm;
s2) taking about 15% of grifola frondosa fragments, 20% of polyethylene glycol, methylcellulose and polyacrylamide and the balance of water, and uniformly mixing to obtain moss serous fluid, wherein the ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is 25: 10: 20;
s3) coating the moss serous fluid on the geotextile, and controlling the thickness to be about 5 mm to obtain a moss blanket;
s4) culturing the moss blankets, controlling the temperature of the moss blankets to be 15-30 ℃, the relative humidity to be 80-100 RH%, the illumination intensity to be 5000-14000 lx and the illumination time to be 10-14/d, and timely supplementing plant growth hormone and water-soluble fertilizer;
s5) curing the moss into adults by routine.
Example 4:
s1) taking the white moss, cleaning and crushing the white moss into fragments with the size of about 3 mm;
s2) taking about 20% of the moss fragments, 18% of polyethylene glycol, methylcellulose and polyacrylamide and the balance of water, and uniformly mixing to obtain moss serous fluid, wherein the weight ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is 20: 15: 10;
s3) coating the moss serous fluid on the geotextile, and controlling the thickness to be about 10 mm to obtain a moss blanket;
s4) culturing the moss blanket, controlling the temperature of the moss blanket to be 15-30 ℃, the relative humidity to be 80-100 RH%, the illumination intensity to be 7000-14000 lx and the illumination time to be 10-14/d, and timely supplementing the plant growth hormone and the water-soluble fertilizer;
s5) curing the moss into adults by routine.
Example 5:
s1) cleaning the sphagnum, and crushing the sphagnum into fragments with the size of about 3 mm;
s2) taking 20% of mosses fragments, 20% of polyethylene glycol, methylcellulose and polyacrylamide and the balance of water, and uniformly mixing to obtain moss serous fluid, wherein the weight ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is 30: 5: 15;
s3) coating the moss serous fluid on the geotextile, and controlling the thickness to be about 8 mm to obtain a moss blanket;
s4) culturing the moss blankets, controlling the temperature of the moss blankets to be 15-20 ℃, the relative humidity to be 80-100 RH%, the illumination intensity to be 3000-8000 lx and the illumination time to be 10-14/d, and timely supplementing the plant growth hormone and the water-soluble fertilizer;
s5) curing the moss into adult moss by routine.
FIG. 1 is a photograph of a slurry of the Moss Tenaci of example 1 coated onto a geotextile; FIG. 2 is a photograph of the slurry of the moss from example 1 after 15 days on a geotextile; fig. 3 is a photograph of the slurry coated bright leaf moss of example 1 after 45 days on geotextile. As can be seen from the figure, the survival rate of the rhodobryum micranthum is high, the growth vigor is good, and the rhodobryum micranthum is flourishing by the day 45 when the geobryum is fully distributed.
The foregoing is a more detailed description of the invention and is not to be taken in a limiting sense. It will be apparent to those skilled in the art that simple deductions or substitutions without departing from the spirit of the invention are within the scope of the invention.

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1. A soilless cultivation method of moss plants comprises the following steps:
crushing moss plants, and uniformly mixing with a cell protective agent, a viscosity regulator, a humectant and a proper amount of water to obtain moss serous fluid;
coating the moss serous fluid on a solid phase carrier to obtain a moss blanket;
culturing the moss blanket, controlling the temperature of the moss blanket to be 15-30 ℃, the relative humidity to be 80-100 RH%, the illumination intensity to be 3000-14000 lx and the illumination time to be 10-14/d, and timely supplementing the plant growth hormone and the water-soluble fertilizer;
and after the moss grows into an adult, performing conventional maintenance.
2. A soilless culture method according to claim 1, wherein: the cell protective agent is selected from at least one of polyethylene glycol, inositol and sorbitol; the viscosity regulator is at least one of methyl cellulose, starch and corn bran; the humectant is at least one selected from polyacrylamide and humic acid.
3. A soilless culture method according to claim 1, wherein: the cell protective agent is polyethylene glycol, the viscosity regulator is methylcellulose, the humectant is polyacrylamide, and the ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is (10-40): (1-20): (3-25).
4. A soilless culture method according to claim 3, wherein: polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is (20-30): (5-15): (10-20).
5. A soilless culture method according to claim 1, wherein: moss plants are washed before being broken.
6. A soilless culture method according to claim 1, wherein: the moss is selected from the group consisting of Physcomitrella patens, Physcomitrella brevifolia and Physcomitrella bailii.
7. A soilless culture method according to claim 1, wherein: the solid phase carrier is at least one selected from geotextile and cotton cloth.
8. A soilless culture method according to claim 1, wherein: the thickness of the moss seriflux is 5-20 mm.
9. A soilless culture method according to claim 1, wherein: the water content of the moss seriflux is 60-70%.
10. A soilless culture method according to claim 4, wherein the ratio of polyethylene glycol: methyl cellulose: the mass mixing ratio of the polyacrylamide is 25: 10: 15.
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