When is the best time to apply boron fertilizer to kidney beans? Analysis of planting and fertilizing timing
When is the best time to apply boron fertilizer to kidney beans? Please give guidance. Generally, to increase the flowering and pod-setting rate of kidney beans and reduce flower and pod drop, vegetable growers often supplement boron fertilizer during the flowering period. Over time, habit becomes second nature, and supplementing boron fertilizer during the flowering period has become a routine technical measure for vegetable growers to prevent flower and pod drop in kidney beans. However, in kidney...
When is the best time to apply boron fertilizer to kidney beans? Please give guidanceGenerally, to increase the flowering and pod-setting rate of kidney beans and reduce flower and pod drop, vegetable growers often supplement boron fertilizer during the flowering period. Over time, habit becomes second nature, and supplementing boron fertilizer during the flowering period has become a routine technical measure for vegetable growers to prevent flower and pod drop in kidney beans.
However, supplementing boron fertilizer during the flowering period of kidney beans is not very effective. Reasons: First, supplementing boron fertilizer during the flowering period cannot change the problems caused by boron deficiency in the earlier stage, so the effect cannot be immediate. Second, when boron fertilizer is supplemented during the flowering period, the solution will wet the flower stigma, directly affecting pollination. Third, the boron concentration requirement of kidney beans during the flowering period is unclear, so it is best to avoid this sensitive period.
For kidney beans, supplementing boron fertilizer is best done as a base application, which can be applied together with the base fertilizer before planting kidney beans, with 2 kg of borax per mu; for topdressing, spraying 600-fold borax solution or 1200-1500-fold Sule boron solution 7 days before the flowering period gives better results.
In addition, it should be emphasized that boron deficiency in some vegetable plots is mostly caused by excessively dry soil, which impedes the root system's ability to absorb nutrients. Therefore, during the growth period of kidney beans, attention should also be paid to timely watering to prevent the soil from becoming excessively dry.
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