Lotus root is an extremely edible food, it often plays an important role in our lives, and we only know that its flavor is very delicious. In fact, lotus root has some other effects, if it has some diseases for women, it may have a good preventive effect.
Lotus root planting time
The suitable time for lotus root planting is related to the climate and temperature, generally speaking, the best time for suitable lotus root planting is March every year. The optimum temperature for lotus root growth is around twenty to thirty degrees, so the earliest planting of lotus root should be above fifteen degrees, otherwise it will not be able to survive.
There is a slight difference in temperature between the north and the south of our country, so the south generally transplants lotus seedlings in February and March, while the north will start cultivation a little later in April and May.
Lotus root planting method
1, choose seeds
Choice of lotus root is also extremely critical point, pay attention to observe the lotus root lower part of whether there is no new shoots come out, and then look around is not also re-growing some of the rhizomes, if it is some of the flowers, you must carefully observe to see whether it has new shoots.
The second thing is to choose the length and section at least in three sections and not have any broken lotus root for planting, the most important thing is that there is no virus, so that planting out lotus root will be bigger and better.
2, sowing
After selecting the lotus, don't leave it for too long, plant it right away, but before planting, you have to do some treatment on the lotus seed, and then put the medicine into the water.
And planting should be deep planting, which can make the lotus root grow better, as to choose 30-50cm a planting density to choose 30-50cm.
3, field management
Planting the lotus root seeds for a month later, the lotus leaves and lotus flowers will be grown, then we need to take the buds and leaves Take off the buds and leaves, lest they affect the growth of the lotus root. If they are not taken off in time, they will keep absorbing nutrients, resulting in poor growth of the lotus root.
When the lotus leaves grow to 5-6 pieces, you need to catch up with it once, and then fertilize the pond when it is full of lotus leaves. Since many of the young roots are starting to grow, they need a lot of nutrients.
When the last method of fertilization leaves did not grow again, it becomes lotus root, at this time the nutrients needed more, in addition at this time to control the water level at about 10-15 cm.