Cultivation methods and key technical points for asparagus bean tips

Asparagus bean tips are a vegetable mainly eaten for the tender shoots of the vine. From its name, we can imagine that asparagus bean tips certainly have tendrils like dragon whiskers. This vegetable is relatively rare on the market today, and many people are not very familiar with it, but friends who love vegetarian food must have some knowledge of asparagus bean tips, and many people grow one or two plants on their own balconies, which can both beautify the environment and allow them to eat the healthiest green vegetables. Why not do it? Today, Qinnong Network shares with you the methods for growing asparagus bean tips, and you can use them for reference.

1. Seed selection

There are actually quite a few varieties of asparagus bean tips, such as the tender shoots of chayote, pea seedlings, tender shoots of asparagus, and so on. The asparagus bean tips most commonly seen on the market today are the tender shoots of asparagus and the tender shoots of chayote, because they can be harvested multiple times without affecting the yield of their original product, especially chayote. However, asparagus bean tips take different forms in different regions, and the key is to see what that region is more suitable for growing. For example, Hunan is more suitable for growing peas, so peas can be grown as asparagus bean tips.

2. Sowing

There are two ways to sow asparagus bean tips. One is to dig small furrows one by one in the prepared land, with the furrows about 3 to 4 cm deep, then evenly scatter the asparagus bean tip seeds into the prepared furrows, finally cover the seeds with 1 to 2 cm of thin soil, then water each furrow once and cover with a layer of plastic film or pile on a layer of rice straw or dry grass compost, all of which can speed up emergence. The second sowing method is relatively simple: water the land to be planted once to ensure the soil is fully irrigated, then evenly scatter the asparagus bean tip seeds, finally use a tool to bury the seeds into the soil, or cover with a layer of fine soil to bury the seeds, and then cover with a layer of dry grass.

3. Fertilizing

For asparagus bean tips, we eat the tender shoots of the plant, so we want the stems and branches of the planted vegetable to grow more, so that the yield of asparagus bean tips will be higher. Generally, during the growth of asparagus bean tips, we need to fertilize continuously. Under normal circumstances, after each harvest, fertilizer needs to be applied once to promote its growth rate and shorten the time to the second harvest. The fertilizers usually used are mainly urea and biogas slurry water, which can make the seedlings grow faster. At the same time, in routine management, we can remove the main growing point of the vine to promote the growth of side branches, which can greatly increase the yield.

4. Disease prevention

Asparagus bean tips can be said to have almost no diseases, and occasionally only some pests appear, such as aphids, cabbage worms, moth pests, and leaf rollers. They mainly harm the leaves and stems of asparagus bean tips, which reduces the quality of asparagus bean tips and, in severe cases, causes the plants to wither and die. For routine daily control, manual capture and traps can be used for trapping and killing, and when necessary, chemical control can be used. The most commonly used agents are chlorothalonil solution, trichlorfon, and Bordeaux mixture. Note that no chemical spraying should be carried out within half a month before harvest.

5. Harvesting

Harvesting asparagus bean tips is relatively simple. When the asparagus bean tip seedlings have grown to a certain extent and the stems and branches have grown about the same, we harvest each asparagus bean tip at a length of 30 cm. According to the normal growth rate of asparagus bean tips, they can generally be harvested once every 4 to 5 days.