How to Grow Oats? A Detailed Guide to the Latest Planting Methods
Oats are a low-sugar, highly nutritious food with high nutritional value, beneficial for the spleen and heart and for promoting gastrointestinal motility, and are also a fairly common nutritional tonic. In addition, they have strong drought tolerance, adapt well to soil, and can self-sow and propagate. So how do you grow oats? Below, Qinnong Network brings you its planting methods.
1. Soil selection and land preparation
Oats have strong adaptability and are not demanding about soil; they can grow even in barren, dry areas, but to increase oat yields, it is suitable to plant them in deep, flat, loose and fertile soil. In addition, oats should not be grown continuously, otherwise pests and diseases will be more serious, which is not good for cultivation. Before planting, plow the soil deeply and let it sun-bleach; choose deep plowing or shallow plowing depending on the planting time. Generally, autumn planting uses deep plowing and spring planting uses shallow plowing. After plowing, be sure to harrow finely, which helps preserve soil moisture and thus increases the survival rate of sowing.
2. Seed selection and treatment
Choose excellent varieties with strong adaptability, high disease resistance and relatively high yields. In addition, when selecting seeds, choose according to local environmental, climatic, soil and other conditions. Select plump, large seeds for sowing and remove small and insect-damaged grains. Before sowing, first put the seeds under the sun to bake for 2-3 days, which can kill some pathogens, increase the germination rate, and also promote uniform seedlings. To avoid pests and diseases affecting growth and yield, some agents can be used to dress the seeds to prevent pests and diseases.
3. Sowing
Sowing time has a relatively large impact on yield. If sowing is too early or too late, it will affect seed quality and is not conducive to germination. The best sowing time is March-April, around Qingming Festival, when both the temperature and rainfall are favorable for seed germination. When sowing, pay attention to sowing density. If sowing density is too high, there will be too many seedlings competing for nutrients, which is not conducive to growth and development and causes reduced yield. When sowing, manual or mechanical furrow opening can be used for drilling, sowing must be uniform, and after sowing, harrow the land promptly.
4. Field management
To achieve high and good yields, it is best not to use herbicides during cultivation, so the important part of field management is intertillage and weeding. When seedlings grow to 8-10cm, carry out one intertillage and weeding to increase soil permeability, and use fertilizer and water to promote root growth. Second, when they grow to the first node, weed once more and loosen the soil. Also strengthen fertilizer and water management; fertilizer and water are key points for high yield. Watering and topdressing should be carried out according to the growth condition of the oats. Each watering should soak thoroughly, and fertilization should follow the standard. It should not be too much or too concentrated, so as to avoid harming the plants.
The above is the oat planting method brought to you by Qinnong Network. When planting oats, you should also pay attention to the prevention and control of pests and diseases. Generally, there are more pests and diseases in the middle and late stages, and once pests and diseases are found, they must be dealt with promptly.