Latest key points for growing celtuce, remember these essentials

Celtuce is one of the common crops, and basically every farmer grows it, but few can grow it well. Growing celtuce the same way, the returns between two growers can differ by double, and those with unsatisfactory results mostly failed to pay attention to these details. Let's take a look together below.

1. Soil permeability

Celtuce is grown mainly for its root system, so the conditions that help its roots grow quickly must be well utilized, and soil permeability is one of the key influencing factors. When soil aeration is good, the celtuce will be more active throughout the entire growing cycle, and its roots will naturally grow faster. Second, such soil also favors the swelling of celtuce, because the soil resistance is lower, so it can grow downward with ease, and in this way absorb more nutrients, forming a virtuous cycle.

2. Temperature during the seedling stage

Celtuce does not adapt to relatively low temperatures, which will make it stop growing, and the temperature during the seedling stage is even more important. Many people overlook prolonged low temperatures during the seedling stage, and later when the harvest is unsatisfactory they will assume something else went wrong. Low temperatures during the seedling stage will damage the leaf differentiation of celtuce and reduce its vigorous growth period. For example, the normal vigorous growth period of celtuce is about 3 weeks, but a damaged one may have only 2 weeks. How could such celtuce possibly grow well in the end? So during this stage the temperature must be kept well, generally around 20°C.

3. Planting density

Blindly pursuing density is unscientific; even if you manage to grow them, they will basically all be small celtuce, first because of nutrient issues, and second because of growing space issues. When growing celtuce, attention must be paid to both nutrients and growing space. If space is insufficient, even if the celtuce has plenty of nutrients, the rate of absorption will gradually slow down, thus slowing growth. So whether the soil is fertile or not, everyone should pay attention to leaving enough gaps when planting, which also makes management easier.

4. Watering management

Celtuce's demand for water is low at first and high later. In the earlier stages, everyone just needs to keep the planting soil from being too dry. As the vigorous growth period arrives, celtuce will develop and swell rapidly, and its demand for water will increase day by day. At this time, the soil must be kept relatively moist; otherwise, if the dry matter of the celtuce grows too fast and the water cannot keep up, the celtuce will look very shriveled and taste rather bitter, affecting everyone's returns.

The above are some of the issues to pay attention to when growing celtuce. These details are quite easy to overlook, so everyone must be careful. Everyone knows how to grow celtuce, but if you want to compare yields, you can only improve through these details.