The Latest Advantages of Deep Plowing Before Planting Wheat

Nowadays, when everyone plants grain crops, they all carry out deep plowing before sowing. Deep plowing can improve the soil and enhance soil permeability, which is certain. Deep plowing is also one of the tasks that must be done before planting. Reasonable deep plowing can promote the growth of wheat, improve resistance, increase yield, and so on. So what specific benefits does deep plowing have for wheat? Today, the editor brings you the advantages of deep plowing before planting wheat. Let's take a look!

1. Water and fertilizer retention

The roots of wheat can extend very deep, and their ability to absorb nutrients is very strong. Many friends only plow to a depth of about 20 cm, but this depth is not enough. Therefore, increasing the deep plowing depth of the soil can promote the extension and expansion of wheat roots and allow them to obtain sufficient nutrients. Moreover, if the deep plowing depth is deep enough, water and fertilizer are not easily lost, which is very beneficial for nutrient absorption by wheat roots. It improves the soil's water and fertilizer retention, strengthens the soil's plow layer capacity, promotes wheat growth, and increases yield.

2. Reducing diseases

During wheat growth, different diseases can arise due to many factors, including soil-borne diseases. Soil-borne diseases are mainly caused by soil compaction and poor permeability. Deep plowing can reduce the incidence of soil-borne diseases and improve wheat's disease resistance. This is because deep plowing buries weeds in the field and some potential pathogen spores and insect eggs deep underground, while most pathogen spores and insect eggs can only breed in shallow soil. In addition, some will be turned up to the surface and die after being exposed to the sun, which also reduces the incidence of soil-borne diseases.

3. Improving fertility

Now everyone makes use of waste, for example, turning corn, sorghum and other straw into the soil to improve soil fertility, which is advisable. However, when many friends turn straw into the soil, they only plow the shallow soil. This not only fails to provide soil fertility, but also prevents wheat roots from penetrating into the soil at all, causing large areas of wheat seedlings to die. Therefore, the deep plowing depth needs to exceed 20 cm. This not only improves soil fertility, but also gives the straw sufficient time to decompose, improving the straw conversion rate.

4. Preventing lodging

Lodging is the most common problem in wheat planting, mainly caused by too shallow deep plowing depth, because if it is too shallow, the roots cannot extend to deeper places in time. Therefore, wheat's lodging resistance is not that strong. After deep plowing, the deeper soil is looser and softer, which can promote root growth, allow the roots to absorb nutrients over a wider range and with stronger ability, and improve wheat's lodging resistance.

The above is an introduction to the advantages of deep plowing before planting wheat. In fact, if the deep plowing method is appropriate, it is very beneficial to wheat growth. However, the deep plowing depth should be deep, but sowing should not also be deep. Sowing too deep will hinder seed germination, delay seedling emergence, and in severe cases prevent seedlings from emerging. So everyone must pay attention. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you for your reading and support.