How deep should cowpea seeds be planted
Cowpea seeds can be buried in two or three centimeters, not in the soil, and potted cowpeas can be planted in pots 30 centimeters deep, and the pots are not easy to be too big, otherwise the growth of cowpea roots will be affected.
Whether to plant cowpea seeds y or shallowly
Cowpea seeds should be planted moderately deep or shallow, because before cowpea seedlings emerge, cowpea seedlings rely on the nutrients stored in the seeds to grow, if planted too deep, the future seedlings will be thin and weak, and planted shallowly is not good, and it is easy to lead to cowpea collapse.
Points for planting cowpea seeds
1, planting time
Cowpea is divided into spring cowpea, summer cowpea and autumn cowpea according to the planting time, spring sowing cowpea can be chosen in February or March; summer sowing can be carried out in May-August; in autumn, sowing can be chosen in September-October; if planting in greenhouses, it can also be done in winter. Planting can also be done in the winter time.
2, planting soil
Cowpea's adaptability is relatively strong, and it doesn't require much soil fertility, but if you want to plant cowpea with high yield and strong quality, you should try to choose deep, soft, permeable sandy soil, and the first two crops in the soil shouldn't be of the same family, or else cowpea is prone to all kinds of diseases and insect pests.
3, planting spacing
When planting, leave a distance of forty by fifty centimeters between each cowpea plant, dig out the planting holes for the cowpeas, and put down two to three cowpea seeds in each planting hole, and then cover with about one centimeter of soil after putting down the cowpea seeds, and don't press y on the soil after spreading it, so as to avoid causing damage to the cowpea seeds. The cowpea seeds should not be pressed y after spreading the soil, so as not to affect the cowpea seedling emergence.