What are the latest planting methods to increase eggplant yield?

The planting area of eggplant in our country is very large, and eggplant has high nutritional value and is loved by many people. When planting eggplant, yield is a primary concern for many people. Only by increasing eggplant yield can planting benefits be ensured, so how to increase eggplant yield is now a major problem that needs to be solved. So when we plant it, how should we increase eggplant yield? Below, the editor will give everyone a brief introduction. Let's take a look together!

1. Timely pinching

During the fruiting period of eggplant, its fruit-setting pattern will change with the branching of the eggplant plant. However, generally each branch sets one fruit. But it also depends on the variety being grown. For example, in the case of the first fruit, there is usually one. If it is a paired fruit, then there are two. Therefore, when managing eggplant cultivation, we should, according to this characteristic of eggplant, do the pinching work well after the eggplant seedlings are transplanted. This speeds up the branching rate of the eggplant plant, thereby increasing the fruit-setting positions of eggplant and increasing eggplant yield.

2. Promote the weak and control the vigorous

The growth ability of eggplant plants is generally relatively weak, so if there is insufficient nutrition during growth, then it will lead to a serious phenomenon of flower and fruit drop. However, if growth is too vigorous, then it is also very unfavorable to its growth. Therefore, we should maintain a normal growth trend in eggplant plants, which is also a key point for ensuring flowering and fruit setting in eggplant. So for eggplant plants with weaker growth, we should appropriately increase the amount of fertilizer and water to strengthen their growth. On the contrary, if growth is too vigorous, then fertilizer and water should be controlled to ensure normal growth, thereby increasing the fruit-setting rate and yield of eggplant.

For weak seedlings, we should strengthen fertilizer and water management. In the early stage of growth, the fertilizer should mainly be organic fertilizer and quick-acting phosphate fertilizer. Then in the middle and late stages, the fertilizer can be changed to quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer. Then when the first fruit flowers, apply an appropriate amount of decomposed farmyard manure, together with an appropriate amount of superphosphate. After eggplant enters the full fruiting period, the fertilizer should mainly be urea, and during its fruiting period it should be topdressed about 4 times. When topdressing, we should also carry it out together with watering. For vigorous seedlings, we can pinch and injure the stems of the plants to increase the accumulation of photosynthetic substances and promote fruit setting. We can also use methods such as intertillage to injure roots to weaken the plant's absorption capacity and ease the growth trend.

3. Hormone treatment

Sometimes the reason the fruit-setting rate of eggplant is not high is largely due to flower and fruit drop. So when planting eggplant, we should also pay attention to doing a good job in protecting flowers and fruits. During the flowering period of eggplant, we can spray an appropriate amount of anti-drop agent on the flowers. We can also use agents such as 24D for flower dipping. This can effectively reduce the phenomenon of flower and fruit drop, and therefore can also achieve the purpose of increasing the fruit-setting rate and yield.

The above is a brief introduction to how to increase eggplant yield. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only, and I hope it can help everyone!