Okra planting precautions

Okra is now one of the more popular vegetables, in recent years, the industry is booming, the number of people involved in planting is increasing. As a famous high-quality vegetable, its planting techniques also need to be carefully studied. Here are a few questions about okra cultivation that should be paid attention to to help you improve the planting efficiency.

1. Avoid continuous cropping

Many growers may not know that okra is actually not a suitable vegetable for continuous cropping. The root system of okra is very developed, every time there are always a large number of fine roots left in the soil, can not be removed. Continuous cropping will greatly increase the risk of root disease, and secondly, the income from planting will be lower than that of the previous year. If the yield decreases after continuous cropping, it is best to plant another kind of vegetable for a period of time. The new varieties had better choose the ones with shallow roots so that the soil can recover more quickly.

2. Temperature control

Okra is a kind of warm and hot crop, likes the warm and humid environment, so the temperature control is relatively high. Generally speaking, 25-30 ℃ is the most suitable for okra growth, this temperature range of plants are the most active, a variety of effects will be more significant. As long as the temperature is kept above 15 ℃ at night, there will be no problem with its growth. If the temperature difference between day and night is large, then the root system of okra needs to be buried in more soil to ensure that there will be no problems at night for the purpose of proper heat preservation.

3. Pay attention to planting density

The size of density has a great impact on the cicada of okra, sunny okra will grow very quickly. Okra in the growth of not only like, in order to get more sunshine, okra will spread like crazy around, so that the surrounding okra can not enjoy the sun. So when planting okra, we must pay attention to the density, not too dense, otherwise those poor growth of okra will eventually slowly wither, even if not withered, basically can not grow any fruit.

4. do a good job in water management

Okra loves a moist environment, but moist is not equal to waterlogging, which is easy for many farmers to go to. Okra root system is very developed, it is these roots so that okra can quickly absorb a variety of nutrients and water, so okra for water demand will be greater, will like the wet soil. However, stagnant water cannot be formed in the soil, otherwise it is extremely easy to cause water rot. Generally, when watering, people are advised to water earlier, okra is relatively less active at night, and the demand for water will be much lower.

These are some of the problems that okra should pay attention to when planting. Okra itself is good both in terms of nutritional value and economic value, but we should pay more attention to these problems when planting, because these are closely related to its growth.