How to Fertilize Cilantro? A Detailed Guide to the Latest Fertilization Methods
Cilantro is one of the common vegetables in our daily life. Because of its unique aroma, it is often used as a seasoning vegetable, and it has high nutritional value as well as medicinal value, able to stimulate the appetite and relieve depression, relieve pain and detoxify, and it is widely planted in our country. When growing cilantro, if you want it to grow well and quickly, fertilization is indispensable. So how should cilantro be fertilized? Let's find out.
1. Nutrient Requirements
Cilantro, also known as coriander, needs 16 nutrient elements for its growth and development. Its plants are short, its growing period is relatively short, its root system goes deep into the soil, and the number of plants per unit area is relatively small, so it needs fertile soil and sufficient fertilizer and water. It prefers cool climatic conditions. As for fertilizer demand, potassium fertilizer is the greatest, nitrogen fertilizer is next, and phosphorus fertilizer is the least, but it needs a sufficient supply of nitrogen fertilizer throughout the growing period. Nitrogen fertilizer at sowing will cause short plants and yellow leaves, seriously affecting yield and quality. Cilantro needs less fertilizer in the early growing period, and the fertilizer requirement gradually increases as it grows.
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To ensure the nutrients needed by cilantro during its growing period, base fertilizer should be applied before planting according to the soil fertility conditions. The base fertilizer is generally farmyard manure or organic fertilizer with slow fertilizer effect. After the previous crop is harvested, shallowly hoe the stubble, apply 1500 kg of high-quality decomposed organic fertilizer and 40-60 kg of compound fertilizer per mu, spread them evenly on the ground, then plow 20 cm deep, mix the fertilizer and soil evenly, then prepare the land and make beds, ready for sowing.
3. Topdressing
Spring-sown cilantro generally needs topdressing three times during its growing period. The first time is after thinning the seedlings combined with watering, applying 4-6 kg of compound fertilizer per mu; the second time is when cilantro is 8-9 cm tall, also combined with watering, applying 5-6 kg of compound fertilizer per mu; the third time is when the plant height is 12-14 cm, applying 10-15 cm of compound fertilizer per mu with the water. Summer-sown cilantro has a short growing period and generally needs topdressing twice. The first time is at seedling thinning combined with watering, applying 5-6 kg per mu; the second time is when the cilantro plant height is 7-8 cm, applying 10-13 kg of compound fertilizer per mu. Autumn-sown cilantro generally needs topdressing three times, and the fertilization time is the same as for autumn sowing, with the amount determined according to specific conditions. Overwintering cilantro, when it has 5-6 leaves, is given 1520 kg of 45% nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium compound fertilizer with watering; before freezing, 1000-1500 kg of decomposed human manure and urine fertilizer is applied with the water; the following spring, 10-15 kg of compound fertilizer is applied with the green-up water.
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