Detailed Guide to Wutacai Cultivation Techniques: The Latest Planting Method Tutorial
Wutacai is a specialty vegetable of Anhui Province, belonging to a variant variety of Chinese cabbage, and is called wutacai because the plant sprawls on the ground. It is now mainly distributed in the southern regions of our country; wutacai has high yield, good taste, and can grow continuously. It is a relatively excellent vegetable, and has gradually been introduced to other provinces. So how should wutacai be planted? Today, the editor brings you the cultivation techniques of wutacai. Let's take a look below!
1. Sowing and Raising Seedlings
The planting method of wutacai is mainly raising seedlings and transplanting. Before raising seedlings, select soft, deep soil with sufficient fertility as the seedling bed. Then plow it deeply, apply sufficient base fertilizer, and level the soil. After digging the seedling holes, sow the seeds; when sowing, spread them fully and evenly, and control the sowing density well. After sowing, cover with fine soil, water appropriately, and take good shade measures to promote seed germination and emergence. With proper management, seedlings will emerge in about 3 days. After emergence, do a good job of thinning seedlings and cultivate strong seedlings. When the seedlings grow about 6 true leaves, they can be transplanted.
2. Timely Field Planting
As before raising seedlings, about one week before field planting, do a good job of land preparation, disinfect in time, improve the soil environment, and prevent residual herbicides and pathogens from threatening the growth of wutacai. Land preparation and base fertilizer application are carried out together. Control the fertilizer according to the specification of 2400kg/mu; fully decomposed farmyard manure can be used as the base fertilizer. During field planting, pay attention to the planting density; it must not be too dense, to prevent mutual shading after growing larger, affecting light absorption and inhibiting growth. After field planting, water enough to settle the roots, and topdress in time to improve the survival rate of field planting.
3. Fertilizer and Water Management
Fertilizer and water management is an indispensable management task in wutacai cultivation, and is the key to ensuring normal growth of wutacai and increasing yield. After field planting and watering enough to settle the roots, water appropriately according to soil moisture content and weather changes to promote seedling recovery. After the seedlings recover, apply farmyard manure or urea every one week, and control the amount well to prevent excessive concentration from burning the seedlings. Keep the soil in a moist state to promote water absorption and improve leaf growth capacity. In winter, the temperature is relatively low, the growth rate of wutacai decreases, and topdressing should be reduced. When the temperature gradually rises in spring, topdress immediately to improve nutrient absorption of wutacai.
4. Pest and Disease Control
Pest and disease control work is very important throughout the entire growth period of wutacai. We must understand the common pests and diseases of wutacai and do a good job of prevention. Prepare control agents for various pests and diseases to avoid emergencies. For example, for viral disease, the agent Virus A can be used, and aphids are also the main cause of the virus, so we must also do a good job of controlling aphids. Observe the growth of wutacai frequently, and achieve early detection and early treatment. Some diseases spread very quickly, and if not handled in time, they may cause all plants to be infected and develop the disease.
The above is the editor's brief introduction to wutacai cultivation techniques. The growth cycle of wutacai is relatively short. Generally, 1-2 months after field planting, it can be harvested and marketed. However, when harvesting, we still need to decide the specific harvest time according to variety, weather, market and other factors, so as to ensure maximum planting benefits. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you for reading and supporting.