What are the methods for growing oats? Explained clearly in one article

Oats are a low-sugar, highly nutritious food with high nutritional value, beneficial for strengthening the spleen and nourishing the heart, and promoting gastrointestinal peristalsis; they are also a fairly common nutritional tonic. In addition, they have strong drought tolerance, strong adaptability to soil, and can self-seed and reproduce. So how do you grow oats? Below, Qinong Network brings you the methods for growing them.

1. Soil selection and land preparation

Oats have strong adaptability and are not strict about soil requirements; they can grow even in barren, arid areas. However, to increase oat yield, they are suitable for planting in deep, flat, loose and fertile soil. In addition, oats should not be continuously cropped, otherwise pests and diseases will be more serious, which is not conducive to planting. Before planting, plow the soil deeply and expose it to the sun until it turns white, and choose deep plowing or shallow plowing depending on the planting time. Generally, autumn planting uses deep plowing, and spring planting uses shallow plowing. After plowing, it must be harrowed finely, which can help preserve soil moisture and thereby increase the seedling survival rate of sowing.

2. Seed selection and treatment

Choose excellent varieties with strong adaptability, high disease resistance, and relatively high yield. In addition, when selecting seeds, you should also choose according to local environment, climate, soil and other conditions. Select plump, large seeds for sowing, and remove small seeds and insect-damaged seeds. Before sowing, first put the seeds under the sun to bake for 2-3 days, which can kill some pathogens, increase the germination rate, and also promote uniform seedlings. To avoid the influence of pests and diseases on growth and yield, some chemicals can be used to dress the seeds to prevent pests and diseases.

3. Sowing

Sowing time has a relatively large impact on yield. If sowing is too early or too late, it will affect seed quality and is not conducive to germination. The best sowing time is in March-April, around Qingming Festival, when the temperature and rainfall are both favorable for seed germination. When sowing, pay attention to sowing density. If the sowing density is too high, there will be too many seedlings competing for nutrients, which is not conducive to growth and development and causes reduced yield. When sowing, manual or mechanical furrowing can be used for drilling, sowing should be uniform, and the soil should be harrowed promptly after sowing.

4. Field management

In order to achieve high and high-quality yield, herbicides should as much as possible not be used during the planting process, so the important part of field management is intertillage and weeding. When the seedlings grow to 8-10cm, carry out intertillage and weeding once to increase soil permeability; fertilizer and water promote root growth. Second, when they grow to the first node, weed once again and loosen the soil. Also strengthen fertilizer and water management. Fertilizer and water are the key points for high yield. Watering and topdressing should be introduced according to the growth condition of the oats. Each watering should soak through, and fertilizing should follow standards, and should not be too much or too concentrated, so as to avoid harming the plants.

The above are the oat-growing methods brought to you by Qinong Network. When growing oats, you should also pay attention to the prevention and control of pests and diseases. Generally, there are more pests and diseases in the middle and late stages, and once pests and diseases are found, they must be dealt with promptly.