How to sow ginger for the best results? A detailed guide to sowing methods
How to sow ginger for the best results? Here are some suggestions. Ginger can be sown using the following methods: Breaking up the seed ginger. Before seed ginger is planted in the ground, the seed ginger is generally broken up, splitting large pieces of seed ginger apart. When breaking up the seed ginger, generally only 1-2 short, sturdy buds are kept on each piece, and all other young buds are removed. If, when breaking up the seed ginger, the base of a bud is found to be blackened or the cut surface has turned brown...
How to sow ginger for the best results? Here are some suggestions
Ginger can be sown using the following methods:
Breaking up the seed ginger. Before seed ginger is planted in the ground, the seed ginger is generally broken up, splitting large pieces of seed ginger apart. When breaking up the seed ginger, generally only 1-2 short, sturdy buds are kept on each piece, and all other young buds are removed. If, when breaking up the seed ginger, the base of a bud is found to be blackened or the cut surface has turned brown, it must be discarded. Generally, the broken pieces of ginger should weigh about 70-80 grams. The broken pieces of ginger should also be graded and sown in separate plots.
Seed soaking. Ethephon, as an ethylene-releasing agent, can effectively regulate the growth and metabolism of ginger. Soaking the seed in 250-500 mg/L ethephon for 15 minutes before sowing can promote germination of the seed ginger, with fast germination and a high emergence rate.
Watering the bottom water. Ginger germinates slowly and takes a long time to emerge, so the bottom water should be watered once over the ginger field before sowing the seed ginger, and the bottom water must be watered thoroughly. The bottom water is generally applied 1-2 hours before sowing, after sufficient fertilizer has been applied in the cultivation trench, and it must be ensured that the water has just finished seeping in, with no standing water left.
Arranging the ginger. After the bottom water has seeped down, place the broken ginger seeds that have been soaked in the ethephon solution into the trench at a certain plant spacing. The first method of arranging the ginger seeds is the flat placement method, that is, placing the pieces of ginger horizontally in the trench so that the direction of the ginger buds is kept consistent. After the seed ginger is arranged, gently press it into the mud with your hand so that the ginger buds are level with the soil surface. Then cover the ginger buds with a layer of wet soil. The second method is the vertical placement method, that is, pressing the pieces of ginger vertically into the mud with the ginger buds all facing upward.
Covering with soil. After the seed ginger is arranged, cover the pieces of ginger with a layer of wet soil, then use an iron rake to level and refine the soil surface.
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