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Cultivation methods and precautions of lentils

Gustavo Fring
2020-06-30 16:20:39
Temperature: lentils are not resistant to low temperature, and proper temperature shall be ensured during maintenance. The best curing temperature is between 18 ℃ and 28 ℃; watering: lentils consume more water in the early stage, and need to be watered twice a week or so; fertilizing: when it grows three real leaves, it needs to start topdressing, and the whole growth period needs topdressing twice a month; lighting: it likes sunshine, and can accept sunshine all day if conditions permit.

I. maintenance method

1. Temperature: it likes a warm living environment and can withstand high temperature. When the temperature is 20 degrees, the growth state is the best. If the temperature is too high, the lentils will have drooping branches and leaves. If the temperature is too low, the plants will grow slowly. Therefore, it is necessary to control the curing temperature when the plants grow.

2. Watering: a large amount of water is required in the early stage of maintenance, and the soil should be kept moist for a long time, but the watering should be appropriate, and excessive watering will lead to its ineffectiveness. Its root is very long and vigorous, especially in flowering and fruiting these two periods, to properly increase water thorn water, this can promote plant growth.

3. Fertilization: if it is potting and sowing, the seedbed needs to be applied with sufficient base fertilizer when sowing. When transplanting and planting, it needs to mix compound fertilizer and diammonium phosphate in the soil. This is to ensure that all sides of the seedlings face the demand of nutrients. After autumn, it needs to be topdressing once to increase nutrients and promote the growth of pods.

4. Light: it needs a lot of light for its growth. If possible, it's best to accept the whole day's light. If it can't meet the whole day's sunlight, the minimum daily exposure time should be more than six hours.

2. Cultivation techniques

1. Reproduction: it can be propagated by sowing. Select the seeds with large and full grains and no disease and insect spots, sun them for 48 hours, and then make a bowl for sowing. The sowing time is generally at the end of February. About 1000 pots are needed for each mu of land. Before sowing, the seeds need to be watered fully. Two seeds are needed for each pot. After planting, the seeds can be covered with fine mud.

2. Erecting: when the bean sprouts begin to draw silk, they need to start erecting. Insert a bamboo pole beside each hole, and two hole sprouts form a herringbone shape, and then reinforce the base of the bamboo pole to avoid being blown away by the wind.

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3. Problem diagnosis

1. Insect damage: aphids are easy to be infected in the early stage of the field, and 10% of the plants need to be sprayed once per mu.

2. Pathological changes: the disease that plants are easy to infect has downy mildew, which needs to be prevented and treated with tolbutine methyl.

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4. Other issues

1. Edible: it is edible, but there are no mature plants and no mature plants are toxic, so we must eat the mature pods.

2. Other values: it can also be used as medicine

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