What are the key points to watch out for when growing wild vegetables? A full breakdown of the latest essentials
There are a great many species of wild vegetables in China, as many as several thousand, and every one of them has a certain market demand in China. So the area now devoted to growing wild vegetables is fairly large. Although wild vegetables have strong growth capacity, growing them is not as simple as it might seem, and there are many points we need to pay attention to. So today I have brought you the precautions for growing wild vegetables; let's take a look below!
1. Planting time
In the past, because growing techniques were not very mature, most wild vegetables could only be brought to market for a short period within one time window. Now, after the continuous development of growing techniques, if greenhouses and polytunnels are used, they can be grown all year round. However, the main thing is still to choose the growing method according to the season and the variety of wild vegetable being grown. For example, in winter, warm greenhouses are mainly used, while in spring and autumn, arch sheds or open-field growing are mainly used.
2. Growing management
There are a great many varieties of wild vegetables in China, and most of them generally use the tender stems and leaves or the flowering shoots as the main edible part. Some also use the fleshy root as food, so we also need to do a good job of choosing the soil according to the variety being grown. Before planting, the land should be prepared well, sufficient base fertilizer should be applied, the fertilizer used for topdressing should be mainly nitrogen fertilizer, and attention should also be paid to spraying foliar fertilizer appropriately. This improves the quality and yield of the wild vegetables and expands the growing benefits.
3. Soil selection
Most wild vegetables have fairly strong stress resistance and adaptability, and their root systems are fairly well developed. But even though wild vegetables have strong growth capacity, we still need to pay attention to choosing the soil well. This is because the main edible part of some wild vegetables is the fleshy root, and the quality of the soil directly determines the quality of the fleshy root. Therefore, when growing wild vegetables, attention should be paid to using mainly soft, loose, permeable sandy soil, avoiding waterlogging in the field, and ensuring the soil has good drainage and irrigation capacity.
4. Use of pesticides and chemical fertilizers
Wild vegetables have the reputation of being purely natural, pollution-free green food, mainly because wild vegetables have very strong disease resistance. However, sometimes pests and diseases also affect the growth of wild vegetables, but at such times remember that pesticides must not be used, and chemical fertilizers should not be used for topdressing either. Otherwise it will have a great impact on the quality of the wild vegetables, and the growing benefits will decline as a result.
5. Propagation
The propagation method for wild vegetables is generally mainly seed sowing, but for some wild vegetable varieties with well-developed roots and perennial roots, division propagation or cutting propagation can also be used. When choosing seeds for seed sowing, pay attention to selecting good seeds; many places now sell dedicated wild vegetable seeds. If you are worried about the quality, or if none are available, then you will have to go out into the wild yourself to collect seeds.
The above is a brief introduction to the precautions for growing wild vegetables. The seeding method for wild vegetables is actually fairly simple, but we still need to do a good job of management to ensure the normal growth of the wild vegetables. That is all for today's introduction; this article is for reference only, and I hope it can help everyone!