Since beetroot is an overwintering vegetable, if it is planted in the open air, it is usually sown in the middle or early August every year, when the temperature is higher, more suitable for seed germination, and later is autumn, convenient for field management.

Generally in the beetroot moss after sowing about 20 days, the seedlings will reach the conditions of transplantation, that is to say, if you are sown in August, then in September you can prepare for transplantation, transplantation is completed, if the field management is appropriate, adequate nutrients, then 3 months later can be out of the moss on the market. Therefore, the market time of beetroot moss is usually in December each year to the next year in March or so.

The regeneration ability of beetroot is very strong, so you can basically pick it again after the first time, according to statistics, the first time you pick each plant can pick about 25-40 pieces of beetroot.

Basically, each leaf will grow a small vegetable moss, plus the second picking, three picking, each plant can be picked about 10 times, the total **** add up, the amount of picking per plant can reach about 2 pounds, the acreage can reach more than 4,000 pounds.

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Red beet moss sowing method:

To plant red beet moss color red flavor fresh quality, master the correct sowing method is very critical. Specific operations are as follows:

(1) land preparation and fertilization

First of all, we should prepare the land for planting beetroot moss for land preparation and fertilization, first of all, the soil will be turned over y, and then soil disinfection with limestone, and use special soil disinfection spray to do spraying treatment.

After 2 days in the sun, apply a good bottom fertilizer in accordance with the amount of 50 kilograms of compound fertilizer per mu.

(2) Seed mixing

After purchasing high quality beetroot moss seeds, it is necessary to mix the seeds before sowing, which can not only improve the germination rate, but also prevent the occurrence of some pests and diseases.

Ahead of a week for seed mixing, seed mixing agent can choose Lucite, and then prepare a bucket to put the seeds and agents together, no need to add water, stir quickly for 3 minutes, and then placed in a ventilated dry place to spread out to dry.

(3) Sowing amount and method

Sowing should be based on their own purpose to choose the amount of seed, if you choose to direct seeding, then you can sow about 500 grams of seed per acre, if the seedling transplantation, then about 200 grams of beetroot moss seed per acre can be.

When sowing the seeds, the soil should first be sprinkled with a little water to maintain a certain degree of humidity did not then evenly sown.

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