How to grow ginger

It is very important to select ginger seeds when planting. You should choose high-quality gingers with plump and plump pieces of ginger, bright skin color, and fresh meat. In addition, the selected ginger seeds should not be rotten or dry. Shrinkage, texture should be hard, and the ginger must be disease-free.

Disinfection and germination

After the ginger is selected, it must be disinfected. You can soak the ginger in 2% Bordeaux solution to remove bacteria and harmful bacteria on its surface. All substances are eliminated, which can prevent ginger from developing diseases during its growth. After disinfection, the ginger must be germinated. Only after the ginger has grown two to three buds can it be planted into the ground.

Planting conditions

Ginger is suitable for planting from late April to early May every year. The temperature should exceed 16 degrees during planting, and there should be sufficient sunlight. Only in this way can ginger sprout quickly. In addition, ginger has relatively high temperature requirements during its growth. It grows fastest when the external ambient temperature is between 20 and 27 degrees. Its rhizomes are prone to rot when the ambient temperature is below 10 degrees.

Fertilizer and water management

Fertilizer and water management is also very important after ginger is planted. This plant has relatively high requirements for water. Too dry or too wet soil will affect its normal growth, especially When the soil is too wet, the rhizomes will rot. Ginger has a relatively large demand for fertilizer during its growth period. When fertilizing, it should be mainly potassium fertilizer, supplemented by nitrogen fertilizer and phosphorus fertilizer. After each fertilization, sufficient water should be poured.

The main diseases that harm the growth of ginger and affect ginger yield are rot and spot disease. Rot disease usually occurs in July and August or even lasts until early September in the summer. Plants that are found to be infected must be pulled out in time, and the soil next to the plants must be dug out to avoid bacterial infection. Then a layer of lime should be sprinkled on the ground, and the soil should be covered with soil. Fill in. The prevention and control method of spot disease is to spray 50% chlorothalonil 800 times once every 7 to 10 days. The main pests that affect quality are ginger borers and ginger maggots. We generally use trichlorfon or phoxim for foliar spray control.

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Ginger seed processing, it takes about thirty to forty days from which ginger seed to germination and maturity. Therefore, according to the local climate, planting habits and conditions, fresh ginger that is disease-free and insect-free should be taken from the ginger cellar forty days before planting to dry! Choose a day with nice weather to dry.

Divide the ginger into evenly sized pieces and dry them in the sun, then carry out the heat preservation and germination period. If you are using a special germination cabinet, you can place a thermometer in the middle to control the temperature. Generally, the temperature is around 25 degrees in the first fifteen days. After fifteen days, you can see that the ginger has sprouted small sprouts like soybeans. You can lower the temperature by one or two degrees and keep it stable until the end.

Then choose the ginger seeds. Be sure to keep the thickest and strongest ginger buds. One ginger mother and one bud are particularly good. Generally, you can keep two buds for thick ones, but not too many gingers with two buds. When planting, scrape off all the tiny buds to ensure the yield of ginger and large slices of ginger.

Ginger ditches and ridges are generally 70 to 75 centimeters, and the best depth is 25 to 30 centimeters. Only in this way can the yield of ginger be high. In the later stage, the soil will be cultivated with soil and depth, and it will be easy to grow. operate.

You can plant the ginger seeds after carefully selecting them. After applying the base fertilizer, place the ginger seeds and ginger buds uniformly in one direction, whether it is east, west, south or north. , it must be consistent. The distance between ginger buds should be twenty to twenty-five centimeters. It should not be too dense or too thin as it will affect the yield.

After placing the seeds, cover them with soil to bury them. The covering soil should be about three centimeters, then water them with water and cover them with film.