Hunan Cotton Association This Year Cotton Growth Slightly Better Than The Same Period Last Year

< p > according to the latest statistics of Hunan Provincial Department of agriculture, the cotton planting area in our province is 3 million 500 thousand mu this year, which is 86 thousand mu less than 3 million 586 thousand mu last year, with a reduction of 2%.

The output is expected to be 320 thousand tons, which is basically the same as last year.

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< p > according to the association, recently, due to the continuous high temperature of 28-38 degrees Celsius in our province, the light is adequate, the rain is moderate, and the cotton grows faster.

By the middle of July, the cotton plants with better growth had reached 90cm, and the cotton plants with poor growth also had 50-60cm. The average plant height was 70-80cm, and the buds were 20-25 / plants, the flowering rate was 60-70%, < /p >

< p > according to the Changde Municipal Bureau of agriculture, Changde has a large flowering period around July 5th, and cotton is growing very well.

Because of the high temperature and growing speed of cotton pplanting this year, the time of entering reproductive growth is more than 10 days earlier than last year.

One or two, three types of seedlings were 3:5:2, the average cotton density was 1050 plants, the plant height was 89.2 cm, the fruit branch was 13.8 plates, the boll 2.6, the young bell 5.9, the bud 40.3, the total fruit number 45.6, the abscission rate 2.1%, the average growth rate was better than last year, the plant height, fruit branch and bud quantity increased year by year, which belonged to the early year.

But this year, some three types of seedlings may not be closed.

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< p > in addition, the cotton planting area in Yueyang area was the same as last year. The main cotton producing county of Huarong decreased the benefit of cotton planting last year, and a small number of farmers abandoned cotton to grow pumpkins.

At present, the weather is fine, cotton growth accelerated, or last year or even.

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< p > overall, the growth of cotton is slightly better than that of the same period last year. If the weather is good in 7 and August, cotton production in the whole province will be flat or higher than last year.

According to the present cotton growth, in addition to early application, heavy application of peach blossom fertilizer, pruning of bud and topping, and according to the growth of cotton, we should adopt a small number of principles, timely and appropriate adjustment, and pay attention to the control of pests and diseases such as cotton bollworm, oblique mosquito, aphid, bug bug and so on.

If there is no effective rainfall recently, we should actively use all kinds of water conservancy conditions to water the cotton fields.

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