Taro leaf edge became scorched yellow, is a normal phenomenon of taro maturity, and is not caused by any pests and diseases, of course, how taro has not yet entered the maturity period, there is a leaf edge into a scorched yellow, accompanied by the leaf pole dry yellow death, that is due to the weather for a long time sunny and not rain, resulting in a lack of taro lack of water and nutrients caused by the lack of pole and leaf, like this situation of the taro yield will be reduced! The first thing you need to do is to get your hands on some of the most popular taro.
When is taro planted and harvested in the highest yield?Planting taro in the rural seven-star old farmers hometown in the central and western regions, in general, in March 20 or so taro germination time to start planting, growth and development of four months, in general, before the frost harvest is more productive.
Planting taro is generally in the planting, the need for a one-time under the bottom of the fertilizer and then good, the beginning of the soil eye to play a little bigger, bottom fertilizer to chemical fermentation of good chicken manure fertilizer, pig manure fertilizer, cow dung soft fertilizer and the more soaking loose organic fertilizer mixed together, as the bottom of the fertilizer and then good, long-lasting fertilizer and loosening of the soil, but also for the growth and development of taro root system.
Planting taro in June in the middle of the time, to give them a mid-tillage weeding and soil fertilization, because at this time you planted taro due to the hot and dry weather, the root system will generally expand to the soil surface, and this time you seize the time to give them to cultivate the soil, fertilizer, watering, very conducive to the beginning of the small taro taro.
In the countryside, the planting of taro there is a proverb called "August first, taro birthday", which means that after the first of August, taro can be dug out to eat.
But most of the old farmers in order to taro high yield, to the 15th of August, after the taro nest with a sickle cut off the taro nest wash clean and filter dry, chopped up and then dried with the sun, in accordance with the ratio of 10:1 mixed with a little salt pouncing on the altar to do pouncing on the taro nest to eat, eat the city market to sell it for money.
Why taro in mid-August to cut off the taro nest? Old farmers believe that taro late cut taro nest, is to reduce taro nest to absorb the soil taro nutrients, so that the taro underground stem part of the concentration of nutrients to go, cut taro nest, and then in the cut at the mouth of the stretcher point of mud soil to go up, can be for the taro heat preservation and moisturizing to achieve the purpose of high yield, the seven stars of the old farmers think there is a certain reason.
Planting taro in general at the end of March, the beginning of April planting, harvesting time is generally in the White Dew Festival after fifteen days, to the frost festival a week before the harvest is more productive, although it is said that the first day of August is the birthday of the taro, but the taro yield is not high at this time, only to the White Dew Festival, the taro a day and a night to grow a layer of skin, so the seven stars of the old farmers personally believe that taro in the White Dew Festival after the frost festival before this fifteen-day period of time to harvest the taro. Festival before this fifteen-day period of time to harvest more productive, as for the taro leaves appear on the side of the yellow charcoal-colored dry leaves, is the taro late natural aging dry phenomenon, and taro pests and diseases, yield and quality have nothing to do.