Plant Propagation
Soap is multiplied with tubers taken from plants over two years old. Plants dismantled then tubers are still in the form of clumps taken, and then separated.
This tuber can not be directly planted but must be dried in the dry to last 1-1.5 months. In Bangil dried bulbs after being dried is planted directly, while in Bandungan is stored again on the para-para located on the kitchen for three months, which if in Bandungan called banned. The purpose of this ban is to dry the tubers with the help of kitchen smoke and to make the growth more uniform.
The price of this flower is around Rp. 9000 - Rp. 10000.00 per bundle (10 cigarettes) of ordinary days, but will be more expensive when it comes to feast days.
Soil Processing and Planting
The area to be planted in the night is hoisted or hijacked twice as deep as 30 cm if the former rice plant and enough once if the former plant of the night. Then the soil leveled and made beds with width of 1 m, height 20 cm while the length is adjusted to the state of the land.
When planting is usually the beginning of the dry season, or adjusted to "deferred", which is the expected harvest time. If adjusted for deferred, when planting usually 7 or 8 months earlier. Tubers grown in planting holes made with tugal. Spacing is 20 x 20 cm. In Bandungan, each hole is given a tuber, while in Bangil each hole is given several tubers.
Treatment Plant
The first fertilization was done at the age of 1 BST (month after planting) with Urea and TSP fertilizer. The dose is one teaspoon for each plant. Fertilization is then repeated once every month with the same dosage and fertilizer. Weeding done at the age of 3 BST and repeated again if the grass has started dense. Weeding is done by weeding the grass and leaves of old plants and touching the ground. In this weeding should be maintained so as not to damage the roots of plants. To prevent pests and diseases, once a month the plants are sprayed with insecticides and fungicides, for example Basudin 60 EC and Dithane M45. To keep the soil moist in the dry season, land dileb (watered) every one or two weeks.
Harvesting
Harvest of savory flowers can already be done at the age of 7-8 BST. Harvesting by pulling with the stem, if the flower will be cut flowers. Flowers are harvested is a series of flowers have bloomed 2-3 pieces. Then the flowers that have been revoked thrown 3-4 bottom leaves and then edited with the contents of 100 stalks / untings. Medium if it will be used as sowing flowers, flowers that are half bloomed and already bloomed from the stalk. This flower picking is usually done every day.