What are the latest precautions for sesame planting?

Sesame is an important economic crop in our country, and it has a wide range of uses. It is not only an important raw material for the food industry, but its oil content is as high as more than 50%, making it an important economic crop with remarkable economic benefits. However, growing it is not easy either, and there are many things to pay attention to. Often a tiny mistake may cause huge losses. Below, Qinnong Web brings you the precautions for sesame planting.

1. Choose good seeds

Choosing a good variety is the foundation that determines the quality and yield of sesame. When planting, choose excellent varieties with high yield, strong disease resistance, strong stress resistance, and suitability for the local growing environment. In this way, they are easy to manage during cultivation, with high yield and high income.

2. Avoid continuous cropping

According to experimental research, if sesame is continuously planted in the same area for more than one year, its disease incidence reaches 50%, and if continuously planted for 2 years, the disease incidence reaches 80%. Therefore, it is best to use crop rotation for planting, and it can be rotated with corn, wheat, and other economic crops, which can also ensure land utilization.

3. Reasonable dense planting

If the planting density is too high, plants will compete with each other for light and nutrients, resulting in poor individual growth and development, affecting yield, making management difficult, and making them highly susceptible to pests and diseases. Generally, the single-stem type is planted at about 20000 plants per mu, while the branching type is about 10000 plants per mu.

4. Cultivation and weeding

When planting sesame, weeds also have a relatively large impact on it. Weeds will compete with the plants for nutrients, which is not conducive to plant growth. Moreover, if the soil is not cultivated and loosened for a long time, the soil will become compacted and form clods, which is not conducive to the growth of the sesame plant's root system. Carry out cultivation and weeding 2-3 times each year to speed up the growth of sesame.

5. Pest and disease control

Common sesame diseases include Fusarium wilt and leaf spot. Fusarium wilt causes a large number of seedlings to die, while leaf spot causes the plant leaves to wither and fall off, affecting yield. Pests mainly include underground insects, aphids, and capsule-boring pests. They gnaw on the plant stems and leaves, root system, or suck plant sap, causing different kinds of damage to the plants, and all of them affect yield and quality. During planting, observe carefully, and deal with pests and diseases promptly when found.

The above are the precautions for sesame planting brought to you by Qinnong Web. After sesame matures, harvest it promptly to avoid the pods becoming overripe and bursting open and falling off. For more agricultural knowledge, please stay tuned to Qinnong Web.