Ipomoea aquatica is an amphibious plant, which can survive in both dry land and paddy field, but it still grows vigorously under the condition of more water, so it is most suitable for planting in fertile fields or fields where feces are often discharged near livestock houses. Fertile dry land can also be planted, and dry land planting can promote it to bear more seeds, so it can be planted in dry land when it is reserved.

Water spinach has strong adaptability to soil, which is resistant to both fertilizer and waterlogging, and also has certain barren tolerance. However, under artificial cultivation conditions, in order to obtain high yield, clay or loam rich in organic matter is the most suitable cultivation. Water spinach is not drought tolerant.

The seeds of water spinach began to germinate at about 65438 05℃, and the optimum growth temperature was 20 ~ 35℃. When the initial temperature of axillary buds of seed vines reaches above 30℃, they germinate rapidly. There should be plenty of sunshine, but it has strong adaptability to close planting and belongs to short sunshine type. In particular, rattan clams have stricter requirements for short sunshine than children clams, and it is difficult to blossom and bear fruit when the sunshine is long, so they often adopt asexual reproduction.

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Planting method of water spinach

1, soil: little soil is needed, as long as it is not too sticky. And there is no need to add too much fertilizer in the soil, and too much fertility is not conducive to its growth.

2. Treatment: Its seeds are hard, so it should be treated before planting. Prepare warm water of about 50-60 degrees and soak the seeds for a quarter of an hour or half an hour. Also, keep stirring when soaking, and then soak in clear water for a day.

3. Accelerating germination: after soaking, put it in the greenhouse to accelerate germination, and wash it every day when accelerating germination, and then plant it after most seeds are bleached.

4. Planting: You can put the germinated seeds into the soil by drilling or sowing, and then cover the seeds with a layer of soil to keep the soil moist.

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