Dracocephalum moldavica, Dragons Head organic

Dracocephalum moldavica, Dragons Head organic

Dracocephalum moldavica                      

Dragon’s Head

sorts and variety
‚Arat‘
variety with high yields, from sawing to harvesting it takes to grow about 100 days, thats why it is possible it to cultivate as a second cultivation, essential oil 0,2 – 0,5 % in the leaves and flowering time with about 30 % citral, 45 % geranylacetat, 11 % geraniol, 3,2 % nerylacetat, 0,4 % nerol,
Drug

Flowering herb

most important active substances

volatile oil 0,2 – 0,5 % in the leaves and flowering herb with citral, geranylacetat, geraniol, nerylacetat, nerol,

usage

used in aromatic teas, extracts used by loss appetite and dyspeptic complaints, often more volatile oil, like in Melissa officinalis

Recommendations for cultivation

Weight per thousand seed grains: 2,0 g

Seed demand for drilling:  april 4 – 7 kg /ha

Distance between the rows: 30 – 50 cm

harvest: the flowering herb, when about 50 % of the flowers are open