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Methods and Techniques for Pest Control in Winter Edible Mushroom Cultivation
Recently there have been many inquiries about pest problems in autumn-cultivated edible mushrooms. Field investigations have found that this autumn the pest problems in edible mushrooms are relatively severe, with some mushroom sheds almost becoming "pest sheds," and the pest damage has triggered a large amount of weed mold contamination and serious diseases, causing heavy losses for mushroom growers. Today we have invited experts, based on the investigation results, to introduce to mushroom grower friends the "prevention" and "treatment" of pests in autumn and winter, in order to reduce losses for mushroom growers. Types of pest occurrence and identification 1. Mushroom gnats and mushroom flies: Autumn cultivation generally uses
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Good cotton planting next year starts with winter soil preparation
Many cotton farmers do not pay attention to winter management of cotton fields, and are accustomed to spring plowing and spring irrigation before sowing in spring. In fact, "prepare the soil well in winter, and cotton planting will go well next year; irrigate the land well during the winter slack season, and planting cotton will be effortless; winter plowing plus winter irrigation means fewer pests and high cotton yields" has become an important experience in cotton production. For this reason, in winter, cotton farmers should do the following tasks well: winter plowing of cotton fields with deep winter plowing can not only turn out part of the raw soil and bury surface weeds and crop residues underground; the loosened soil can also improve its capacity to store rain and snow, and after
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What are the methods for keeping piglets warm when they are born in winter?
When sows give birth in winter, the cold weather affects piglet survival, especially for rural free-range households, which have neither farrowing crates nor warming facilities, so the survival rate of piglets born in winter is relatively low. For experienced sow breeders, building a small warm nest for newborn piglets is a good method to improve piglet survival and increase breeding returns. Below is an introduction to how to build a small warm nest for piglets: Before the sow gives birth, on one side of the pig pen, preferably in a sheltered, sunny spot, build a small nest 1 m long, 1 m wide and 50 cm high, and connect it to the pig pen with an opening for the pigs to pass through.
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What are the key points of winter fishery production?
As winter arrives, the focus of fishery production begins to shift gradually. Recently, the author visited Yang Zhuangzhi, head of the Chengdu Aquatic Technology Extension Station, and asked him to introduce to everyone the technical measures that farmers generally care about, such as fish pond management and overwintering of pond fish. In winter fishery production, what work should be done as a priority so as to provide favorable conditions for high adult fish yields the following year? Yang Zhuangzhi said that, to sum up, winter fish farming should mainly focus on seven areas of work. Pond renovation Using the winter
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Key Technical Points for High-Quality, High-Yield Cultivation of Ginger-Wheat Intercropping
Ginger-wheat intercropping can make full use of light and heat resources, reduce the shading procedure, and resolve the conflict over land between ginger and grain. Generally, the yield of ginger is 2000-3000 kg per mu, with high yields reaching 3500-4000 kg, and wheat yield is 300-4D0 kg per mu. The technical measures are as follows: 1. Intercropping pattern. On the premise of ensuring ginger density, determine the spacing between ginger and wheat in intercropping. Trials show that the pattern with a row spacing of 50 cm, leaving an intercropping row in between, and drilling two rows of wheat in furrows gives the highest yield, and the shading condition is best at three parts light and seven parts shade.
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Steamed Scallops with Garlic and Winter Melon: Rich Garlic Flavor, Tender and Full of Taste
Ingredients: 1000 g winter melon, 1000 g scallops, an appropriate amount of minced garlic. Method: Peel the winter melon, remove the seeds and cut it into 3 cm thick slices; remove the shells from the scallops, take the meat and wash it clean; place the cut winter melon slices on the bottom of a plate, put the scallop meat on top of the winter melon slices, add the minced garlic, and steam for 10 minutes. Features: Fresh and fragrant with a sweet taste, it can relieve summer heat and increase appetite.
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How to Grow Garlic and Ginger Intercropped? Detailed Explanation of Key Planting Techniques
Intercropping garlic and ginger can make full use of land and conditions such as light, temperature, water and fertilizer, using the ginger plot idle in winter to grow garlic, changing one cropping per year into two croppings per year, which can raise the multiple cropping index, increase yield and significantly boost returns. Generally, monocropped ginger yields 2300 kg per mu; intercropped ginger yields 2250 kg per mu, garlic 1025 kg, and garlic scapes 700 kg. Intercropping raises net income by 3200 yuan per mu compared with monocropping. In addition, ginger is a shade-tolerant plant and cannot tolerate strong light, requiring moderate light intensity in the early growth stage,
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Detailed Explanation of Key Management Techniques for Prickly Ash in Autumn and Winter
Prickly ash harvesting is gradually coming to an end. This is the critical period for controlling pest and disease damage and reducing the overwintering population of pests. Therefore, the following management techniques should be carried out well: 1. For prickly ash orchards with severe damage from prickly ash leaf-mining flea beetles, scale insects, rust disease, etc., spray the trees 1-2 times with a mixed solution of 15% triadimefon 800 times + 40% isocarbophos 1000 times + 5% beta-cypermethrin 1000 times. 2. Timely clear away dead wood, fallen leaves and weeds, and burn them in a centralized manner to eliminate sources of pests and diseases.
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Key Cultivation Techniques for Intercropping Chili Peppers and Cotton
Chili-cotton intercropping techniques 1. Cropping schedule: Chili peppers are grown in greenhouses with insulation for seedlings in mid-November, transplanted to the field in late March, and harvesting begins in mid-April; cotton is grown in nutrient pots for seedlings in late March and transplanted in late April. 2. Technical points (1) Early-maturing, short-stalked chili varieties such as Xiangyan No. 6 and Guanjun are used, while E-zamian cotton is selected for cotton. (2) The bed width is generally 1.6 m, with 2 rows of chili peppers planted in the bed at a plant spacing of 0.3 m and a density of about 2,780 plants per mu, and 1 row of cotton planted on each side of the bed. Cotton wide row 0
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Early winter management of Sichuan pepper brings better fruiting next year
Shaping and pruning: Winter is a great time to prune Sichuan pepper trees. When pruning, you must remove the "seven branches," namely: water sprouts, dead branches, diseased and pest-infested branches, overly dense branches, crossing branches, overlapping branches, and weak slender branches. Then gather the removed branches and burn them, which can eliminate pests and pathogens overwintering on the branches. Scraping off rough bark: Many insect eggs overwinter in the cracks of the rough bark of pepper trees, and mulberry white scale parasitizes the trunk. Scrape off the rough bark and gum oozing spots, gather and burn them, then apply a protective agent, and finally smear thin mud to cover the wounds, which can eliminate pathogens and insect eggs.
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