How to grow Maka

Maka, also known as Marka, is a natural vegetable shaped like a radish, and some people call it a sweet radish. The roots of Maka are purple, red, black, white, yellow, green and so on, among which the black Maka has higher nutritional value and relatively less yield. So how does Maka grow it? Is it different from the cultivation of radish? Next, let's follow the editor to learn Maka's planting method.

1. Seed selection and budding

Maka generally uses sowing seeds, so the selection of seeds is the basis of Maka's high quality and high yield. Generally, you only need to choose full, glossy, pest-free and pollution-free seeds. Then soak the seeds in warm water of about 50 degrees for about 20 minutes, soak them in warm water with a temperature of about 30 degrees for six to ten hours, and soak them in carbendazim solution for about one and a half hours. finally, rinse the remaining chemicals with clean water and dry the water for sowing.

2. Sowing and raising seedlings

The time of sowing Maka is usually around the end of September every year, and the way of sowing is usually sowing or sowing. We spread the seeds evenly on the right land, then gently press the seeds into the soil with a rake, and then spread a layer of fine soil fertilizer to cover the seeds. Finally, it is necessary to build a greenhouse for moisturizing, which can promote the emergence speed of Maka and improve the emergence rate. Generally, seedlings will emerge in about seven to ten days. After emergence, you usually need to water once in the morning and do a good job of shading.

3. Replenish seedlings with inter-seedlings

After the seedlings have grown for a month or so, we will begin to interplant and replenish the seedlings. Pull out the denser seedlings in the field gently with the soil, the distance between each plant is about 15 cm, and each plant retains a maximum of three seedlings. Then replenish the seedlings where there is a lack of seedlings, and we can transplant the surplus seedlings to the field. Before transplanting, we need to cover the field with plastic film, and then plant Maka seedlings according to the density of row spacing of 20 cm and plant spacing of 15 cm.

4. Watering and fertilization

Because we usually choose rainy money or rainy days for planting, we don't need to water it immediately after planting. When Maka survives, we have to water reasonably according to the weather and the water demand in the field. Do not water before the rain, and pay attention to timely drainage after rain to avoid stagnant water in the field. In the whole growing period of Maka, two or three times of topdressing is generally needed, and reasonable fertilization is mainly carried out according to the growth of Maka, mainly ternary compound fertilizer.

5. Points for attention

In the growing period of Maka, we also need to pay attention to ploughing and weeding, but when weeding can not be deep ploughing, each side affects the normal growth of Maka. The second is that Maka is generally free of diseases and insect pests, but we should still pay attention to the prevention of aphids, imidacloprid can be used to spray. The time to keep the seed should be paid attention to, usually in early June, when Maka's pods are usually yellowish brown. Finally, the time of harvest should be reasonable, neither too early nor too late. It is generally appropriate to harvest at the beginning of December.

At present, the sales of Maka in the market is still quite good, but the current planting scale of Maka is also quite large. At the same time, the cultivation of Maka is also relatively simple, so if you want to plant Marka, it is best to conduct a comprehensive market research, and then make a final decision, so as to avoid unnecessary losses. The editor's sharing ends here. If you want to know more details, please follow the next issue.