Planting Techniques and Management Methods to Increase Eggplant Yield
Eggplant is planted on a very large area in our country. Eggplant has high nutritional value and is loved by many people. When growing eggplant, yield is a primary concern for many people. Only by increasing eggplant yield can planting benefits be guaranteed, so how to increase eggplant yield is now a major issue that needs to be solved. So when we plant, how should we increase eggplant yield? Below, the editor will give everyone a brief introduction. Let's take a look together!
1. Timely pinching of growing tips
During the fruiting period of eggplant, its fruit-setting pattern changes with the branching of the eggplant plant. However, generally each branch sets one fruit. But this also depends on the variety being grown. For example, for the first eggplant (menqie), there is usually one. If it is a paired eggplant (duiqie), then there are two. Therefore, when managing eggplant cultivation, we should, according to this characteristic of eggplant, do a good job of pinching the growing tips after the eggplant seedlings are transplanted. This speeds up the branching rate of the eggplant plant, thereby increasing the fruit-setting positions of the eggplant and increasing eggplant yield.
2. Promote weak plants and control vigorous growth
The growth capacity of eggplant plants is generally relatively weak, so if there is insufficient nutrition during growth, it will lead to a serious phenomenon of flower and fruit drop. However, if growth is too vigorous, it is also very unfavorable to its growth. Therefore, we should maintain a normal growth trend in eggplant plants, which is also a key point for ensuring flower formation and fruit setting in eggplant. So for eggplant plants with weaker growth, we should appropriately increase the amount of fertilizer and water to strengthen their growth. On the contrary, if growth is too vigorous, then fertilizer and water should be controlled to ensure normal growth, thereby increasing the fruit-setting rate and yield of eggplant.
For weak seedlings, we should strengthen fertilizer and water management. In the early growth stage, fertilizers should mainly be organic fertilizer and quick-acting phosphate fertilizer. Then in the middle and late stages, the fertilizer can be changed to quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer. Then when the first eggplant (menqie) blooms, apply an appropriate amount of decomposed farmyard manure, together with an appropriate amount of superphosphate. After eggplant enters the full fruiting period, the fertilizer should mainly be urea, and during its fruiting period it should be topdressed about 4 times. When topdressing, we should also carry it out together with watering. For vigorous seedlings, we can pinch and injure the plant stems to increase the accumulation of photosynthetic substances and promote fruit setting. We can also use methods such as intertillage to damage the roots to weaken the plant's absorption capacity and moderate its growth.
3. Hormone treatment
Sometimes the reason eggplant fruit-setting rate is not high is largely due to flower and fruit drop. So when growing eggplant, we should also pay attention to doing a good job of protecting flowers and fruits. During the flowering period of eggplant, we can spray an appropriate amount of anti-drop agent on the flowers. We can also use agents such as 24D for dipping flowers. This can effectively reduce the phenomenon of flower and fruit drop, and therefore can also achieve the purpose of increasing the fruit-setting rate and yield.
The above is a brief introduction to how to increase eggplant yield. That is all for today's introduction. This article is for reference only. I hope it can help everyone!