Cultivation Techniques and Management Methods for Taicai
Taicai is a specialty vegetable of Anhui Province, belonging to a variant variety of Chinese cabbage (bok choy). It is called taicai because the plant lies flat on the ground. It is now mainly distributed in southern China. Taicai has high yield, good taste, and can grow continuously. It is a relatively excellent vegetable and has gradually been introduced to other provinces. So how should taicai be planted? Today, the editor brings you the cultivation techniques for taicai. Let's take a look below!
1. Sowing and Seedling Raising
The planting method for taicai is mainly seedling raising and transplanting. Before raising seedlings, choose loose, deep soil with sufficient fertility as the seedling bed. Then carry out medium-depth plowing, apply sufficient base fertilizer, and level the soil. After digging the seedling holes, sow the seeds. When sowing, fill them evenly and completely, and control the sowing density well. After sowing, cover with fine soil, water appropriately, and take good shade measures to promote seed germination and seedling emergence. With proper management, seedlings will emerge in about 3 days. After emergence, do a good job of thinning seedlings and cultivate robust seedlings. When the seedlings grow about 6 true leaves, they can be transplanted.
2. Timely Field Planting
As before seedling raising, land preparation should be done about one week before field planting, with timely disinfection to improve the soil environment and prevent residual herbicides and pathogens from threatening the growth of taicai. Land preparation and base fertilizer application should be carried out together. Control the fertilizer according to the specification of 2400kg/mu; fully decomposed farmyard manure can be used as base fertilizer. During field planting, pay attention to the planting density; it must not be too dense, to prevent mutual shading after growth, which affects light absorption and inhibits growth. After field planting, water thoroughly to set the roots, and topdress in time to improve the survival rate of field planting.
3. Fertilizer and Water Management
Fertilizer and water management is an indispensable management task in taicai cultivation and is the key to ensuring normal growth of taicai and increasing yield. After field planting and watering thoroughly to set the roots, water appropriately according to soil moisture content and weather changes to promote seedling recovery. After the seedlings recover, apply farmyard manure or urea every one week, and control the amount well to prevent excessively high concentration from burning the seedlings. Keep the soil in a moist state to promote water absorption and improve leaf growth capacity. In winter, the temperature is relatively low, the growth rate of taicai slows down, and topdressing should be reduced. When the temperature gradually rises in spring, topdress immediately to improve nutrient absorption of taicai.
4. Pest and Disease Control
Pest and disease control work is very important throughout the entire growth period of taicai. We need to understand what common pests and diseases taicai has and do a good job of prevention. Prepare control agents for various pests and diseases to avoid sudden situations. For example, for viral disease, the agent Virus A can be used, and aphids are also the main cause of the virus, so we must also do a good job in controlling aphids. Observe the growth of taicai frequently, and achieve early detection and early treatment. Some diseases spread very quickly, and if not handled in time, they may cause all plants to become infected and diseased.
The above is the editor's brief introduction to the cultivation techniques for taicai. The growth cycle of taicai is relatively short. Generally, it can be harvested and marketed 1-2 months after field planting. However, when harvesting, we still need to decide the specific harvest time according to various factors such as variety, weather, and market, so as to ensure maximum planting benefits. That's all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. Thank you everyone for reading and supporting.