High-density cultivation of eggplant can achieve high yields

High-density cultivation of eggplant is a cultivation method in which, under the plant spacing conditions of conventional eggplant planting, single plants per planting hole are changed to double plants, doubling the number of eggplant plants.

1. Select good varieties: According to the local natural environment conditions, early-maturing, high-quality, high-yield and disease-resistant varieties should be selected.

2. Cultivate strong seedlings: Sow at the appropriate time, divide seedlings 30 days after sowing, leave 2 plants per hole, and transplant when flowers and buds appear.

3. Transplant at the appropriate time: Eggplant likes warmth and can only be transplanted when the soil temperature reaches above 13°C. The planting density should preferably be 3300-3500 holes per mu (6600-7000 plants). Apply sufficient base fertilizer at transplanting to promote early seedling recovery.

4. Management after transplanting: After transplanting, temperature control should be strengthened to ensure early seedling recovery. Regulate water and fertilizer supply well, and control pests and diseases in time.

5. Pinching of single plants: This is the key technique for obtaining high-density, high-yield cultivation of eggplant. Pinching of single plants can not only promote early maturity, but also greatly increase early yield. The specific method is:

1. Do not keep side branches below the first eggplant; the first side branch below the first eggplant should also be cut off. When the opposite eggplant is at the eyeing stage, still keep 1 side branch, and when the four-sided eggplant is at the eyeing stage, still keep 1 branch. If the young eggplant fruit does not set, correspondingly keep the first side branch below the first eggplant for fruit setting.

2. Make sure to keep 3 eggplants per plant and 6 eggplants per hole, and when pinching, keep 2-3 leaves above the fruit.