What is chicken feather vegetable? How to plant chicken feather vegetable?

Recently, I saw a special green vegetable being sold in the vegetable market. It looked like Chinese cabbage, but not quite. Later, I learned that it was called chicken hair vegetable. So what is chicken hair vegetable? How to grow chicken hair vegetable? If you want to know, come and learn with me.

What is chicken feather vegetable

Chicken feather cabbage is the most common dish in the southern region. It is produced all year round, especially in spring and summer when its output is the largest. It is the tender seedlings of Chinese cabbage. It has a particularly fresh taste and texture, an attractive natural aroma, and contains a variety of vitamins and trace elements. People can absorb nutrients and maintain health after eating it.

How to plant chicken feather vegetables

1. Variety selection is very important when planting chicken feather vegetables

If you want to plant Chinese cabbage in spring, you can choose some varieties with strong cold resistance, such as Eryueman and Dongchangqing, which are suitable for planting in spring. The growth period of Chinese cabbage is very short. Before planting, you need to apply enough base fertilizer to the soil. It is best to use more human manure. After fertilizing, prepare the land before sowing.

2. Sowing of chicken feather vegetables

After the ground is prepared, you can start sowing. When sowing the chicken feather vegetable, spread it evenly on the ground, and after sowing, shallowly harrow the surface of the bed, and then pat the surface to make it firm. The amount of chicken feather vegetable seeds per acre should be about two kilograms. After sowing, water it once in time, and water it thoroughly.

3. Field management and harvesting of Chinese cabbage

The field management of the chicken feather vegetable is very simple during its growth period. It only needs to be top-dressed twice during its growth period. Urea can be used for topdressing each time, and the amount of topdressing each time is about 5 kilograms per mu. The growth cycle of the chicken feather vegetable is very short. It can be grown and harvested in about 50 days after planting in spring. It can be planted repeatedly in a year, and the yield can be as high as more than 1,000 kilograms.