When to Plant Radishes? Detailed Guide to Planting Methods and Timing
The nutrient content of radishes is much higher than that of ordinary vegetables. In rural areas, many people say it is a "local ginseng" that cures a hundred diseases. In fact, there is one preparation of radish that is super delicious, and that is making pickles; next is making soup, which is also especially fresh and tasty - the radish and pork rib soup that many people love. So what we are going to learn about below is the planting methods and planting timing of radishes.
Planting Time
Nowadays, radishes can be sown in all four seasons of spring, summer, autumn and winter, but the sowing time differs from region to region. Take Hunan for example: the planting time for radishes there is generally from autumn to winter, that is, from September to November each year. Radishes planted at this time have very good yield and quality, but if planted too late they will be frostbitten, or the radishes will become hollow, and then they are useless. In other regions, for example, Wuhan generally sows in March and April, and North China sows in July and August, so you should choose the planting time according to your own region.
Planting Methods
1. Land preparation and fertilization
Radishes generally grow fairly deep, so when choosing a planting site, try to choose a plot with relatively deep soil, and the soil texture should be relatively loose, so that the radishes can grow faster underground without resistance. If the soil layer is relatively shallow, then when preparing the land you need to make ridges, and make the ridges a bit higher, which also increases the thickness of the soil. Next, when preparing the land, you need to make drainage ditches all around the field to facilitate drainage and irrigation. The most important point when preparing the land is to apply enough base fertilizer, generally using phosphate fertilizer and livestock manure or organic fertilizer.
2. Sowing and raising seedlings
The sowing method for radishes is generally direct sowing. Dig holes at certain intervals in the prepared land. Before sowing, first water each hole once to make sure the soil is thoroughly wet, then sow, generally putting four or five seeds in each hole, and finally cover the seeds with a thin layer of soil. In about a week, most of the seeds will sprout. At this time, water once more and add a little urea, and the seedlings can grow quickly.
3. Field management
The first step in field management is that because direct sowing will have some small problems - that is, some seeds do not germinate - thinning will occur, so we need to transplant the more vigorous seedlings to fill in the gaps in the field. Generally, only three seedlings need to be kept per hole, and all the other excess seedlings need to be pulled out. These tender seedlings are also a very delicious vegetable. If there are a lot of them, you can also sell them; many people still quite like eating them. Finally there is weeding. Generally weeding is very simple. Six or seven days after planting, we need to remove the weeds in the field. The weeding method is cultivating and weeding, and try to loosen the soil a bit. The second weeding needs to wait until the radishes begin to grow. At this time, loosening the soil and weeding is to make their growth smoother and give them more sufficient nutrients. The third weeding is when the radishes have grown big; just gently pull out the weeds in the field. Each time you weed, you should also fertilize at the same time. Right after weeding, the nutrients of the applied fertilizer are all absorbed by the radishes, so they can grow faster.
4. Disease control
The most common diseases of radishes are downy mildew, black rot and hollow heart. Downy mildew and black rot are both caused by excessive rain. In daily management, we generally need to regulate the moisture in the field and drain the excess water out of the field, which can play a very good preventive role. If the disease does occur, then you need to spray with Previcur and Tattoo suspension concentrate. As for hollow heart, it is generally caused by early maturity or harvesting too late, so if we harvest at the right time, this problem basically will not occur.
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