How do you grow lettuce? Planting time and method of lettuce

Lettuce is a kind of popular vegetable with refreshing taste, rich nutrition, fast growth and simple planting. Many people will add some. So when is the best time to grow lettuce? Come and have a look with the editor.

Lettuce planting time

Lettuce likes cold climate, so the sowing time is generally carried out in spring and autumn, spring is generally carried out in February-April, May-June can be harvested, while autumn sowing can choose to start sowing at the end of August and harvest in September-October. However, because different varieties of lettuce have different characteristics, when choosing the sowing time, we should first understand the description of lettuce seeds, and then sow according to the local climate.

Lettuce planting method

1. Prepare the seedbed. It is necessary to loosen and plough the seedbed and apply the light of farm manure to ensure that the soil of the seedbed is fine and flat, and it should be rich in nutrition, so as to lay a solid foundation for the cultivation of strong seedlings.

2. Soaking seeds to accelerate germination. The treatment of accelerating germination before sowing can not only shorten the budding time, but also improve the budding rate. The seeds of lettuce are put into a wet gauze and soaked in clean water. The soaking time is generally about 3-4 hours, and the water temperature can be kept at room temperature. After soaking seeds, gently scrub and dry the water, sprout in bags, and sow seeds when most of the seeds sprout.

3. Sowing and raising seedlings. Before sowing, the seedling bed is watered once, and some dimethoate solution can be sprayed, which can effectively prevent the occurrence of insect pests. When sowing, you can use 1 gram per square meter and cover a layer of fine soil after sowing to create a good growth environment for lettuce. When the seedlings are unearthed, remove the mulch in time, at the same time strictly control the temperature, in addition, water is also indispensable.

4. Planting. After one month of seedling age, the seedlings can be transplanted and planted, and attention should be paid to stabilizing the seedlings, watering in the ditch to provide the necessary water, reasonable planting and paying attention to density.

5. Field management. The field management of lettuce is daily watering and topdressing and weeding work, generally watering every 5-7 days, topdressing nitrogen, phosphorus and other compound fertilizer, not topdressing in the early stage.

6. Pest control. The main diseases and insect pests of lettuce are powdery mildew, downy mildew, etc., and the insect pests are mainly whitefly, so to control the disease, 1000 times of 50% carbendazim wettable powder and 7000 times of 40% Fuxing EC can be sprayed to control the disease. pest control can be sprayed with dimethoate solution.

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