Cultivation And Strong Buds Of Ginger

⑴Sun dried ginger and sleepy ginger

About 1 month before planting, choose a sunny day, spread the ginger seeds on the outdoor ground for 1-2 days, and collect them indoors at night to prevent frost. By drying the seeds, it can increase the temperature of the ginger block, break dormancy, promote germination, and reduce the moisture in the ginger block to prevent rot. After 1-2 days of drying the seeds, put the ginger pieces indoors and pile them for 3-4 days. Cover the ginger pile with grass lotus to trap the ginger and promote the decomposition of nutrients in the ginger. After 2-3 times of repeated drying of ginger and trapped ginger, buds can be accelerated. Ginger is susceptible to ginger blast, anthracnose and other stubble diseases, so in the process of drying ginger, we should strictly eliminate the shriveled, thin, soft, and brown ginger species.

⑵Sprouting

There are many methods for accelerating budding, such as hot-pot accelerating budding and greenhouse accelerating budding.

Soil kang for sprouting: It is to use the rural soil kang for sprouting. First, spread a layer of wheat straw on the kang, about 10 cm thick, and then spread 2-3 layers of paper on the wheat straw, and place the ginger seeds on the paper layer by layer. The stacking thickness is 60-80 cm. After planting the ginger, let it dissipate heat, and then spread a layer of 10 cm thick grass, and cover the top layer with a quilt to keep it warm. The germination temperature can be adjusted by heating the soil kang or uncovering the cover.

Germination in the greenhouse: first lay 3-5 layers of paper around the basket, place the ginger seeds in the ginger basket one by one, stacking 3-4 layers, and then cover with 3-4 layers of paper, and put the ginger basket Put it in the greenhouse and keep it at the right temperature for germination.

No matter which kind of germination method is adopted, the temperature should be controlled between 22-25℃. If the temperature exceeds 28°C, the buds will germinate rapidly, but the buds are thin and elongated; if the temperature is lower than 20°C, the buds will be thick and strong, but the germination time will be long, which affects sowing. Generally, when the ginger buds grow to 0.5 cm-1 cm, the ginger buds can be graded and sown in batches.

Ginger

Before sowing, break the ginger pieces that have been sprouting into small seed pieces of 75-100 grams, and keep one fat young bud on each seed piece. Combining the ginger species, we should select the seed buds again to remove the black ginger at the base of the bud or the brown ginger section.

Water the bottom

The emergence of ginger seedlings is very slow, and the lack of water in the soil will affect the emergence of the seedlings, so it is necessary to water the bottom of the water, and generally do not water before emergence.

Discharge seed ginger

After the bottom water seeps down, ginger seeds can be discharged. There are two methods: horizontal sowing and vertical sowing. When sowing horizontally, place the seed blocks horizontally in the ditch to keep the direction of the young buds consistent; when sowing vertically, the seed buds are all sown upward.

Cover soil

After sowing, cover the ginger buds and ginger seeds with fine soil, and cover the soil with a thickness of 4 cm-5 cm after sowing. If the covering soil is too thick, the ground temperature is low, and germination is slow; if the covering soil is too thin, the topsoil is easy to dry, which affects the emergence of seedlings.

Seeding rate

The amount of seed per mu is 400 kg-500 kg. The bigger the ginger, the earlier the emergence, the stronger the seedling and the higher the yield. Therefore, the seed block should be as large as possible.

Seeding density

Generally, about 5500 seedlings are preserved per mu.

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