Can Siraitia grosvenorii be planted in Luzhou, Sichuan?

No Low temperature is not suitable for the growth of Siraitia grosvenorii.

Siraitia grosvenorii grows in subtropical hillside forest, river wet zone or shrub jungle at an altitude of 300 ~ 1400 meters. In the long-term individual development, there are certain requirements for environmental conditions. Siraitia grosvenorii is a short-day crop, which only needs 7-8 hours of light every day. It likes wet, foggy and cool. It is required that the temperature difference between day and night is large, the frost-free period is long, the air relative humidity is 75-85%, the rainfall is abundant and even, and the annual rainfall is about 1 900 mm to avoid waterlogging. It should be loose, fertile, well-drained, deep and moist soil. Not resistant to high temperature, vines grow rapidly at 22 ~ 28℃, plants grow poorly above 34℃, and plants stop growing below 15℃.

Luzhou is a subtropical humid climate zone, and the three-dimensional climate in the southern mountainous area is obvious. The temperature is high, the sunshine is abundant, the rainfall is abundant, the four seasons are distinct, the frost-free period is long, the temperature, light and water are in the same season, the monsoon climate is obvious, the spring and autumn are warm, and the summer is hot and the winter is not too cold. However, affected by the topography of Sichuan Basin, there are many thunderstorms in summer and rainy and foggy weather in winter in Luzhou, but there are few strong winds all year round, mostly 0-2 m/s breeze. Annual average temperature 17.5- 18.0℃, interannual variation 16.8- 18.6℃, and annual difference between high and low 1.8℃. Luzhou City has a frost-free period of more than 300 days, with little snowfall, and some years are frost-free and snow-free, which is suitable for a long growing period of crops.