How to Fertilize Snow Peas for High Yield? Practical Tips Explained
As a common vegetable, snow peas have won over many people's appetites nowadays. For snow peas to achieve high yield, fertilizer plays a dominant role, and fertilizing in different ways produces different results, so what are the tips for fertilizing to get a high yield?
1. Base fertilizer must be sufficient
Base fertilizer is key. Here I recommend the double-layer base fertilizer method. Although it takes a bit more time when planting, it fully ensures that the base fertilizer is sufficient. Place two-thirds of the base fertilizer in a pit at the bottom, then sprinkle on 2 cm of soil, and then evenly spread the remaining one-third. This way it can meet the fertilizer needs of the snow peas in the early stage, and after they develop to a certain extent they can easily pierce through the 2 cm layer of soil to obtain sustained nutrients for growth, giving the young snow pea seedlings a good fertilizer environment from the start.
2. Root topdressing
The root system of snow peas is distributed in the shallow soil, and their root system is not extensive; the main root is the key point of their nutrient supply, so for efficient use of fertilizer, fertilizing from the root is an excellent choice. But when fertilizing, be careful not to let chemical fertilizer directly touch the roots, as this can easily corrode the root seedlings; if it is manure, this problem does not need to be considered. Secondly, chemical fertilizer should be applied in a small circle around the root, and must not be piled up together, as this is not conducive to absorption by the snow peas.
3. Fertilizing the leaves and the surrounding area
Some growers always overlook this point, but in fact it is a very important one, as it is a way to assist high yield and helps the whole plant grow strong. The leaves can speed up the swelling of the snow pea pods and the later recovery, so when planting, a liquid fertilizer solution needs to be applied to the leaves about 2-3 times. Fertilizing the surrounding area is to make its root system more developed and able to grow more snow peas; both of these are tips that growers easily overlook. The number of times for surrounding fertilization is similar to that for leaf topdressing, with the two staggered by about one week.
4. Fertilizing after harvest
Snow peas are harvested multiple times, but many growers do not like to topdress after harvesting, and may even delay topdressing for a long time, which leads to fewer new pods growing later because of insufficient nutrients. So fertilizing after harvest is a very important matter, and it is best done the next day, thus ensuring that the nutrients for the subsequent pods can keep up. And the fertilizer should be a bit more than normal, because at this time new pods are developing and need more nutrients.
These are some tips on using fertilizer to increase the yield of snow peas when planting. You can give them a try. Fertilizer occupies a very large proportion in planting, and some appropriate experimentation may bring you unexpected gains.