Planting technique and time of Zizania caduciflora

Zizania latifolia is a kind of aquatic plant, which can be seen in ponds and paddy fields. When is the planting technology and time of Zizania caduciflora?

1. Planting techniques of Zizania caduciflora

1. Seed selection

Try to choose double-season varieties with late maturity and high yield or single-season varieties with early market and high yield, depending on your own market conditions and local environment. When selecting seedlings, it is best to choose Zizania caduciflora with strong growth, disease-free and male plants, that is, to cut off the muddy roots of Zizania latifolia with a knife as seedlings.

2. Land preparation

Choose a paddy field or shallow pond as the planting land, and then turn deeply to apply sufficient base fertilizer, general base fertilizer can be used organic fertilizer or farm manure, try not to apply chemical fertilizer. After fertilization, turn the soil deeply, mix the soil and fertilizer evenly, and then irrigate and rake flat. When strengthening and heightening the ridge of the field, a certain water layer is needed for Zizania caduciflora growth, but the highest water layer should not exceed 20cm.

3. Transplanting

(1) transplanting time: October-November.

(2) transplanting method: generally, the main transplanting method is strip planting, which can be inserted into the mud according to the distance of 0.8-1m * 05.5m between rows and plants.

4. Field management

The main results are as follows: (1) Water requirement: the water demand of Zizania caduciflora is different in each growth stage, the water demand is small in the early growth stage, but it is large in the peak growth season, so it needs to ensure sufficient water, and the water demand decreases in the later stage.

(2) Fertilizer requirements: topdressing should be applied according to the growth status, and attention should be paid not to apply fertilizer directly under Zizania caduciflora seedlings. It should be 2-3cm away from Zizania caduciflora seedlings, so as to avoid burning seedlings caused by excessive fertility.

(3) weeding: weeding in time in the planting process to improve soil permeability and avoid nutrient consumption, generally weeding 2-3 times.

(4) Prevention and control of diseases and insect pests: the main diseases of Zizania caduciflora are leaf blight and rust, and the pests are leafhoppers and aphids.

2. Planting time of Zizania caduciflora

There are many varieties of Zizania latifolia in China, which can be divided into two types: single-season and double-season. In southern China, double-season Zizania caduciflora is generally planted before the end of November-April or June-August, but it can only be harvested in autumn, and the planting will be completed by the end of April or August at the latest. Single-season Zizania caduciflora is generally cultivated in spring, pregnant in short days in autumn and harvested in the eighth month of the lunar calendar.