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Astragalus sinicus
Growing calendar
Typical timing for central Japan (Kanto region). Shift it for your own climate, and record your actual dates.
Guides
- How to Sow Chinese Milk Vetch (Astragalus sinicus): Autumn Sowing, Inoculant and a Fine, Even Broadcast
- Chinese Milk Vetch Care: Moist but Not Waterlogged, Sweet Soil and Almost No Feeding
- Chinese Milk Vetch Flowers: Pinkish-Purple Clusters in Spring and a Favorite of Honeybees
- Chinese Milk Vetch Through the Year: Autumn Sowing, Winter Rosette, Spring Bloom and Turning In
- Chinese Milk Vetch Pests and Diseases: Aphids, Alfalfa Weevil, Powdery Mildew and White Mold
- Propagating Chinese Milk Vetch: Saving Seed, Letting It Self Sow and Keeping the Bacteria
Pests and diseases (4)
Problems recorded for this plant, most serious first.
Sclerotinia Rot
MajorDisease
The crown, stem or head rots in a water-soaked way and is covered in white cottony mycelium. Black sclerotia later form inside and on the surface, and the plant wilts and dies.
Aphids
CommonPest
Small green or black insects cluster on shoot tips and leaf undersides, crinkling the leaves and stopping growth. The honeydew they excrete supports sooty mold that blackens the foliage.
Waterlogging Root Decay
CommonDisorder
The plant wilts even though the soil never dries, and the lower leaves yellow. Pull it up and the roots have turned brown to black with a distinctive rotten smell.
Powdery Mildew
OccasionalDisease
White patches appear scattered on the upper leaf surface at first, then the whole leaf is coated in a white powder. Leaves later yellow, brown and die back, and reduced photosynthesis cuts growth and yield.
