Latest Management Techniques and Tutorial Highlights for Garlic Chives
Garlic chives are a vegetable that many people really enjoy eating, and they also play a seasoning role in all kinds of dishes in our daily lives. Garlic chives are grown in every part of our country, and their yields are relatively high, but for some beginners it is not so simple, and all kinds of problems often appear, leading to insufficient yields. To address these problems, the editor below has brought you the key points of garlic chive planting and management techniques, so let's take a look!
1. Moisture retention
After planting, promptly use farmyard manure or straw to fill level the local soil of the garlic chive shed, then dig a cold-proof trench along the greenhouse; the cold-proof trench should not be too large, about 30 cm each is enough. And the trench also needs to be filled with poultry manure or rice straw. To prevent the greenhouse garlic chives from being affected by low temperatures, the straw curtains on top of the greenhouse must be kept uniform, with a length at least higher than the base of the greenhouse, and all gaps in the wall must be sealed tightly with mud.
2. Light
Sufficient light is an important factor in ensuring the healthy growth of garlic chives; during the garlic chive growing period, make sure the garlic chives get no less than 12 hours of light per day. Whenever the sun rises in the morning and shines on the greenhouse, promptly uncover the straw curtains, and then when the sun gradually sets in the afternoon, cover them back again. Even in rainy weather, the work of uncovering the film must still be done, and when natural light is insufficient, appropriate artificial supplemental lighting should also be carried out.
3. Topdressing
Garlic chives have a relatively strong tolerance for fertilizer; unlike other vegetables, garlic chives have a relatively large demand for ammonia fertilizer during growth. Therefore, when topdressing, we should not only apply fully decomposed farmyard manure, but also add an appropriate amount of ammonium sulfate or compound fertilizer. This meets the nutritional needs of garlic chives, promotes their growth, and increases yield. When topdressing, spread farmyard manure over the bed surface, and then after each harvest, topdress once, which can also be done together with watering.
4. Watering
Garlic chives have a relatively large demand for water; during the growing period of garlic chives, keep the humidity at around 65%. Water should not be too much either; if there is too much, the soil tends to become compacted, which is unfavorable for the respiration of the garlic chive roots and very easily causes root rot and white tips in garlic chives. So we should water appropriately according to the growth condition of the garlic chives and the water content of the soil, and about 10 days before each harvest, water appropriately once. Also, when uncovering the film every day, observe whether there are water droplets on the garlic chive leaves; if there are none, water early and water more; on the contrary, water appropriately less or do not water.
5. Loosening the soil
Loosening the soil is a basic task in garlic chive planting; proper loosening of the soil can not only promote the growth of garlic chives, but also raise the soil temperature. After each watering, loosen the soil appropriately, and the depth of loosening should be the same as that of the side ridges to ensure a consistent growth rate of the garlic chives. For garlic chive plots sown more narrowly, loosen the soil and earth up promptly after harvest. The depth of loosening the soil and the condition of the soil directly determine the yield and quality of garlic chives.
In addition, we must also pay attention to doing good ventilation work inside the garlic chive greenhouse; with poor air permeability, although the growth rate of garlic chives will become faster, their leaves will noticeably decrease, the quality will be poor, and sometimes the leaf tips will even turn yellow and wither, so we must also do a good job of ventilation. The above is a brief introduction to the key points of garlic chive management techniques; that is all for today's introduction, this article is for reference only, and thank you all for reading and supporting.