What are the planting techniques of spinach balcony? Teach you how to grow spinach on the balcony!

Winter is coming, and many people want to eat green fresh vegetables. In fact, in addition to the market purchase, you can also learn to grow spinach on the balcony. What are the techniques for growing spinach on the balcony? When is the best time to plant?

When will the spinach on the balcony be planted?

Spinach is divided into sharp leaves and round leaves, in which sharp-leaf spinach is also called Chinese spinach and winter spinach. It has good taste, strong cold resistance and weak heat resistance. It is suitable for autumn and winter cultivation and the fruit is prickly.

Spinach is generally sown from September to October (it can be sown in four seasons, but the quality of cultivation in autumn and winter is better, and attention should be paid to heat preservation in winter planting in the north).

Second, the planting technology of balcony spinach.

1. Soak the seeds: soak the vegetable seeds in warm water for 3-5 hours and cool water for 20 hours.

two。 Sprouting: put the seeds in a wet towel, keep the towels moist, and then put them in a place with the right temperature to germinate, waiting for the seeds to sprout.

3. Sowing: sow the seeds in a vegetable pot and cover the soil with 2-3 times the thickness of the seeds.

4. Sprinkling: it is best to spray foggy water with a kettle and a small amount of water frequently.

5. Fertilization:

(1) for base fertilizer, stir the organic fertilizer and the soil according to the proportion of 1:5 before sowing, and fill the mixed soil evenly in the middle and lower part of the soil contained in the basin.

(2) topdressing, we should apply organic fertilizer once a month. The amount of fertilizer is determined according to the size of the basin. Choose the place about 3cm from the vegetable root in the basin. After digging the pit, bury the organic fertilizer in the soil and water it.

Matters needing attention for growing spinach on the balcony

1. First of all, spinach seeds are difficult to germinate, so you need to soak the seeds for 24 hours.

If you think this is not safe, you can try the "tissue sprouting method". Take a plate, put a piece of paper towel on top, put the seeds in the tissue, and cover it with a piece of paper towel. Soak paper towels, with paper towels moist but not dripping is appropriate. The outside is covered with film. Or a bag. At the end of the day, you can keep the tissue moist.

two。 Remember to lift the outer mulch every day to let the seeds breathe for a while. In addition, we must control the temperature of growing spinach, not too high or too low, to prevent spinach seeds from germinating and growing.