Golden Rod
Botanical Name – Solidago spp.
Family- Asteraceae
Commercially important species
Salidago canadensis, S.virgaurea and S.memoralsis
Varieties
Ballardi, Golden Gate, Golden Wing, Monte D‘ oro, Monte Solo, Peter Pan,
Straehlen Krone, Super and Tara Gold.
Soil and Climate
Soil –
Sandy loam and red loam soils with proper drainage.
Climate-
Grown under varied climatic conditions; cooler climate gives high quality cut flower.
Throughout the year.
Commercially propagated through division of clumps or suckers.
Soil is ploughed to fine tilth, flat beds are formed and suckers are planted at 45 x 45 cm spacing.
Once in three days depending on weather conditions.
5 t FYM + NPK @ 140:175:150 kg/ha as basal and half the dose applied after every
harvest.
Hand weeding done as and when required
Pests
Lace bugs
Spray malathion @ 1 ml/l.
1)Powdery mildew: Spray wettable sulphur @ 2g/l or azoxystrobin @ 1g/l.
2)Leaf Spot: Spray copper oxychloride 3g/l or hexaconazole @ 1ml/l or mancozeb @ 2g/l.
3) Root rot: Soil drenching with carbendazim @ 1g/l.
First harvest : 75 days after planting.
Harvesting stage : When 25 % of the flowers have opened.
Crop duration : 2 years
3 lakh stems/ha/crop
