1. Choose a flowerpot
After all, leeks are for eating, and flower pots should be chosen as large as possible. They can be more varied and do not need to be specially bought. The foam box in the house is very good.
There is no foam box. The empty plastic basin at home can also be remembered.
2. Prepare the soil
Leek on the soil requirements are not high, half of the garden soil and rotten leaf soil, loose and breathable; add a bit of rotten soybean cake fertilizer to the soil as the base fertilizer, the thickness of the soil layer is about 15 ~ 20cm.
3. Selection of leek varieties
Buy some leek roots in the florist's shop or on the Internet. Huahua suggests that you buy that kind of small leek with purple roots. It tastes better. Those tall and wide leaves of leek are not delicious.
4. Planting leek
Buries the root in the soil, exposes the leek head, each plant distance may approach the point, but the row distance maintains 7 ~ 10cm, after plants well, irrigates pervious water, 3 days can grow the new bud.
Patient flower friends can also try to plant leek:
1. Soak the seeds in warm water for 10 hours, and then sow them. After planting, water them and cover them with a layer of fresh-keeping film.
2. It can germinate about 1 week after planting. After germinating, it needs more sun exposure. When the small seedlings grow to more than ten centimeters, they should be transplanted into a large basin, and 3-5 plants should be planted in a pit.
3. The leek that was sown in that year can't be harvested, let it wither naturally, so that when the next spring comes, it will grow more and better.
1. Enough light
Leeks are not afraid of the sun, just afraid of the lack of light, unless it is 40 degrees high temperature exposure to shade, other times can accept the full day, 15 ~ 35 ℃ weather does not care, the wind, the sun and the rain can grow very well.
2. Don't water too much
Chinese chives do not need to be watered too much. If the pot soil is not dried, it will be watered thoroughly. Generally, water once a week under high temperature, once every 10-15 days after autumn, too much water is easy to rot.
3. Do not apply too much fertilizer.
If the base fertilizer is added to the soil, it is not necessary to apply fertilizer before cutting the first Chinese chives. After cutting, dig a small hole in the soil space, and bury several compound fertilizer or slow-release fertilizer. Every cut of leek to apply fertilizer, other times without fertilization.
Chives like potash fertilizer, flower friends cut chives, you can sprinkle some grass ash in the soil, chives will grow very strong, but not too much
4. Harvest leek
After the leek root is planted well, it will grow one crop in about 10 days. The first one will grow a little weak. If you want to harvest it early, it will grow a lot better later. It's easy to explode.
After the second stubble, it's better to cut it every 20 to 30 days. It's not only good taste, but also good for the root system of leek.
1. Rich nutrition
Leek is rich in B vitamins, protein, calcium, potassium, phosphorus and carotene. Eating more is good for your health.
2. Moisten intestines and relieve constipation
Leek contains a lot of vitamins and crude fiber, which can promote gastrointestinal peristalsis, treat constipation and prevent colorectal cancer.
3. Skin care and eyesight
Leek is rich in vitamin A and vitamin C, eat more can beauty skin care, bright eyes and lungs, but also reduce the chance of cold.
4. Promoting blood circulation and removing blood stasis
The sulfur compounds contained in leek have certain bactericidal and anti-inflammatory effects, as well as the functions of removing blood stasis, promoting blood circulation, reducing blood lipid, detoxification, etc.
As for the legend of invigorating the Yang and invigorating the kidney, it's really just a legend.