Latest Chinaberry Seedling Cultivation Techniques and Methods Tutorial
The chinaberry is not only a timber raw material but also a medicinal plant. Its flowers, fruits, leaves, and root bark can all be used as medicine, but when using chinaberry, one must strictly follow a doctor's advice, otherwise poisoning may occur. When we grow chinaberry, we all need to raise seedlings, so how should chinaberry be raised from seed? Do you all know how to cultivate chinaberry seedlings? Below is the chinaberry seedling cultivation technique that the editor wants to introduce to you today. If any friends are interested, please keep reading.
1. Seedbed Preparation
The chinaberry has characteristics such as preferring warmth, being intolerant of cold, preferring light, being intolerant of shade, being intolerant of drought, being intolerant of waterlogging, and having strong adaptability. We must decide the selection of the seedling cultivation site according to its growth characteristics, so that the chinaberry seedlings cultivated will be of better quality. Generally, we choose soil with moderate acidity and alkalinity, sufficient organic matter content, sufficient fertility, good drainage, facing the sun, and convenient irrigation. First, we need to carry out shallow plowing in spring, then deep plowing in autumn. During spring plowing, about 3 jin of phoxim granules per mu need to be added to kill insects. Land preparation should be combined with the application of base fertilizer. The base fertilizer is 5,000 kg of farmyard manure and 100 jin of phosphate fertilizer per mu. After the base fertilizer is applied and mixed evenly, make the seedbed. The seedbed is 1 m wide and 15 cm high, and drainage ditches should be dug around it.
2. Germination Promotion and Sowing
Spring sowing requires germination promotion treatment, otherwise the seedlings emerge extremely slowly, generally taking one to two months. About half a month before sowing, sun the chinaberry seeds for two days, then soak them in warm water at about 80 degrees for 24 to 48 hours and then remove them. After removal, mix the seeds into moist sand, cover the warm bed with plastic film for germination promotion, and generally after about ten days they are almost ready for sowing. Before sowing, the seeds also need to be soaked in a chemical agent for two to three minutes, then rinsed clean with clear water before sowing. Generally, the drill sowing method is used, with a row spacing of 30 cm between each row, then water once, and then scatter the seeds evenly, covering them with a thin layer of soil about 2 cm thick. The sowing rate per mu generally needs about 30 to 40 jin.
3. Seedling Stage Management
During the seed germination period, the seedbed must be kept moist, so during this period we need to water multiple times. After the chinaberry seedlings emerge, the number of waterings should be reduced as much as possible, controlled to about once every three days on average. During periods of more rain, attention should be paid to field drainage to avoid waterlogging damage. Then, when the seedlings grow three leaves, we need to carry out thinning and gap filling to ensure the number of seedlings in the field is 8,000 to 10,000 plants, and water the transplanted seedlings once in the morning and once in the evening. During the process of thinning and gap filling, we also need to combine it with intertillage and weeding, and intertillage is also needed after each rainfall. Finally, during the chinaberry seedling stage, appropriate topdressing is also needed, mainly nitrogen fertilizer and phosphate fertilizer, and after the seedlings become woody, potassium fertilizer is mainly used, and the use of nitrogen fertilizer should be stopped.
The above is the introduction to the chinaberry seedling cultivation technique that the editor has brought to you today. I believe everyone basically understands it now. Moreover, in the above text, the editor's introduction to chinaberry seedling cultivation is also relatively detailed, but if everyone still has places they do not understand, then please leave a message below for consultation.