How to harvest water bamboo? These three key points need to be mastered

Zizania is also called wild rice, also known as high melon, wild bamboo shoot, wild bamboo shoot, high bamboo shoot. It is a relatively common aquatic vegetable. China is the country that first cultivated Zizania as a vegetable and has a long history of cultivation. Zizania root is rich in nutrients and has a delicious taste. It is known as "water ginseng" and is one of the more popular vegetables in the market. With the expansion of the market demand for water bamboo, more and more farmers are planting water bamboo, and the most important thing for planting water bamboo is harvesting. The following editor will introduce these points about the harvest of water bamboo, let’s take a look together Right.

How to harvest water bamboo? These three key points need to be mastered!

1. The harvesting standard of wild water bamboo

The pregnant zizania part of the zizania plant is significantly enlarged, the heart leaves are gathered together, and the two outer leaves are closed to the stem, and the rhombohedron is like a bee waist. When the pseudostem reveals 1-2 cm of pure white rhizome, it is called "lubai", indicating that the zizania is already When mature, it can be harvested immediately. "Lubai" is only on one side. When harvesting, you must check both sides of each stem and tiller. If it is not harvested after the expiration date, the wild rice will turn green and become old and lose the value of the product.

Farmers need to pay attention to that due to the higher temperature during the harvest period of summer water chestnut, the water chestnut matures quickly, and it is easy to turn green and grow old, so there is no need to wait until the "white", the water chestnut in the middle of the leaf sheath swells and wrinkles appear. Harvested. In order to improve the quality of Zizania sibiricum, it is generally better to harvest it early, and it is best to harvest it before the eyes open. Generally, it is harvested every 4-5 days.

2. The harvest season of Zizania

The harvesting season of water bamboo is divided into summer and autumn. The harvest of autumn wild rice is generally from the end of September to the beginning of October, and the harvest of summer wild rice is generally from the end of May to early June. The harvest time of alpine water bamboo and cold water water bamboo is somewhat different from that of general summer and autumn water bamboo. The harvest time of high mountain water bamboo is from mid-July to early August, and the harvest time of cold water water bamboo is similar to that of alpine water rice.

How to harvest water bamboo? These three key points need to be mastered!

3. The harvesting method of water bamboo

(1) When harvesting wild rice, growers should wear long-sleeved clothes and go to the fields, or put on sleeves to prevent the leaves from scratching the skin. The harvesting methods of autumn rice and summer rice are different. When harvesting autumn water, twist it off in the middle of the stalk tube, be careful not to damage the root system, so as not to affect the growth of the second year. When harvesting summer water, you can directly twist and break the water. Nowadays, a special sickle is generally used for the harvest of water chestnut.

(2) After the harvest of autumn wild rice begins at the end of September, it is recommended to harvest once every 5 to 7 days, and the peak season can be shortened to once every 3 days. In the late harvest of autumn water chestnuts, if the whole water chestnut pier has formed water chestnuts, there should be two small water chestnuts left on the pier for aeration, and harvest after the late-growing tillers grow out. Otherwise, because the temperature was still above 10 degrees at the time, the roots of the plants still had a strong respiration effect, and there was water in the field, where there was no ventilation, the underground stems and old piers would suffocate due to lack of oxygen.

(3) After the beginning of the harvest at the end of May, the summer wild rice can be harvested every 4 to 5 days, and the gestation period should be shortened to the next day or once a day.

(4) When harvesting Zizania serrata, cut it with a sharp knife about 2 cm above the water surface to avoid damage to other plants.

(5) When harvesting the strange Zizania, hold down the root with one hand and twist the Zizania in the vertical direction with the other hand, so as not to affect the growth of other plants.

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