How to Grow Peanuts for High Yields? A Detailed Guide to the Latest Cultivation Techniques
Peanuts are a very popular food crop in our daily lives; they can be eaten not only as a snack but are also an important oilseed crop, and market demand for them in our country is very large. The most important issue for everyone growing peanuts now is increasing peanut yields, which is closely tied to one's own economic returns. So how exactly should they be grown? Below, the editor gives a brief introduction for everyone. Let's take a look!
1. Reasonable pruning
Pruning is one of the main measures for ensuring peanut yields, and friends with fruit-growing experience should all know this. Reasonable pruning can promote the sprouting of new side branches and increase the fruit-setting rate. In fact, it can also be applied when growing peanuts. After peanuts begin to form flower buds, promptly prune the weak branches, diseased branches and non-flowering branches on the plant. Do a good job of retaining branches according to the plant's growth vigor: keep about 4 branches for vigorous plants, and reduce to 3 for weak ones. This not only prevents excessive nutrient consumption by concentrating nutrients on the branches and pods, but also increases the number of peanut branches and the fruiting rate, improving seed quality.
2. Covering pegs and topping
After peanuts enter the flowering stage, flower pegs appear, and the flower pegs are an important part of peanut yield. After the flower pegs enter the soil, they develop into pods, so the more flower pegs there are, the higher the yield will naturally be. However, nearly half of the peanut flower pegs cannot enter the soil on their own, so we should tread the seedlings appropriately to increase the amount that enters the soil and raise the fruiting rate. And because the top of the peanut has very strong growth capacity, about half a month after the full flowering stage, topping work should be done well: cut off the main stem and retain about two side branches. Dwarf the peanut plants to increase the number of branches and flowers, enhance photosynthesis, and raise the yield.
3. Supplementing nutrients
Peanuts have very large nutritional demands during growth, and the nutrients related to the amount of fruiting are naturally calcium and phosphorus. If nutrients such as calcium and phosphorus are lacking, it will cause peanut leaf buds to wither, reduce the number of pods, and also lower seed quality. So during cultivation we must do a good job of supplementing calcium and phosphorus, applying an appropriate amount of superphosphate or foliar fertilizer during the fruiting stage to meet the peanut's demand for calcium and phosphorus. Then there is the supplementation of trace elements such as molybdenum and boron; during the early flowering period and the growth period, do a good job of supplementing trace elements, mixing in an appropriate amount of agents such as potassium dihydrogen phosphate, which can effectively increase the yield.
4. Pest and disease control
Pests and diseases are the main cause of peanut yield reduction. When growing peanuts, if management is poor, various diseases such as leaf spot and pod rot are very likely to occur, affecting peanut flowering and fruiting and causing yields to be seriously affected. Leaf spot will affect the peanut's photosynthesis, leading to insufficient accumulation of photosynthetic substances, and pod quality will also be affected. Therefore, we should do a good job of prevention, strengthen management, and disinfect regularly. Then we should often observe the peanut's growth; when abnormal conditions occur, promptly identify exactly what disease it is and then promptly carry out the corresponding control.
The above is a brief introduction to how to grow peanuts for high yields. If you want to increase yields, management work is very important. Therefore, everyone must pay close attention. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and we hope it can help everyone!