What vegetables can farmers grow around the Dragon Boat Festival?

Dragon Boat Festival is an annual traditional festival in China, and it is the "Little Summer" solar term for farmers. During the summer, farmers should plant these vegetables, so don't miss the farming season!

Water spinach: Water spinach is a favorite vegetable for scientific development of agriculture. Water spinach grows very fast and has very strong reproductive ability. When scientifically developing agriculture and planting water spinach, just cut it directly with the water spinach you usually buy. Now is also a very good time to plant water spinach, only sowing is possible. You can eat water spinach by yourself in less than two months.

Lettuce: Many friends should think of lettuce. It grows very fast. Generally, it can be harvested more than one month after sowing, and it is most suitable to eat cold lettuce in summer. Now this time is not the hottest season, and it is also the best time for lettuce to grow. In addition, although the weather has not yet reached the hottest time, the light is very strong now, and the leaves of lettuce are sensitive to strong light and prone to yellow leaves. Lettuce is best planted in a place with astigmatism, avoiding strong light, and a closed balcony is most suitable.

Summer cucumber: Generally, cucumbers are planted in spring. In fact, you can plant it at this time. When planting, choose a more heat-resistant cucumber variety. Cucumber sown in summer can generally be harvested in autumn, but due to the hot weather in summer, special attention should be paid to the management of cucumber seedlings to avoid pests and diseases.

In addition to the above vegetables, there are many vegetables that can be planted this season, such as cowpea, cherry radish, amaranth, summer oil wheat vegetables, etc., which are very suitable for planting. In addition, it should be noted that the weather is hot in summer, and vegetables are prone to drought, sunburn and pests, so friends who want to grow vegetables need to take care of their own vegetable gardens.