When do you plant the seeds?

Chicory, also known as bitter herb, bitter herb, goose vegetable, can be eaten or used as medicine to clear heat and detoxification, cool blood and stop bleeding, remove dampness and reduce blood pressure. So when will bitter chicory be sown?

When will bitter chicory be sown?

There are two ways of seed propagation and rhizome propagation. Seed spring, summer, autumn can be carried out, generally spring sowing mainly, summer and autumn sowing as a supplement. Spring sowing can be used to raise seedlings on the market early, open-field direct seeding in summer should prevent overgrowth, and late autumn sowing should be carried out in protective facilities. The mother root of wild bitter borage should be dug up for rhizome propagation, and the old leaves should be removed and planted according to plant spacing of 15 cm, row spacing of 25 cm and trenching of 8 cm to 10 cm. Immediately after planting, the roots were watered and covered with soil without exposing the mother roots.

Second, how to cultivate bitter chicory?

1. Soil preparation: deep ploughing before planting, full application of basic fertilizer, more rotten organic fertilizer, little or no chemical fertilizer to ensure the quality of bitter borage. After deep ploughing and fine ploughing, pour through the bottom water, sow the seeds in the ditch after infiltration, and flatten the ditch with fine soil.

two。 Planting: the cultivation season of bitter borage is mainly spring and autumn. Spring sowing should be as early as possible to prolong its vegetative growth period and harvest period. Nursery bed can be used to raise seedlings, when there are 7-9 leaves, plant spacing 20cm, row spacing 30cm. Sowing in the open field is feasible for direct seeding, but seedlings are needed to facilitate plant growth. Autumn sowing can be divided into early autumn sowing and late autumn sowing. Sow in early autumn and harvest in winter of that year; sow in late autumn and harvest in March-April of the following year. However, when overwintering cultivation in cold areas in winter, it should be planted in sunny beds, greenhouses and other protective facilities.

3. Management: management should pay attention to watering, topdressing and weeding during the growth period. In the early stage of growth, it needs to be watered 2-3 times, usually more in spring than in autumn. According to the soil consolidation condition, combined with watering, the soil was ploughed and loosened. To the peak growth period, combined with watering, quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer was applied to promote leaf growth, increase and thicken, and improve yield and quality. In order to reduce the bitterness and make its quality tender, softening cultivation can be carried out. Any measures that can keep the leaves from light and keep them moderately dry can achieve the purpose of softening, such as transplanting plants to cellars, covering grass curtains, and so on.

4. Harvest: bitter borage can harvest tender stems and leaves many times. When the plant has 6 true leaves or the plant height is 10 cm, it can be harvested by scissors or by hand. It is harvested once a month in spring, once in 10 days in summer and once a month in autumn. Watering immediately after harvest, and chasing quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer. The growth time of each crop should not be too long, so as not to affect the product quality. After harvest, it should be sorted out in time, remove weeds and old leaves, eat or go on the market.

Chicory can be eaten directly, with heat-clearing and detoxification; cooling blood to stop bleeding and other effects, is the traditional food of our country, the practice is also very many, loved by the majority of farmers.