What month is the best time to plant water spinach?

Water spinach is a vegetable that many people like to eat. Its crisp and tender taste has captured the hearts of many people, and many people want to grow water spinach. So what is the specific time for planting water spinach? Let’s learn more about it below.

What month is the best time to plant water spinach?

Water spinach has strong vitality and good heat resistance. The most suitable growth temperature is between 25 and 30 degrees. The planting time of water spinach is from April to July in the northern region, and the planting time can be extended to October in some areas with higher temperatures in the south.

How to grow water spinach?

1. Site selection

Choose a sandy loam plot that is sheltered from the wind, facing the sun, rich in organic matter, and has strong water and fertilizer retention capabilities. Deeply plow and carefully harrow the land, and apply sufficient base fertilizer to facilitate the vigorous growth of the plants.

2. Planting

When sowing, you should choose new seeds that are fuller and fresher in color. The germination rate can reach more than 98%. For field planting, hole sowing can be adopted, with 3-5 seeds in each hole. After sowing, cover with soil, water and spray with new lipid film to retain moisture, activate the density of surface compaction and increase the emergence rate of water spinach.

3. Field management

Water spinach has a high demand for fertilizer and water when growing. In addition to applying sufficient base fertilizer during planting, it is necessary to water and fertilize it when it grows to 5cm to allow it to grow quickly. In the future, water it frequently to keep the soil moist. Top dressing should be done 1-2 times after each harvest. The concentration of top dressing should be light at first and then heavy, with nitrogen fertilizer as the main fertilizer , combined with foliar fertilizer and vegetable stem strengthener. This can increase the plant's ability to absorb water and fertilizer, promote the vigorous growth of vegetable seedlings, thick stems, thick leaves, and high yield and quality. In addition, although water spinach can be planted at a certain density, if it is planted too densely, it will not be able to receive light and may rot.

4. Pest and disease control

When water spinach enters the middle and late stages of growth, you can use Zhuanggenling to spray the surface. It can not only strengthen the rhizomes and increase yields, but also improve the crops' ability to resist disasters.

There are relatively few main diseases of water spinach, and the main insect pests are whiteflies, etc. You can use 1000-1500 times diluted cypermethrin for spraying for prevention and control. It should be sprayed once when the water spinach grows to about 8-10cm.

That’s it