What medicine should be used to mix peanut seeds?

Peanuts are an important economic crop with a wide planting area. In order to achieve high yields in peanut planting, peanut seeds are mixed before sowing. So what kind of medicine should be used to mix peanut seeds? Let’s learn more about it below.

What medicine should be used to mix peanut seeds?

1. Carbendazim

Use 50% carbendazim wettable powder, 0.15-0.25 kg of the medicine for every 50 kg of peanut seeds, add 2 kg of clean water to make a liquid medicine, use a sprayer to spray it on the peanut seeds so that each peanut seed is evenly covered with the liquid medicine, and then sow after drying.

2. Phoxim EC

Now, chlorpyrifos emulsifiable concentrate and dimethoate emulsifiable concentrate can be used to mix peanut seeds, which can effectively prevent and control underground pests .

3. Other medicines

You can choose according to the common diseases and insect pests in the local area. Generally, you can use methyl thiophanate, carbendazim, seed mixing agent and other agents. The dosage of the agent can be 0.3% to 0.5% of the seed amount. This can effectively prevent root rot and seedling death.

Precautions for peanut seed dressing

1. Try to choose high-efficiency and low-toxic seed dressing agents to ensure safe germination. When mixing seeds, first pour the agent into the container, add a small amount of water to stir, then add seed dressing fertilizer, and finally mix the seeds evenly.

2. The seed dressing agent should be stirred evenly. The less water added, the better. Adding too much water will cause the seeds to wrinkle and peel off. Regardless of whether it is manual or mechanical stirring, the shorter the stirring time, the better as long as the seeds are mixed evenly. In addition, spread the seeds out to dry after mixing, and do not suffocate the seeds or expose them to direct sunlight.

Benefits of peanut seed dressing

1. During the entire growing season of peanuts, it can effectively control the damage caused by aphids, thrips, planthoppers, and underground pests such as grubs, mole crickets, and cutworms.

2. It can prevent and control peanut damping-off disease, root rot, stem rot, anthracnose, and sudden wilt disease.

3. It can promote crop growth, increase germination rate, make seedlings emerge quickly and evenly, develop a well-developed root system, make seedlings strong and have good stress resistance.

That’s it