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Cultivation Methods and Technical Key Points for Intercropping Garlic in Cotton Fields

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When garlic is intercropped in cotton fields, each mu can produce 93 kg of lint cotton and 1,300 kg of garlic, with a benefit of about 3,300 yuan per mu. 1. Cotton: Use insect-resistant hybrid cotton varieties such as Kemian No. 3 and Kemian No. 6. Before sowing, deeply plow the land 25 cm, and together with plowing, apply 3,000 kg of decomposed livestock and poultry manure and 60 kg of potassium sulfate compound fertilizer per mu. Broadcast 2-3 kg of 5% phoxim granules per mu to control underground pests. The suitable sowing period for cotton in Pizhou City is around April 3. Seize sunny days to raise seedlings in double-film nutritional pots. Prepare about 3,000 pots per mu of field. After watering the seedbed thoroughly, sow dry seeds, 1 seed per pot. About 0.35 kg of coated cotton seed is needed per mu of field. After full emergence, ventilate promptly to reduce humidity and control pests and diseases, and cultivate strong seedlings. Transplant around May 12 when cotton seedlings are at the 4-leaf stage, using equal-row spacing with a row spacing of 1.2 m and a plant spacing of 33 cm, planting about 1,700 plants per mu. In mid-to-late May, together with hilling, apply 15-20 kg of urea, 50 kg of superphosphate, and 20 kg of potassium chloride per mu. Around July 20, apply flower and boll fertilizer according to cotton growth, with 30 kg of urea and 15 kg of potassium chloride per mu. In early August, apply topdressing for boll development, with 7.5-10 kg of urea per mu. Pay attention to spraying trace element solutions such as boron fertilizer and monopotassium phosphate. Use mepiquat chloride for chemical regulation 4 times: 1-1.5 g per mu at the full bud stage, 2-2.5 g per mu at the early flowering stage, 3-4 g per mu at the full flowering stage, and 3-5 g per mu after topping. Top around August 6. Pay attention to controlling the third generation of cotton bollworm, cotton aphid, mirids, red spider mites, tobacco whitefly, and other pests. Pull up cotton stalks in mid-November.

When garlic is intercropped in cotton fields, each mu can produce 93 kg of lint cotton and 1,300 kg of garlic, with a benefit of about 3,300 yuan per mu.

1. Cotton

Use insect-resistant hybrid cotton varieties such as Kemian No. 3 and Kemian No. 6. Before sowing, deeply plow the land 25 cm, and together with plowing, apply 3,000 kg of decomposed livestock and poultry manure and 60 kg of potassium sulfate compound fertilizer per mu. Broadcast 2-3 kg of 5% phoxim granules per mu to control underground pests. The suitable sowing period for cotton in Pizhou City is around April 3. Seize sunny days to raise seedlings in double-film nutritional pots. Prepare about 3,000 pots per mu of field. After watering the seedbed thoroughly, sow dry seeds, 1 seed per pot. About 0.35 kg of coated cotton seed is needed per mu of field. After full emergence, ventilate promptly to reduce humidity and control pests and diseases, and cultivate strong seedlings. Transplant around May 12 when cotton seedlings are at the 4-leaf stage, using equal-row spacing with a row spacing of 1.2 m and a plant spacing of 33 cm, planting about 1,700 plants per mu. In mid-to-late May, together with hilling, apply 15-20 kg of urea, 50 kg of superphosphate, and 20 kg of potassium chloride per mu. Around July 20, apply flower and boll fertilizer according to cotton growth, with 30 kg of urea and 15 kg of potassium chloride per mu. In early August, apply topdressing for boll development, with 7.5-10 kg of urea per mu. Pay attention to spraying trace element solutions such as boron fertilizer and monopotassium phosphate. Use mepiquat chloride for chemical regulation 4 times: 1-1.5 g per mu at the full bud stage, 2-2.5 g per mu at the early flowering stage, 3-4 g per mu at the full flowering stage, and 3-5 g per mu after topping. Top around August 6. Pay attention to controlling the third generation of cotton bollworm, cotton aphid, mirids, red spider mites, tobacco whitefly, and other pests. Pull up cotton stalks in mid-November.

2. Garlic

Use the Pizhou white garlic variety. In late September, open furrows between cotton rows and sow, with a row spacing of 20 cm and a hole spacing of 15 cm. The seeding rate is 125 kg per mu, and 25,000-28,000 plants are established per mu. After sowing, cover with 2-3 cm of fine soil, spray garlic field herbicide, and cover with plastic film on top. Water with overwintering water before winter, and water with thawing water after overwintering. In April-May, water promptly according to soil moisture. Apply seedling fertilizer well together with watering, using 10 kg of urea per mu dissolved in water and splashed on. For bolting fertilizer, use 25-30 kg of compound fertilizer per mu and flush-apply it with water. Pay attention to controlling garlic leaf blight, white rot, and garlic maggots. Harvest garlic scapes in mid-to-late May. Harvest garlic bulbs 18-20 days after bolting, when most leaves have dried up and the pseudostem has softened.

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