The latest planting time and method of spinach

Spinach is a vegetable that we can eat all the year round. It is rich in a variety of vitamins and is a favorite vegetable. So we want to plant it at home, but we don't know when to plant it and how to plant it. The following pro-agricultural network brings you the time and method of growing spinach. Let's learn about it.

The time of spinach planting

Spinach can be planted all year round. Because of its different planting time, spinach can be divided into four varieties: spring, summer, autumn and winter. The four varieties have different light intensity and duration.

The planting time of spring spinach is in early spring March. When the temperature rises above 5 degrees after the beginning of spring, it can be sown and harvested one to two months after sowing.

Summer spinach has strong heat tolerance and rapid growth. It can be sowed in 5-7 and harvested in June-September.

Autumn spinach has strong heat tolerance, which is generally sown from August to September and can be harvested from September to October.

Overwintering spinach has strong cold tolerance, which is usually sown from October to November and harvested around the Spring Festival.

The method of growing spinach

1. Sowing and raising seedlings

The planting method of spinach is to spread. Before sowing, soak the seeds in water for 12 hours, soak them in the refrigerator for 24 hours, remove them and put them in the environment of 20-25 degrees Celsius to accelerate germination. They can germinate in about 3-5 days, and sow seeds after germination. In order to ensure the yield, sowing about 3.5kg per mu, watering once after sowing, covering the soil with 2-3cm, keeping the soil moist, the seedlings can be ready in about a week.

2. Field management

Spinach has strong growth power, and it can grow on its own as long as it emerges, but in order to ensure its yield, it is necessary to carry out inter-seedling when it grows true leaves, which can be weeded in time at the same time. Grow 3-4 true leaves can be irrigated once thin fertilizer water, fertilization should not be too thick, lest excessive fertility lead to root burning death.

According to the introduction of the planting time and methods of spinach brought by the above pro-agricultural network, spinach has less diseases, but it is easy to be disturbed by insect pests. It is found that insect pests should be dealt with in time and diluted with corresponding pesticides.