How to select leafy arugula seeds? What are the methods of raising seedlings?

Lobular arugula is a common special wild vegetable, the edible part is mainly its seedlings and tender leaves, with a strong sesame flavor, and the taste is also very smooth and tender. In addition, lobular arugula also contains many battalions, such as vitamins, minerals and so on. Now people pay more and more attention to health, and lobular arugula has also received a lot of attention. So how to choose the seeds of lobular arugula? What are the methods of raising seedlings? Let's get to know it.

How to select leafy arugula seeds?

Leafy arugula usually blossoms and bears fruit in late June, when the seeds will mature one after another, and some friends who plant leafy arugula can collect their own seeds and use them for sowing. When selecting seeds, choose the seeds with full grains, no disease and no appearance defects, and it is best to choose the seeds that are more suitable for planting according to the local conditions and climate.

What are the methods of raising seedlings?

1. Conditions for raising seedlings

Lobular arugula is not strict to the environment, has a strong ability to resist early and barren, and can grow by the roadside or in the wilderness. The optimum temperature for seed germination is 15 ℃-20 ℃, and the stems and leaves grow better when the soil water content is suitable (the relative water content is between 70% and 80%). The whole growth period is 50-60 days.

2. Sowing and raising seedlings

Generally, the seeds are sown in May, and the seedlings come out in early May. The sowing methods can be direct seeding, strip sowing or sowing. When sowing, you can mix 2-3 times of fine soil with the seeds before sowing, after a little suppression after sowing, and cover a layer of thin soil and water thoroughly. In arid areas, it is best to cover the border with black shading net or other mulch to moisturize after sowing.

3. The seedlings are fixed

When the small seedlings of leafy arugula grow three leaves, they can set the seedlings and remove weeds from the fields. After the seedlings are finished, some nitrogen fertilizer should be added appropriately according to the growth of arugula seedlings. In addition, arugula likes water, in its growing period, the soil to keep moist, except for rainy days, other weather need to spray water to arugula.

4. Transplanting management

After two weeks, the leaflet sesame will grow into the main leaf, and then you need to transplant temporarily and cover the overgrown part with soil to make it look strong. Because the leaves become larger after transplanting, they need to be transplanted into large flowerpots with base fertilizer and good soil.

5. prevention and control of diseases and insect pests

Lobular sesame generally rarely give birth to diseases and insect pests, but in the high temperature and rainy summer, it is also easy to give birth to some leaf spot disease, there will be some Plutella xylostella and so on, you can choose related drugs for prevention and control.

Generally speaking, the difference of leaflet sesame grows very fast, and it can be harvested in a month after planting, which is very suitable for family potted planting. If it is to harvest cabbage, generally after the seedling is fixed, it can be harvested in 45 days. I wonder if you have ever planted it at home.

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