What Does Spring Plowing Mean, and What Should Be Noted About Fertilizing During Spring Plowing?

Since ancient times, our country has been a major agricultural nation, so there are quite a few proverbs about farming, and “spring plowing, summer weeding, autumn harvest, winter storage” is one of them.So do you know what spring plowing is? What should be noted about fertilizing during spring plowing?Let's find out together with the Tuliu.com editor.

I. What Is Spring Plowing?

1. The Definition of Spring Plowing

Generally, spring plowing is explained as cultivating the land before sowing in spring. Spring plowing usually begins after the Start of Spring, and in some areas of our country the custom of testing the plow has been passed down all along. There are also quite a few proverbs about spring plowing, such as “plow well and harrow well, and only crops grow, not weeds” and so on. However, because the environment and natural conditions of each region differ, the customs and methods of spring plowing also differ.

2. The Customs of Spring Plowing

Because of differences in culture and habits from place to place, the customs of spring plowing also differ. For example, Huangshui Town in Chengdu holds a series of activities each year during the spring plowing season to beat the spring ox and add good fortune; the activities include welcoming spring at the archway, the spring ox celebrating spring, the colorful dance whipping spring, and so on;

Yanggu County in Liaocheng City, Shandong Province, holds activities such as cockfighting and sheep fighting during the spring plowing season, hoping in this way for favorable weather, a bumper grain harvest, and thriving livestock in the new year;

In Changting County, Fujian Province, the Hakka hold a spring field celebration during spring plowing, usually wrestling and running in the fields, also hoping for a good harvest in the new year.

II. What Should Be Noted About Fertilizing During Spring Plowing?

Spring is the season for cultivating and sowing, but fertilizing after spring plowing and sowing is also very important. However, because the habits of crops and the amounts of fertilizer differ, the following points should also be noted when fertilizing during spring plowing:

1. Mixing ammonium bicarbonate with urea and bacterial fertilizer

Urea and ammonium bicarbonate are commonly used when fertilizing, and bacterial fertilizer is also applied when topdressing at the start of spring. But here growers should be reminded that ammonium bicarbonate cannot be mixed with urea or bacterial fertilizer; using ammonium bicarbonate together with urea will accelerate the volatilization loss of nitrogen in the urea, while using it together with bacterial fertilizer will make the bacterial fertilizer ineffective.

2. Do not water immediately after applying urea

After applying urea to fruit trees, do not water immediately, because after urea is applied to the soil it converts into amide, and watering immediately makes it easy to lose with the water; it also should not be applied before heavy rain. It should be noted that after applying urea, covering it with soil can improve fertilizer efficiency.

3. Alkaline fertilizers cannot be mixed with alkaline fertilizers or ammonium nitrogen fertilizers

Because applying them together easily causes a neutralization reaction, which leads to and increases the volatilization loss of ammonia and nitrogen elements, thereby reducing fertilizer efficiency.

4. The application amount of high-concentration fertilizers and undecomposed manure should be prohibited, or used sparingly each time

Using manure is common in rural areas, but note that well-decomposed manure must be used, otherwise it easily causes root burn or viral disease in the plants; and applying too much high-concentration fertilizer can also cause root burn or death of the plants.

III. Spring Plowing Times in Various Places

Our country is vast, and the climate and temperature differences among regions are also fairly large, so the spring plowing time in each region also differs to some extent.

1. North China

Generally between early March and April.

2. Northeast China

Spring plowing generally takes place in late April and early May.

3. Southern regions

For example, in Jiangnan the temperature rises quickly; speaking of spring plowing in early March each year, it mostly begins around late February.

4. Northeast China

Spring plowing in Northeast China generally takes place in late April and early May.

When carrying out spring plowing, everyone should do so according to the climate changes at the time, and fertilizing should also be determined according to the fertilizer needs of the crops and the land. The above is all the content introduced by the Tuliu.com editor, and everyone can use it as a reference to learn about it.