Planting time of lentils

Lentils originated in southwestern Asia and the eastern Mediterranean, suitable for cool climates, many in temperate and subtropical regions, and often cultivated in the coldest seasons or at high elevations in the tropics. China is mainly produced in Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Hebei, Henan, Hubei, Yunnan, Sichuan and other places, let's take a look at the planting time of lentils!

Growth habits of lentils

The suitable germination temperature of lentil seeds is 22 ~ 23 ℃, the plant can withstand high temperature of about 35 ℃, strong root system, strong drought tolerance and good adaptability to all kinds of soil. planting in well-drained and fertile sandy soil or loam can significantly increase yield.

Planting time of lentils

Lentils are generally planted in the open field in summer, and they can usually be sown one after another after mid-January, but the sowing time is also different in different areas. For example, the planting time of lentils in the Yangtze River basin is from May to the end of July. In North China, the planting time is mostly sown in June.

Planting techniques of lentils

1. Artificial frame planting: lentil general direct seeding, soil preparation and fertilization are the same as string beans (knife beans). The border width is 133 cm, the height is 10-15 cm, the furrow width is 50 cm, two rows are planted in each row, the row spacing is 70-80 cm, and the plant spacing is 50 cm. Direct seeding in the early and middle of April, sowing 3-4 seeds per hole and 3-4 seeds covered with soil, the seed amount per mu is about 3.5-4 kg. After emergence, the seedlings were evenly distributed with 2 seedlings in each hole. After leveling the seedlings, 500 kg of human dung was applied per mu, and a herringbone frame was built when the vine was 35 cm long, and the vine was put on the shelf. The result period was topdressing twice, each time 500 kg of human feces and urine, ploughing and weeding were the same as kidney beans.

2. cultivation without support: the early-maturing varieties of lentils are cultivated without support, first prepare the soil, apply basal fertilizer, make a bed, raise seedlings in a cold bed in a plastic shed, seedling stage 30 days, colonize in mid-April and late April, plant 4 seedlings in each hole, leave 40 cm coring when the plant height is 50 cm, and then coring when the axillary leaves of the lateral branches produce secondary branches, 4 times in a row, after harvest. See that the tender branches can still continue to pick the heart, so that the plant is clustered, the harvest time is in the first ten days of July, the yield per mu is 1000 kg.