When to plant mustard greens? Detailed guide to planting time and methods

Mustard greens are an extremely versatile vegetable; some varieties can be used as medicine, some can be pressed for oil, and others can be eaten as a vegetable. They are grown over a fairly wide area in our country, and market demand is good too, so friends in rural areas can consider growing them. Let's learn together below how to grow them.

1. Planting time

Mustard greens have a high demand for temperature, and ordinary low temperatures can easily cause them to die, so planting times are mostly concentrated in the two periods of summer and autumn. In southern regions, you can generally start in July; the further north you go, the later the planting time should be. In areas near the Yangtze River, you can start sowing around August; in northern areas such as Henan, planting generally starts around October. Planting after October is not recommended.

2. Soil preparation and sowing

Mustard greens like soil with fairly strong permeability, so when planting it is recommended to choose fertile sandy loam. If it is ordinary land, the soil should be turned over thoroughly, and large clods of soil should be broken up. Then level it into strips for easier management, with a width controlled at about 1 m, leaving walkways in between for drainage or daily management. When sowing, a certain amount of fertilizer can be applied to speed up germination. Basically 2-3 seeds per hole is enough, and they only need to go about 3-5 cm deep into the soil.

3. Fertilizer and water management

At sowing time, not much water is needed; just slightly moistening the soil is enough, about 2 cm of moistened soil. Mustard greens sprout very quickly; 3-5 days after sowing you can see tender seedlings appear. At this point, to speed up their growth, topdressing is needed. The fertilizer should mainly be farmyard organic fertilizer; if conditions do not allow, urea chemical fertilizer can also be applied. Water depends on the situation; just ensure the soil does not dry out. When soil hardening appears, pay attention to applying more water. The degree of moisture is fine as long as the soil does not feel very dry when rubbed in your hand. If there is too much water, it still needs to be drained.

4. Field management

Because the environment where mustard greens grow tends to be fairly fertile, weeds and the like will appear more often, so weeding needs to be relatively frequent. The more common pest on mustard greens is mostly aphids, and they appear fairly easily, so during routine inspections you need to spot-check and turn over the mustard green leaves more often to see whether there are aphids. The environment where mustard greens live is relatively humid and hot, so in terms of diseases, the main prevention is rot-related diseases.

The above is some related information on the methods and timing of growing mustard greens. Growing vegetables still involves quite a lot of management, especially this variety, mustard greens. I hope this provides some reference for friends who need to grow them. If you want to learn more information, you can follow our website.