How to transplant lettuce for high yield? A detailed explanation of transplanting methods
Lettuce is a green vegetable that many people quite like, because it can be eaten both raw and cooked, and many people like to wrap a piece of grilled meat in lettuce when eating barbecue. So the market demand for lettuce is relatively large, and more and more growers are planting it, so do you know how to transplant it for high yield? Below, the editor brings several methods.
1. Apply sufficient base fertilizer
Because lettuce grows fast, develops quickly and has high yield, but relatively speaking it also needs more base fertilizer. When choosing a site, the land should be finely prepared, the soil must not be too dry and hard, and the fertilizer content should be high; it is best to choose sandy soil and then apply sufficient base fertilizer. You must ensure the nutrients needed during lettuce growth; to want a high-yield, high-quality product, you need to fertilize in a balanced way according to the growth pattern of lettuce. Mainly use organic fertilizer, use it together with chemical fertilizer, then use about 5500kg of farmyard manure together with three-element compound fertilizer for plowing.
2. Prepare the land and make beds
When planting lettuce on a large scale, in order to conveniently manage the lettuce in every place, field beds should be made according to local conditions such as weather and environment. In spring and autumn, flat beds can be made, and in summer the field beds can be made slightly higher. Generally, the field beds are about 1 m wide, the depth of the ditch is about 0.3 m, and the height is about 0.2 m.
3. Reasonable close planting
If the planting density is too dense or too sparse, it will affect the growth and development of lettuce; the main density still depends on the variety and the environment. For relatively early-maturing varieties, the row spacing is generally around 0.3m*0.2m; early and late-maturing products should be appropriately planted more sparsely, with a row spacing of around 0.35m*0.25m. For varieties such as loose-leaf types, the row spacing can be around 0.2m*0.15m; in summer, dense planting is needed, because this can prevent lettuce from being exposed to the sun.
4. Transplant with water
Generally, transplanting is done in the afternoon, when the sunlight is weaker; when transplanting, holes should be opened according to the row spacing as the situation requires. The depth must not be too deep, and it should be level with the ground surface. After transplanting, water should be applied in time, using water to seal the soil. On the day before lifting the seedlings, the garden should be irrigated thoroughly to wet the seedling soil. Then one week after transplanting, water appropriately according to the dry and wet condition of the soil. In this way, the water needed by the seedlings in the early stage can be fully guaranteed, and normal growth and development can be ensured.
In fact, the high-yield method is very simple; as long as the planting method is correct, the abundant production of lettuce can be guaranteed. The above methods are not only useful for lettuce, in fact they are also effective for many other green vegetables. I hope that after everyone has mastered the above methods, you can achieve efficient and abundant production, and I hope it can be helpful to everyone.