When will the cherry radish be sown? What are the planting methods?

As a kind of small radish, cherry radish is very popular with girls because of its small appearance and bright color. Some friends want to plant cherry radish at home, so a series of questions arise. When will cherry radish be sown? What are the planting methods? Let's get to know each other today.

When will the cherry radish be sown?

Generally speaking, cherry radish can be sown all year round, but the leaves are occasionally too large in summer, resulting in underdevelopment of the rhizome. Therefore, the best sowing time is from March to May and from September to October, and the optimum temperature for germination is 1530 ℃. After germination, it can be moved to a place with sufficient sunshine, and special attention should be paid to pests such as aphids and Plutella xylostella in spring.

Planting method of cherry radish

1. Prepare cherry radish seeds, flowerpots, culture soil, fertilizer. The basin soil should be loose and breathable sandy loam. Radish like potash fertilizer, like water conservation and good drainage, loose and aerated sandy loam.

two。 Pour the basin soil thoroughly, then sow the seeds on the soil surface, cover the soil for about 1 cm, keep the soil moist, and germinate in about 3-4 days after 2O~25 ℃. It can also be sowed on demand, with 2-3 seeds per hole, with a spacing of about 5 cm.

3. Generally speaking, the leaves will begin to grow a week after germination, and the branches and buds will gradually become dense, so you can thinning seedlings at this time. The leaves grow gradually, and when they grow to about 4-5, they can be thinned again, leaving a distance of about 5 cm between the plants. After thinning seedlings, add soil around the plant to strengthen and fix the plant. About 20 days after sowing, solid fertilizer was applied.

4. Radish has strict requirements for light. In the process of growth, the required light and insufficient light affect the accumulation of photosynthates, the fleshy root expands slowly, decreases, and the quality becomes worse. Radish is a long-day crop, which can enter the flowering stage under more than 12 hours of sunshine.

5. The cherry radish grows leaves, and the stem gradually thickens. If the soil is dry, you need to immediately irrigate enough water, because once the water is insufficient, the cherry radish will become hard and curved. After growing this leaf, liquid fertilizer can be applied every 10 days.

6. Usually within a month, the roots of the plant begin to swell and expose, indicating that the harvest is ready. When the expansion and exposure of the root is gradually obvious, it can be harvested, watering should be reduced appropriately before harvest, the soil can be watered first, and then the whole plant can be pulled out.

Development prospect of cherry radish

Radish is a road vegetable consumed by the Chinese people, and cherry radish has advantages such as small, beautiful, easy to eat and so on, even above the general varieties. If before and after the Spring Festival, a large number of plants are planted in protected areas to supply the needs of festivals, it can have higher economic benefits.