What are the latest points to note when growing turmeric?
Turmeric is also called yellow ginger and yujin, and it is an important traditional Chinese medicinal herb. Turmeric has the effects of promoting menstruation, relieving pain, and resolving blood stasis, and it is often used to treat conditions such as chest and abdominal distension and pain, irregular menstruation, and heart pain. In modern medicine, it also has anti-inflammatory and anti-cancer effects, and has extremely high medicinal value, so in recent years quite a few people have been growing turmeric. So today, the editor wants to share with you some issues to note when growing turmeric. Let's read the content of the article together below.
1. Soil
Turmeric has strong adaptability to the environment, but when choosing a planting site, it still needs to be considered carefully. Turmeric is suitable for growing in humus soil with sufficient light, good drainage, loose soil texture, rich organic matter, and slightly acidic to alkaline conditions. If the planting site is chosen improperly, it is very likely to cause turmeric tubers to rot, affecting the yield and quality of turmeric.
2. Water
Turmeric likes moisture, is not tolerant of waterlogging, and is afraid of standing water, which shows that its water requirements are very strict. Throughout the entire growth process of turmeric, we should keep the soil moist, but during the plum rain season or when rainfall is heavy, we should clear the ditches in advance and drain water in time to avoid standing water in the field. Second, if the weather is relatively dry before and after each fertilization, watering is also needed, as this can promote the plant's absorption of nutrients. Finally, in dry seasons with little rain, watering once a month is generally enough. This can not only increase the yield of turmeric, but also prevent lodging.
3. Fertilization
Fertilization is the key to high turmeric yield, which is to say that scientific fertilization has a very large impact on turmeric. When fertilizing, we mainly divide it into three stages. The first is the seedling-promoting fertilizer, at which time nitrogen fertilizer is mainly used, generally applied after rain, or watered in after fertilization, to avoid damaging the plants and causing seedling death. The second is the seedling-strengthening fertilizer, at which time we mainly apply a nitrogen-phosphorus-potassium compound fertilizer as a top dressing, preferably by trenching to improve nutrient use efficiency. The last is the turmeric-strengthening fertilizer, which is directly related to the yield and quality of turmeric; it is mainly based on decomposed farmyard manure, used together with phosphorus and potassium fertilizers.
4. Trellising
Trellising in turmeric cultivation is something that many people often overlook when growing it. We usually use small bamboo sticks or small wooden sticks for trellising, and then set up the supports when turmeric sprouts. It is best to build them in a triangular or quadrangular shape. When the turmeric seedlings grow to about 15 to 20 cm, manually tie the turmeric seedlings to the supports to avoid the stems and leaves tangling, which can cause leaf rot and lead to plant death.
By reading the above, I believe everyone has gained a rough understanding of some issues to note when growing turmeric. So today's sharing by the editor ends here. At the same time, I also hope this article can help everyone.