How to grow buckwheat

Buckwheat has the functions of lowering blood sugar, lowering fat, lowering cholesterol, anti-oxidation, anti-aging and scavenging free radicals. Many people like to eat buckwheat, so many farmers grow buckwheat. So how to grow buckwheat?

I. selection of land and land preparation

Buckwheat has strong adaptability and low requirements for soil, and many soil conditions can adapt, but the best one is the loose sandy loam. Although buckwheat has strong adaptability, in order to better plant buckwheat and obtain high and stable yield, suitable land should be selected and proper soil preparation should be carried out to provide good conditions for buckwheat emergence and growth.

2. Seed selection and sowing

The quality of seeds directly determines the growth status and final yield of buckwheat. With the development of agricultural technology, the seed cultivation technology has been very perfect, and all kinds of high-yield and high-quality seeds with strong resistance have been cultivated. When planting buckwheat, it is necessary to select suitable high-quality seeds, and then treat the seeds before sowing. The treated seeds can improve the germination rate, enhance the vitality, improve the resistance to diseases and insect pests, and finally achieve the purpose of increasing production. When sowing, we should consider the soil moisture and climatic environment, and choose the appropriate sowing time. Buckwheat is generally sown in mid-late June. Sowing methods should be determined according to specific varieties and land conditions, such as strip sowing, on-demand sowing, sowing, etc., and mechanized operation should be used as far as possible in areas with conditions to improve efficiency.

III. Fertilization

Buckwheat is a crop that needs more fertilizer because of its relatively short growth cycle, fast growth rate and high requirement for fertility. On the whole, buckwheat has the greatest demand for potash fertilizer, followed by phosphate fertilizer and ammonia fertilizer. Different growth stages have different emphasis on fertility and fertilizer types. Fertilization should be applied according to the specific production stage to ensure adequate nutrition for growth.

IV. Reasonable close planting

Reasonable planting density plays an important role in ensuring ventilation and light transmission of buckwheat population, robust individual plant, increasing light energy utilization efficiency of buckwheat population, promoting material accumulation and increasing yield. Different cultivation densities in Ningxia were studied, and it was found that different cultivation densities had great effects on grain weight, plumpness and yield of buckwheat per plant. The suitable density can increase the number of grains per plant, make the grains full, increase the 1000-grain weight and increase the yield. Suitable planting density is beneficial to the growth of buckwheat, increase population growth rate, leaf area index and photosynthetic potential, increase 1000-grain weight and improve yield and quality.

V. Field management

The most important thing in field management is weeding, irrigation and pest control. Fine field management also includes seedling management and flowering management. Carry out effective seedling protection measures to ensure seedling emergence rate; ploughing weeds, remove weeds, loose soil; buckwheat is a crop that needs more water, especially in the flowering and filling period, so it is necessary to ensure the irrigation conditions in this period; buckwheat is a hermaphroditic cross-pollination plant with low seed setting rate, good flowering management and auxiliary pollination.

Buckwheat has been planted in China for thousands of years. At present, there are many varieties of buckwheat that can be processed, such as noodles, tea, seasoning, wine, health products, medicine and pharmaceutical raw materials, etc., these products are very popular.