How to grow adzuki beans?

Suddenly hear the name of adzuki bean, many people will feel strange, mistakenly think that it is red bean, here to introduce adzuki bean and its planting technology.

What is adzuki bean

In daily life, people always confuse adzuki bean with red bean, but in fact this is not the case. Adzuki bean is actually a nickname for red bean, and generally speaking red bean actually refers to Acacia, that is, the red bean mentioned by Wang Wei in "Acacia" and "glittering red beans produced in Lingnan" refers to the latter. In botanical classification, adzuki bean belongs to cowpea genus of Leguminosae, while red bean belongs to Leguminosae and Acacia subgenus.

Adzuki bean is native to tropical Asia and is also cultivated in Korea, Japan, the Philippines and other Southeast Asian countries. China is the country with the largest output of adzuki bean in the world, and it is also a major exporter. Adzuki bean has strong medicinal value, and it has a long history of application in diuresis, dehumidification and jaundice, such as red adzuki bean soup in Sheng Ji Zong Lu, ephedra forsythia red bean soup in Treatise on febrile Diseases and so on. Modern studies have found that it is effective in the treatment of acute glomerulonephritis, cirrhotic ascites, chicken pox, skin diseases and other diseases, as well as antioxidant and estrogen-like effects.

2. Planting techniques of adzuki bean

1. Seed selection. The varieties with thin skin and large grains, bright colors, full grains and good sandiness of starch grains were selected for planting.

two。 Crop rotation. Adzuki beans like temperature, do not tolerate waterlogging, avoid continuous cropping and continuous cropping, it is best to choose plots that have not planted legume crops for more than 2 years.

3. Sow seeds. The seeds are usually sown from late April to mid-May, and from May 5 to May 15 in cool areas in the north.

4. Weed. Timely ploughing should be carried out to eliminate weeds in the field so as to loosen the soil, increase the soil temperature and regulate soil moisture and nutrients.

5. Fertilize. Skillfully apply nitrogen fertilizer, re-apply phosphate fertilizer, apply potassium fertilizer differently, and appropriately increase molybdenum fertilizer and bacterial fertilizer.

6. Pest control. The prevention and control of diseases and insect pests should be dominated by ecological control and supplemented by chemical control. Pollution-free fungicides and biological insecticides can be used to reduce environmental pollution.

The above is some little knowledge about adzuki bean. When planting adzuki bean, it must be carried out according to the local natural environment, not blindly. Finally, with regard to red beans and red beans, don't get mixed up.