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Good results with no-till potato cultivation using chopped straw mulch
In recent years, as the area of mechanized harvesting of late rice and middle rice has expanded, there is more chopped straw after mechanical harvesting. This chopped straw is rather messy, inconvenient to store, and scattered haphazardly in the fields. After spring begins, some farmers burn it all in one fire, which not only wastes resources but also pollutes the environment. In fact, the chopped straw from mechanized rice harvesting can be used to mulch potatoes. Compared with ordinary rice straw, the chopped straw after mechanical harvesting is soft and covers tightly, generally without light leaks, and is even better than unrolled rice straw. Using chopped straw from mechanized harvesting to mulch potatoes,
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What are the characteristics of the Kinugan strawberry variety? Detailed explanation of cultivation conditions and methods
Kinugan is a Japanese strawberry variety with vigorous growth, wide adaptability, large fruit and high yield, and good storage and transport tolerance. It is especially suitable for early-maturing greenhouse cultivation, and is a new strawberry variety with excellent overall traits. This variety has a well-developed root system and vigorous growth, with stronger cold resistance and high-temperature tolerance than ordinary varieties, making it suitable for cultivation in both the north and south. The fruit is conical, with a single fruit weight of 25-68 grams, bright orange-red skin, red flesh, fine texture, crisp and refreshing, with a strong aroma and good flavor. The fruit tolerates storage and transport well. The harvest period is long and the yield is high. In greenhouse cultivation, it can continue from December
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Detailed Guide to Mushroom Cultivation with Straw: Quality Mushrooms Can Also Be Grown from Waste Straw
The button mushroom (Agaricus bisporus) is currently the most widely artificially cultivated edible fungus. Section 1: Raw Materials and Their Formulas. I. Raw Materials. The main raw materials for cultivating mushrooms are crop straws (such as rice straw, wheat straw, corn stalks, rapeseed stalks, etc.), by-products of agricultural product processing, wild grasses, and poultry and livestock manure, etc. In addition, a certain amount of mineral elements is added. II. Formula. (Based on 0.25 mu of planting area and 1,000 sq ft of net sowing as the unit of measurement.) In the case where no urea is used, it can be replaced by 60 jin of compound fertilizer with N, P, K at 15-15-15, or 120 jin of compound fertilizer with N, P, K at 13-5-7.
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Key Techniques for High-Yield Cultivation of Potatoes with Rice Straw Core Padding
1. Variety selection: For fresh potato vegetable varieties, choose Zihua 851, Zhongshu No. 3, Favorita, and other varieties. 2. Land preparation and bed making. Soil selection: Potatoes have a wide range of soil adaptability, and can be cultivated in both sandy soil and muddy land. However, choose loose-textured, well-drained, slightly acidic sandy soil with a pH of 5.5-6.5. Potatoes belong to the Solanaceae family and should not be continuously cropped with other Solanaceae crops or intensively mixed-cropped with them. Small high-ridge land preparation: After the previous crop is harvested, use a rotary tiller to plow and break up the soil, then use a bed-making machine according to the bed width including furrow of 110-
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How to sow potatoes in no-till cultivation with rice straw mulching
The main sowing methods for no-till potato cultivation with rice straw mulching are the following three: 1. Directly placing seed potatoes and then covering with rice straw. In no-till paddy fields, dig high-yield ditches (irrigation and drainage ditches), with a ditch width of 20 cm and a depth of 15 cm, and a bed width (including ditches) of 150 cm. The excavated soil must not be piled on the ditch edges; the bed surface should be slightly arched to avoid water accumulation. Generally, small weeds and rice stubble do not affect planting. If there are large weeds, they can be trampled down or hoed away, and there is no need to use herbicides. Sow 4 rows per bed in a wide-narrow row pattern, with a wide row in the middle with a row spacing of 34 cm, and narrow rows on both sides with a row spacing of 28 cm.
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Detailed Explanation of No-Till Potato Cultivation with Rice Straw Mulching
First, selecting the field and preparing the beds. Choose a neutral or slightly acidic paddy field. When harvesting rice, it is best to leave stubble 15-20 cm high. Before sowing, first mark out beds and open furrows, with a bed width of 1.4-1.6 m, a furrow width of 20-30 cm, and a furrow depth of 15-20 cm. When opening the furrows, scatter the excavated soil evenly in the middle of the bed, and shape the bed surface into an arched back to facilitate drainage. Second, seed potato treatment. Select virus-free seed potatoes that are free of pests and diseases, have smooth and fresh skin, and weigh more than 20 g each. Before sowing, according to the distribution of the buds and the
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Detailed Explanation of Potato Cultivation Technology with Rice Straw Mulching
In 2000, Zhejiang Province carried out research on a new technique for no-till rice paddy cultivation of potatoes with full rice straw mulching, changing "planting seed potatoes" to "placing seed potatoes" and "digging potatoes" to "picking potatoes." The whole process can be vividly summarized as "place, cover, pick," eliminating many operations such as plowing and land preparation, digging holes for planting, intertillage weeding, and digging potatoes. The fresh potato yield per 667 sq m was over 1500 kg. A few years ago, our province introduced this technique and demonstrated it successfully. 1. Select good varieties. Varieties suitable for planting in our province include:
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Key Technical Points for Winter Potato Cultivation with No-Till or Minimum-Till Rice Straw Mulching
I. No-till or minimum-till field preparation. 1. Selection of no-till or minimum-till fields. No-till or minimum-till potato cultivation is best carried out in sandy loam fields with convenient drainage and irrigation, loose soil, a pH value of 5.5-6, and good water and fertilizer retention. It is especially suitable for planting in sandy loam paddy fields with good drainage and irrigation conditions during the winter fallow period in our city. Fields prone to drought and water shortage and shallow, poor fields, heavy clay fields, low-lying fields, mountain pit fields, cold waterlogged fields, and rotten
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Technical method for three-dimensional cultivation of edible fungi using pure crop straw
For a long time, the culture medium for edible fungus production in China has been mainly wood chips and cottonseed hulls. Excessive logging of timber has caused a shortage of forest resources; and cottonseed hulls, because of their wide range of uses and large consumption, have remained high in price. As a result, the prices of raw materials used for cultivating edible fungi have risen substantially, increasing costs. In this way, those who manage poorly often end up with poor returns, or even losses. In response to this situation, the vast number of edible fungus workers in China, after years of exploration, finally chose to use crop straw for edible fungus cultivation. At that time, the methods used were
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Key High-Yield Techniques for Cultivating Oyster Mushrooms on Rice Straw
High-Yield Techniques for Cultivating Oyster Mushrooms on Rice Straw 1. Selecting spawn: Experiments show that the relatively ideal strains include: the low-temperature type 792 and 118 oyster mushrooms; the medium-temperature type Xinnong No. 1, 9400 oyster mushroom, and Hypsizygus marmoreus; the high-temperature type Hainan No. 2, etc. (All of these spawns can be provided by the Binhai County Edible Fungi Research Institute.) 2. Seasonal scheduling: Along the middle and lower reaches of the Yangtze River, sowing can be done from early August to mid-February of the following year, with mid-September to mid-November being the best sowing period. 3. Rice straw selection: Choose fully dried, mold-free, golden-colored rice straw
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