1, land fertilization
The planting of taro requires fertile, deep, strong water retention clay soil is appropriate.
The land will be ditching fertilizer, row spacing of about 90 cm, ditch width of about 50 cm, depth of about 35 cm, and then the ditch will be sprinkled with a sufficient amount of fertilizer.
Fertilizer to high-quality organic fertilizer and compound fertilizer, organic fertilizer about 2000 kg per mu need, compound fertilizer for 48% potassium sulfate, about 60 kg per mu.
2, sowing
Sowing time to try to choose the seed taro without pests and diseases and no wounds, the seed taro should be spread out in the sun for 3-4 days, and then spread evenly indoors, and then spread on top of the wet sand, will be controlled at a room temperature of 23 ℃ or so, about a month after the buds can grow 3-4 cm or so, to be stabilized at a temperature of 12 ℃ or so outdoors when you can be planted.
The planting spacing is about 35 centimeters, and about 5,000 plants are planted per mu.
3, fertilization
Taro like fertilizer, adequate fertilizer to improve taro production, before planting the bottom of the fertilizer, usually using organic fertilizer or biogas fertilizer.
At the same time also divided into several times for fertilizer, in the pre-seedling, hair, bulb growth period of the early and mid-term should be fertilizer, fertilizer should pay attention to the amount of fertilizer, the more gradually increase the amount of fertilizer.
4, watering
Taro in the growth period like water, but in the seedling period is not suitable for it to water, otherwise it will affect its roots and seedlings.
But taro in the entire growth period to ensure that the soil is moist, watering it to choose the morning and evening, avoid the hot season at noon watering.
Watering should be controlled at harvest time, and no more watering should be done 10 days before harvest.
5, pest control
Taro disease is mainly fungal disease, often occurring in the summer season and plum drought season, endangering taro leaves and bulbs, manifested as brown spots on the leaves, bulb rot, etc., found that should be immediately sprayed with epidemic frost spirit and methanafluorfen and other agents.
6, harvesting and storage
Harvesting: into the frost season can be harvested, choose the best sunny days, harvesting before about 20 days can not be irrigation.
If it is used as a seed taro must be fully ripe before harvesting, you can first cut off the upper part of the ground, waiting for the wound to heal before harvesting.
Storage: a day of drying can be stored, this time the taro has been naturally air-dried, the taro upside down, each layer of taro on top of a layer of sand, if the taro has damage or disease should be taken out in a timely manner so as not to infect the rest of the taro, the storage temperature of 10-15 ℃ best.
Summary, taro planting management techniques are introduced here, if farmers want to plant a high yield of taro, we must master the correct planting management techniques and taro growing environment maintenance, I hope this article can help you.
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