Radish chaff heart causes and prevention methods

For families who grow their own vegetables, radish and cabbage are basically planted by every household, but the problem of bran heart will appear when planting, which is very annoying. So what is the cause of the occurrence of bran heart in radish? How can it be avoided? Let's take a look at the detailed introduction.

I. the cause of occurrence

The phenomenon of bran heart in radish is mainly caused by water incoordination, which is mainly caused by two reasons, one is improper management, the other is improper storage. It generally occurs when the fleshy root is dilated, and the causes of bran heart are high temperature, drought, bolting and so on. The growth of fleshy root needs a lot of water, but the lack of water will lead to the dryness of its cells and separate them from each other. A large intercellular space will form a bran heart.

II. Preventive methods

1. Select improved varieties

Generally speaking, early-maturing varieties are very easy to develop bran heart, while late-maturing varieties are not easy to develop bran heart, and large varieties are prone to bran heart, while small varieties are not easy to produce bran heart. Therefore, when planting, it is necessary to choose varieties that are not easy to grow, which can reduce the size of the chaff and increase the yield.

2. Suitable soil

If you want to grow radish well, you must first choose loose, fertile and well-drained soil. Many radish have bran heart because they are planted on sandy soil.

3. Rational fertilization

When radish likes fertilizer crops, in addition to paying attention to the application of base fertilizer, base fertilizer is given priority to, supplemented by topdressing, and 3000 kg of rotten organic fertilizer and 30 kg compound fertilizer are generally applied per mu as base fertilizer. It is necessary to topdressing fertilizer twice during planting, once in the true leaf stage, applying 10 kg urea per mu to promote the aboveground part of mangosteen, and the second time in the fleshy root expansion period, applying 10 kg compound fertilizer and 10 kg potassium sulfate per mu can significantly increase the yield.

4. Uniform irrigation

The quality of irrigation directly affects whether the radish is bran or not. the radish needs a lot of water in the later stage, so it is necessary to maintain sufficient water, but it should not be watered too much. It can be watered immediately if the ground is not dry or watered.

The above is the introduction of the causes and prevention methods of radish bran heart. I hope it can help you. If you want to know more about it, please follow us.