A Complete Guide to the Latest Planting Time and Methods for Mustard Greens

Mustard greens are one of the most versatile vegetables; some varieties can be used as medicine, some can be pressed for oil, and others can be eaten as a vegetable. They are grown over a fairly wide area in China, and market demand is good too, so friends in rural areas can consider growing them. Now let's learn together with the editor how to grow them.

1. Planting Time

Mustard greens have a fairly high temperature requirement, and ordinary low temperatures can easily cause them to die, so planting is mostly concentrated in the two periods of summer and autumn. If you are in the southern region, you can generally start in July; the farther north you go, the later the planting time should be. In areas near the Yangtze River, sowing can generally begin around August. If you are in the north, such as the Henan region, planting generally begins around October. Planting after October is not recommended.

2. Preparing the Soil and Sowing

Mustard greens like soil with fairly strong permeability, so when planting it is recommended to choose fertile sandy loam. If it is ordinary land, the soil should be turned thoroughly, and large clods of soil should all be broken up. Then level it into strips for easy management, with the width controlled at about 1 m, and leave walkways in between for drainage or routine management. When sowing, a certain amount of fertilizer can be applied to speed up germination. Basically 2-3 seeds per hole is enough, and they only need to go about 3-5 cm deep into the soil.

3. Fertilizer and Water Management

When sowing, the water does not need to be too much; just slightly moistening the soil is enough, about 2 cm of the soil moistened. Mustard greens emerge very quickly; 3-5 days after sowing you can see tender seedlings appear. At this time, in order to speed up their growth, topdressing is needed. The fertilizer is mainly farmyard organic fertilizer, and if conditions do not allow it, urea chemical fertilizer can also be applied. Water depends on the situation; just make sure the soil does not dry out. When soil hardening appears, pay attention to applying more water. The degree of moisture is fine as long as the soil does not feel very dry when rubbed in your hand. If there is too much water, it still needs to be drained.

4. Field Management

Because the environment where mustard greens grow is fairly fertile, weeds and the like will appear relatively more, so weeding needs to be relatively frequent. The most common pest on mustard greens is mostly aphids, and they appear fairly easily, so during routine inspections you need to spot-check and look through the mustard green leaves more often to see whether there are aphids. The environment where mustard greens live is relatively humid and hot, so in terms of diseases, the main thing to guard against is rot-related diseases.

The above is some related information on the methods and timing of growing mustard greens. Growing vegetables still involves quite a lot of management, especially this variety, mustard greens. We hope to provide some reference for friends who need to grow them. If you want to learn more information, you can follow our website.