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Do you still need topdressing when cotton flowers bloom to the top?

Published: 2024-11-06 Author: mysheen
Last Updated: 2024/11/06, In early August, we went to some concentrated cotton-producing areas and found that some cotton had bloomed to the top of the cotton plant, and the color of the main stem of cotton was also red to the top. The farmer asked: can this kind of cotton still be fertilized? In the face of such questions, the specific situation should be analyzed concretely. Generally speaking, the cotton blossoms to the top in early August, and the cotton stalk is red to the top, indicating that the cotton plant itself is malnourished. Either the lack of fertilizer supply in the cotton field leads to the de-fertilization of cotton, and the vegetative growth and reproductive growth are inhibited; or the fertilizer has been applied and the cotton plant has not been absorbed; or it is early nutrition.

In early August, we went to some concentrated cotton-producing areas and found that some cotton had bloomed to the top of the cotton plant, and the color of the main stem of cotton was also red to the top. The farmer asked: can this kind of cotton still be fertilized?

In the face of such questions, the specific situation should be analyzed concretely. Generally speaking, the cotton blossoms to the top in early August, and the cotton stalk is red to the top, indicating that the cotton plant itself is malnourished. Either the lack of fertilizer supply in the cotton field led to the de-fertilization of cotton, and the vegetative growth and reproductive growth were inhibited; or the fertilizer had been applied but the cotton plant had not yet absorbed it; or the early vegetative growth was too prosperous and the later appeared premature senility; or nitrogen fertilizer was applied too quickly.

Normal growth and development of cotton should be "tender in August", the stamina is very strong, concentrated on the peach peak in late July to early August. The low temperature, overcast and rain in the early stage of this year delayed the growth and development of cotton by 10 to 15 days than usual, and many heavy rains in July caused more nutrient loss in the cotton field. If the late management of the cotton with blooming to the top and stem red to the top is not strengthened, it will have a great impact on this year's cotton harvest. For this reason, we must quickly take measures to strengthen the management of cotton fields, enhance the stamina of cotton, and strive to recover the losses caused by flooding.

The effective budding period of cotton is still half a month, and the effective flowering period is more than 30 days. If we grasp the management of this period of time, we can produce more buds, bloom more, bear more peaches and bear big peaches. At present, emphasis should be placed on the application of flower and peach fertilizer. In the flower and boll stage, urea and potassium sulfate fertilizer should be applied mainly; those who have entered the peak boll setting stage should be topdressing urea, and the amount of topdressing should be determined by the growth of cotton; at the same time, urea, potassium sulfate and potassium dihydrogen phosphate solution should be sprayed outside the root.

 
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