Both garlic yellow and leek yellow, as well as the onion yellow we wrote about in the previous article, their mode of cultivation is only in recent years began to slowly rise a form.

And today we say leek yellow, it is generally in life to the young leaves or flower stalks for people to eat, is nowadays leek soft planting after a new product.

The color of leek is not only smooth and bright; and nutritional value and economic benefits are relatively high. There is also the market people for leeks, but also more and more popular!

Generally speaking, the leeks that we now see in the market are basically formed by utilizing plants that have already grown into leeks and then used to colonize under a variety of coverings.

For example: haylofts, cellars, greenhouses, tiles and black film coverings, these coverings in order to is to make leeks in the growth of new leaves or pseudostems, can be in a completely sheltered environment to naturally form leeks.

For the life of the leek planting method, itself has a very strong a planting characteristics. For example, it is common in the north to use plastic greenhouses as well as greenhouses to grow them.

And the southern region, for example: Guangdong's is to use the tile tube to plant; Guizhou's is to use the grass hut cover to plant; and Yunnan's is generally used to cover the straw to plant.

Nowadays, however, we generally use black plastic film to cover the planting. But in some rural areas, we can still see leeks planted with grass cover. So let's learn more about it today!

01 varieties of choice

For the leeks that you want to plant, its the beginning we need to choose the leek varieties.

Generally we choose the varieties of leeks that are faster growing, with wider leaves, very high yields, as well as strong resistance to disease.

02 planting site for beds

Planting leeks, in addition to the varieties above the requirements, the planting base also needs to be well selected. At this time we should choose some loose and fertile soil, as well as good aeration of the planting site.

There is also the need to choose both water and fertilizer, as well as watering and drainage are more convenient plots to plant, I remember before my family planted leeks, are planted in sandy soil, but that time is not planting leeks.

Before we start sowing, we need to plow the plot, usually around 30 centimeters. Because this facilitates the development and growth of the leek's root system.

In addition to this, we need to use 30 kg of compound fertilizer per acre for the base fertilizer of leeks, and then after we level the land, we make the land into uniformly sized beds according to the local planting situation.

03 leek sowing

Generally in the planting of leeks, are in the spring or fall sowing. If it is sown in spring it is usually around late March; and if it is sown in fall it is around late August.

When we are sowing leeks, in order to improve the yield of leeks and easy to fertilize. We usually choose direct sowing when planting.

Generally the amount of seed is about 3 kilograms per acre is good, if higher than 3.5 kilograms, then wait until the seed germination time, the leek seedlings inside the ground will be very crowded.

One more thing we need to pay attention to, if it is sown in the fall, then we need to soak the seeds, usually in the soaking process is a day to change the water.

Waiting until the 3rd or 4th day, the seeds will have the phenomenon of white after soaking. At this time, we can mix the pesticide carbendazim together with the seed.

If you are planting on the beds, then we will dig concave seeding trenches at a distance of 80 centimeters, but there is one thing we have to pay attention to, that is, the bottom surface must be flat.

However, the depth and width of the furrow are probably about 15 centimeters will do. Then we dig the bottom trench flat, but before flattening it we can spread a layer of sand, and then finally spread the seeds evenly in the concave trench.

If we say that in order to later fertilize the convenience and heavy rain does not wash out the seeds, then we can cover a layer of straw, and then apply some animal manure for it to increase the degree of fertility.

04Technology of management

When we set up the planting, we usually follow the 5000 leeks per acre. The only thing to keep in mind at this time is to never plant with other vegetables or onions and garlic.

For leeks, we are generally in accordance with the perennial vegetables to plant, that is, everyone in life said that the planting once can be harvested for many years of vegetables.

Prior to planting, we must pay attention to when starting seedlings, if you use a hoe or shovel to start seedlings, must not be on the root system of leeks have great damage. Generally rise out of the leek seedlings root system should be about 5 centimeters is good.

There is also just planted down the leek, we must not go to harvest in a hurry, the purpose is to cultivate leek robust plant. Then slowly accumulate the so-called nutrients in the growth process, for the later growth to lay the foundation.

If the weather at this time to the autumn season, then this time the weather will gradually become cold, and at this time the growth of the plant has completely entered a period of exuberance.

This time our management of leeks is that we need to apply enough water and fertilizer to leeks, and at the same time to meet the growth needs of leek plants. Watering words must be small water-based, and fertilization words are usually compound fertilizer-based.

The general watering frequency is 7 days to water once for the best, and fertilization is generally 15 days or 30 days to apply once, but this also depends on the actual situation of planting to determine. Generally as long as you can meet the leek growth and development can be.

However, during this period, we should always pay attention to the degree of dryness of the soil inside the leek field, if it is too dry, then you need to water it immediately, at this time, we can also work with animal manure in the countryside with better results.

05 leek harvest

When the leek grows to a certain extent, then at this time the leek in the absence of light, will naturally form what we call leeks.

This time until the top of the leek withered leaves or grow to the grass outside the felt, then the length of the leeks are basically up to about 50 centimeters, at this time we have to harvest it in time.

The harvesting of leeks is also limited to a certain number of times. For example: we can harvest leeks 2, 4 or 6 times a year, but generally we do not harvest leeks more than 4 times a year.