How often should I fertilize water spinach and what kind of fertilizer does it need?

How often should I fertilize water spinach?

After the water spinach sprouts, it needs to be prepared for transplanting in time. You can apply fertilizer once during transplanting, and then apply fertilizer once every 20 days. When it is almost harvested, you can use human feces and urine for watering, which should be used about once every 7 days. Finally, apply fertilizer once after each picking.

What fertilizer to use for water spinach

The plant water spinach likes fertilizer, and organic fertilizer can be used as the base fertilizer. Since water spinach can be harvested many times, human feces, compound fertilizer, urea, etc. can be used during the seedling and growth stages. Compound fertilizer or quick-acting nitrogen fertilizer can be used during the harvesting period.

Fertilization method of water spinach

1. Before planting water spinach, you need to apply some base fertilizer to the soil. The fertilizer is mainly organic fertilizer. 2500-3000 kg of fertilizer can be applied per mu of land. You can also add human feces and wood ash appropriately and mix it evenly with the soil.

2. During the seedling stage and the later growth stage of water spinach, you can apply Zhuanggenling. Just dilute it with water and spray it on the stems of water spinach. This will make the plants stronger. Pay attention to applying less chemical fertilizers during maintenance to prevent soil pollution.