Where can I sell corn seeds? How to select and raise seedlings?

Spring is coming, and a new round of agricultural activities has begun. Corn is planted in many parts of our country every year, and the first step in planting corn is to buy seeds. So where can I sell corn seeds? How to select and raise seedlings? Let's learn about it.

Where can I sell corn seeds?

There are many ways to buy corn seeds, general corn seed stores have, but there are not many varieties, if you want many varieties, you can choose to buy online. When purchasing seeds, you should carefully check the seed label, which should indicate the crop type, category, variety name, place of origin, seed production and operation license number, quality index, risk prompt, quarantine certificate number, net weight, year of production, production and operation enterprise, enterprise address, contact information, etc., and the seed quality can also be preliminarily judged by the content of the label.

How to choose corn seeds?

1. Seed source

Now in the seed industry, bagging is more common, in some stalls or agricultural materials publicity meeting is very easy to appear bagging situation, buy fake seeds. Everyone had better go to the local seed station or honesty agricultural aid store to buy, so as to ensure the quality of the seeds. And even if the seed is not good, it is easy to find a place to claim compensation.

2. Variety selection

At present, there are many varieties of seeds on the market, and many seeds have relatively excellent results, so that farmers have the desire to buy. But when buying, ask carefully whether this variety is suitable for local planting, so as not to affect the yield due to environmental conditions at that time.

3. Seed quality

When buying seeds, it is necessary to check the quality of seeds. Seeds are cracked, rotten, moldy, dark in color and uneven in size. As long as these problems occur, try not to buy them. Try to choose some seeds that are complete and average.

How to raise corn seeds?

1. Nursery bed selection

Choose sunny (increase light time), leeward (increase temperature and preserve soil moisture), close to the transplanting plot as seedbed (transplanting convenience).

2. Prepare nutritious soil

Choose soft and fertile soil with good water absorption as nutritious soil, according to the situation, we can add organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer properly, and mix it with water-soluble and nutritious soil.

3. Seed treatment

Before sowing, the selected high-quality corn seeds will be soaked and germinated, and when the seeds are white, they can be sowed (pay attention to disinfecting and watering the seedbed the day before sowing). When sowing, only one seed can be placed in each block area of the seedbed, and the radicle of the seed is down, then covered with soil, then watered to ensure that the soil is wet, and finally covered with arch shed and plastic film on the seedbed.

4. Seedbed management

Nursery bed to maintain enough humidity, timely watering, the temperature is generally controlled between 20-25 ℃. Control the amount of water after emergence to prevent overgrowth. When the corn grows to two leaves, it begins to dry and refine the seedlings, making the seedlings adapt to the external environment. After that, transplanting can be carried out, and the best transplanting time is from two leaves to three leaves, and no more than four leaves at the latest.

There are differences in corn varieties suitable for different regions. When we choose, we should choose varieties that are suitable for local planting, so as to ensure the yield and quality of corn, and we must not select seeds blindly.

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