Side dressing for burdock root (Additional fertilizer for burdock root) – Burdock root how to grow
Growing burdock root (arctium lappa burdock) in field crop cultivation. Last time, I sowed burdock root seeds. It’s been about 40 days since then. From here, I want the burdock to grow more towards harvest time, so I will add more fertilizer.
https://www.vege-try.net/en/seed-burdock-root-enFor fertilizing burdock gobo root, place chicken manure between the plants in 4 spots. To make fertilization easier, make cuts in the mulch.
The amount of fertilizer is 20g (0.7 oz) of chicken manure per spot. Insert the trowel about 10cm (4 in) into the cut and place chicken manure in the widened gap.
After additional-fertilizing, water the chicken manure and cover it with soil. With this, the additional-fertilizing work for burdock root (arctium lappa burdock) is completed.
We water the fertilizer, chicken manure, to help the soil microorganisms. (For microorganisms, moist fertilizer is easier to decompose.)
Make sure to bury the fertilizer in the soil. If the fertilizer is left on the surface or on the mulch, it can attract pests with its smell.
From now on, continue to fertilize the burdock root once a month. Burdock root needs quite a bit of fertilizer, so extra fertilizer is needed until harvest time. The amount of fertilizer is the same as this time, 20g (0.7 oz) of chicken manure per spot.
For burdock root (when growing a variety with short roots), the harvest time is around 100 days after planting seeds.
This year, I planted burdock seeds in early August, so the harvest time should be around 100 days later, in late November. So, I think I will need to add fertilizer about two more times.
Finally, I will remove the sunshade from the area where the burdock root is planted. By late September, the sunlight becomes a bit weaker, so the sunshade is no longer needed. Let’s take it down.
Following is the video for how-to. English subtitles are available.