Taro is divided into water taro and dry taro

Water taro is suitable for growth in water, you need to choose paddy fields, lowlands or ditches cultivation.

Dry taro can be grown in dry land, but because of the ecotype of swamp plants, it is appropriate to choose a moist area to plant.

Either water taro or dry taro like moist natural environmental conditions, dry taro requires moist soil during the growing period, especially the leaf vigorous growth period and bulb formation period, the water demand is large, requiring increased watering or in the rows of grooves filled with shallow water.

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Water taro water demand is large, throughout the growth process should often keep the field with water, high temperature drought period is more need to irrigate deep water, such as soil water shortages, dry and wet, water taro head quality hardened. After planting taro to maintain shallow water live Guan, appropriate dew field, to prevent floating Guan.

After rooting, irrigation water about 1 inch deep, 1 month after deepening to 1.5 inches. Small summer side, the weather is hot, in order to reduce the mud temperature, in order to facilitate the growth of taro, need to irrigate 3-4 inches deep, and often change the water. After the summer taro field should keep the soil moist, after the white dew can drain the water.

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