The Latest Taro Field Management Technique Tutorial
Taro is a very delicious tuberous vegetable, and in many other places it is also used as a food crop. Actually, taro functions much like the potato, but its effects are even better than those of the potato. Taro cultivation is very common, but taro has different growth stages, and these growth stages also determine different management methods. So what I am going to talk about today is the field management techniques for taro at different growth stages. Let's take a look below!
1. Seedling stage
If no unexpected situations are encountered after sowing, the seeds will usually germinate and emerge in about one month. At this time, the film must be broken in time to guide the seedlings out of the soil, avoiding burns to the seedlings caused by excessively high temperatures. After the seedlings emerge, press the film opening firmly to improve the soil's water and fertilizer retention and reduce the growth of weeds. During the seedling stage, taro does not have a high demand for water. If the soil moisture content is too high, it can easily cause seedling rot and root waterlogging. According to the soil moisture conditions, weather and other factors, drip irrigate lightly with a small amount of water, just keeping the soil relatively moist.
2. Tillering stage
The tillering stage is one of the more important stages in taro's growth, because the tillering stage directly determines the later yield and quality of taro. At this stage, in order to promote taro formation and taro growth, sufficient nitrogen fertilizer should be applied as a top dressing in time. This stage is also the peak period of taro's water demand, but when watering, the method of heavy flooding should not be used, to prevent waterlogging in the taro field. After watering, do a good job of loosening the soil and weeding, strengthening the soil's ventilation and air permeability. When loosening the soil, stand behind the loosened position to prevent the soil from being trampled firm, which would make the soil loosening work ineffective.
⟦NL>3. Taro formation stage
The taro formation stage comes after the tillering stage. This stage is also a very critical time in taro cultivation. The mother taro and daughter taros expand rapidly during this period. To ensure successful expansion, we must provide sufficient nutrients and water, and apply fertilizer at least twice. The taro formation stage generally occurs in summer. Summer has high temperatures and drought, yet it is also the time when taro grows rapidly, so watering should be done in a timely manner according to the weather and soil moisture conditions. The watering interval should be about 6 days. Secondly, the daughter leaves of taro consume a great deal of nutrients, so we should cut off excess daughter leaves in time to improve the yield and quality of taro.
4. Dormant stage
After taro passes through the taro formation stage, the growth rate of the tubers slows down, and expansion gradually stops. The aboveground plants also more or less stop growing. Taro then more or less enters the dormant stage. The dormant stage comes in the late growth period of taro, and at this stage taro's demand for water and nutrients gradually decreases. The frequency of watering and fertilizing should begin to be reduced, especially when harvest is approaching, keeping the soil in as dry a state as possible. For plots that need to keep seed taro, this is even more important. Keeping the soil dry is beneficial for later planting and can also improve taro's storage capacity.
The above is a brief introduction to taro field management techniques. What I have introduced are several relatively critical periods in taro's growth stages. The management work during these periods is very important. Once management is poor, it may cause rather serious restrictions on taro's growth. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you all for reading and supporting.