Speed ​​up the harvest age of organic spinach plants

Previously I had already described the way of organic spinar cultivation. On this occasion, will be given tips for the age of harvesting plant spare faster. At the age of 15 days of plant can be harvested, without reducing the quantity and quality. Spray cultivation or amarnthus sps. Usually it grows large enough and ready for harvested after 20 days, since the seed is stocked. Especially for organic spinach cultivation, may be longer than usual. But with some certain treatments, the harvest age of spinach plants can be faster.

Spinach plants experience optimal growth when exposed to sufficient sunlight. Not less than 7 hours every day. But at the same time also do not experience drought, or lack of water intake. Such conditions usually occur in tropical countries during the dry season.

With proper watering techniques, spinach cultivation can be harvested faster with abundant yields. This is actually inseparable from how to create the most suitable habitat for spinach plants. The following are steps to optimize organic spinach cultivation:

1. Land preparation

The ground is smoothed and shaped beds with a flat surface shape, not curved like a bow. The goal is that watering can be evenly distributed so that the level of wetness is the same for each plant. That way the spinach plants grow simultaneously between the edges and the middle of the beds.

The width of the bed is made 1 meter, 10 meters long. This is to facilitate maintenance, such as watering and fertilizing. The height of the beds is at least 15 cm with a distance of about 20 cm between beds.

1. Provision of basic fertilizer

Use manure from dried chicken farms as basic fertilizer. This type of manure has advantages when used in spinach cultivation because it has a high nitrogen (N) content compared to manure from sheep or cattle farms.

Manure from broiler farms is usually mixed with rice husk. So that it is easily spread evenly not like in manure from sheep or cattle farms whose texture tends to clot.

The provision of basic fertilizer for spinach plants should be done in 2 layers. The trick is as follows, scrap the soil on the surface of the bed as deep as 5 cm. Sprinkle the fertilizer evenly over the surface of the scraped bed. Cover again with the scraped soil.

After being covered with soil, then sprinkle spinach seeds. Then sprinkle the fertilizer again after sowing the seeds. So that there are two layers of fertilizer, namely at the ground level and 5 cm in the soil.

Giving fertilizer in 2 layers is very influential for the growth and stamina of spinach plants after the age of 10 days. With the presence of organic fertilizers in the lower layers, spinach plants will get timely nutrient intake. Because the larger the plant, the deeper the root goes into the ground. At the same time, nutrients are needed in the soil for plants. No need to wait for the addition of supplementary fertilizer.

1. Drainage arrangements

Land for spinach plants must have good drainage. Spinach plants don't want wet soil conditions to be flooded. Spinach plants will have difficulty absorbing nutrients if the water content in the soil is too high. As a result the growth becomes slow, the leaves are slightly yellowish and hardened.

The contour of the land that is suitable for spinach plants is that if there is a puddle of water due to rain, the water can quickly pass quickly. We recommend that less than 10 minutes of standing water flow immediately after the rain stops.

1. Watering technique

Watering should be done twice a day during the germination period, the first 3 days after the seeds are sown. Its function is to maintain seed moisture so that germination runs perfectly. After the age of 4 days watering can be done once a day, in the morning or evening.

Watering during the day can be done as long as the wetness level is higher. The parameter is that all the soil must be drenched with water. The volume of water needed is usually 2 times compared to watering in the morning or evening. In this way, the results of watering during the day, when the sun shines hot it makes the growth of spinach very good.

If in the afternoon the land is exposed to rain, it should be rinsed with watering in the morning evenly. But the volume is small. This is intended to prevent the development of fungi and bacteria that attach to plants due to the splashing of rainwater from the soil.

1. Provision of supplementary fertilizer

When you will provide supplementary fertilizer, the plants should not be watered for 1 day before. This watering delay is used to accelerate nutrient absorption from fertilizers by spinach plants.

Give supplementary fertilizer in the form of compost or other organic fertilizer. Sprinkle evenly then clean the fertilizer attached to the leaf surface. The trick, sweep the plant using larger and softer leaves, such as papaya or other leaves.

After that, let it dry for around 2-4 hours. Then flush with water evenly. About 3 days after additional fertilization, spinach can be harvested.

1. Anticipate fungal attacks

The disease that most often attacks spinach plants is mushrooms. To anticipate fungal attacks, you should use liquid biofertilizer in the treatment. Spray when cultivating and when the plant is around 7 days old.

Liquid biological fertilizer contains living microorganisms. These microorganisms will suppress fungal development. In addition to suppressing fungal development, biological fertilizers work to help the fermentation process of organic matter in the soil to anchor N and dissolve P and K. So the amount of nutrients needed for plants will be fulfilled.