What to Do About Rotting Bean Sprouts? Detailed Explanation of Causes and Solutions

Sprout vegetables are one of the traditional vegetables that the people of our country love to eat, and the most common one in our daily lives is bean sprouts. There are many varieties, and during the cultivation of bean sprouts, rotting sprouts can occur, causing huge losses to bean sprout yields. So how should rotting bean sprouts be dealt with? Let's take a look at the detailed explanation below.

1. Bean seeds carrying pathogens

Before planting, because the selection of bean seeds was not strict, bean seeds carrying pathogens were used. During cultivation, these pathogens multiply rapidly under suitable conditions, causing rotting sprouts in bean sprouts.

Solution: Carefully select bean seeds, choosing plump, disease-free bean seeds. During soaking, carefully remove diseased insect-damaged seeds, shriveled seeds, broken seeds and other inferior bean seeds. Then wash the seeds with low-concentration bleaching powder and limewater solution. You can also scald the seeds with hot water. This can kill the pathogens on the surface of the bean seeds, improve the vitality of the bean seeds, and increase the germination rate.

2. Container disinfection not strict

Just like bean sprouts carrying pathogens, the containers used for cultivation are also important. If strict disinfection measures have not been taken, pathogens will also invade during cultivation, causing rotting sprouts in bean sprouts.

Solution: Cultivation containers must undergo strict disinfection measures. Before planting, in addition to keeping tools and containers clean and hygienic, strict disinfection must also be carried out before use, using low-concentration bleaching powder solution or alum solution for cleaning and disinfection.

3. Temperature too high or too low

Temperature is the most important factor in growing bean sprouts. If the temperature is too high or too low during the bean sprout growth period, it will cause rotting sprouts.

Solution: The suitable growth temperature for bean sprouts is between 20-25 degrees. After planting, when sprouting, the most suitable temperature is 18 degrees. After sprouting, the temperature should be appropriately raised to around 23 degrees. Within this temperature range, they grow extremely quickly and rotting sprouts can also be reduced.

4. Water quality not clean

In addition to temperature, the next most important thing is water management. Bean sprouts are different from other crops; they only need water to grow normally, and they need sufficient water during the growth process. However, if watering is not timely, causing bean sprouts to lack water, or if the water quality is not clean, it will cause rotting sprouts.

Solution: It is recommended to use clean well water or stream water. It is strictly forbidden to use unclean river water or pond water. Well water and stream water are clean and free from pollution, and are warm in winter and cool in summer, which helps bean sprout growth. Watering must be done at regular times and in fixed amounts, generally once every 5 time periods, to wash away metabolic waste.

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