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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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Start soil moisture preparation for cotton early and seize favorable opportunities
Although there is still one to two months before cotton seedling raising and sowing, the current situation of consecutive drought across autumn, winter and spring has already posed a great threat to cotton planting this year, and based on past years, there is also very little precipitation in our province in March-April. In view of the current situation, Dong Hezhong, deputy director and researcher of the Cotton Research Center of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, suggests that cotton farmers: this year's cotton planting should start early and prepare early, seize the opportunity for soil moisture preparation according to weather conditions, actively prepare and conserve soil moisture, fight drought and protect seedlings, and strive for full seedlings from one sowing and early development of strong seedlings. Selected
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