Detailed Explanation of the Key Points of Sandwort Radish Cultivation Techniques

The sandwort radish is a radish with emerald green color, sweet taste, and crisp, tender, juicy flesh. It is a variety of radish, so what are the sandwort radish cultivation techniques?

1. Basic Introduction to the Sandwort Radish

The sandwort radish is also called Tianjin Wei green radish, and originated in Xiaoshawo, Bijia Village, and other places in Xinkou Town, Xiqing District, Tianjin. The leaf cluster of the sandwort radish is upright. The aboveground part of the radish is dark green, while the part entering the soil is white. It tastes sweet and spicy, delicious, fresh, tender, and juicy.

The sandwort radish is also very rich in nutrients, containing sugar, cellulose, vitamins, crude protein, Ca, P, Fe, and others, and also has effects such as relieving phlegm, stopping diarrhea, and promoting urination.

2. Sandwort Radish Cultivation Techniques

1. Choose a suitable time for sowing. The sowing row spacing is generally 40 cm, and the plant spacing is 20 cm;

2. Before sowing, prepare the soil and apply base fertilizer. During the seedling stage, cover with silver-gray reflective plastic film to prevent aphids;

3. During the growth period of the sandwort radish, do a good job in water and fertilizer management, and harvest promptly after maturity.

Radishes have different water requirements at different growth stages. During the germination stage, there must be sufficient water, and the available soil water content should remain above 80%, so that germination is rapid and seedlings emerge neatly.

From the seedling stage until a period before “breaking belly,” water less to promote seedling strengthening, prompting the root system to develop deeper into the soil layer.

During the vigorous leaf growth period, water appropriately to ensure leaf development. During the vigorous fleshy root growth period, supply water fully and evenly, keep the soil moist, and prevent alternating dryness and wetness.

For later topdressing of the sandwort radish, reasonably increase potassium fertilizer according to the growth condition of the radish.

3. How to Store Sandwort Radish?

1. Storage temperature: The optimal storage temperature is 0-5°C. At room temperature, it can be stored for about 15 days when placed in a freshness-retaining bag;

2. Sandwort radish is generally harvested at the end of October. After being buried for storage, it can be supplied to the market until May of the second year. After cold storage, it can be exported successively until August of the second year.