Jiangxia Watermelon Land "is thirsty", agricultural experts come to guide drought resistance

The Yangtze River Daily Da Wuhan client August 18th "Now our watermelon is in the puffing period, how can we water it better?" The company's nearly 100 acres of melon was thirsty. The person in charge of the company asked for help.

Experts inspect the growth of watermelon. Reporter Pan Lu

The Jiangxia Land Hall was once known for planting watermelon. With the degradation of varieties, the watermelon of the land hall has gradually faded out of the Wuhan market in recent years. Wuhan Four Seasons Red Agricultural Technology Company has been planted in hundreds of varieties of melon in nearly 100 acres of land since last year. It is hoped that through good varieties, good management and green planting, the watermelon brand of land halls is revived.

At present, after the company's first batch of melon is harvested, it has achieved good benefits through the sales method combined with online shopping and leisure picking. "This batch of autumn melon will be listed around the Mid -Autumn Festival, which is the 'empty window period of watermelon listing. The demand season. As long as the quality of watermelon is guaranteed, the annual benefits are considerable. Thirst, although we are watering, we are afraid that the quality of the melon is affected by improper operation. "The company's person in charge said.

On the morning of August 18th, Ren Jian, a senior agronomist at the Institute of Crops of the Institute of Agricultural Sciences of Wuhan, led the team to Guidi of the Four Seasons Red Agricultural Technology Company. Essence Ren Jian told the growers that the high temperature and dry plant steaming volume, dehydration and withering during the high temperature in the evening, and continuous high temperature will affect the decline of pollen activity and cause difficulty in watering. Boles, these will affect the commodity of Sweet melon.

Ren Jian said that in order to solve the problems facing field watermelons, reasonable watering is particular, and it is necessary to use drip irrigation for irrigation. Farmers with no drip irrigation equipment should be irrigated in a small amount when using ditch irrigation to avoid large water irrigation. The irrigation time should be selected before 8 am or after 6 pm. At present, the water volume of Tangyan near Guadi is insufficient. In order to ensure irrigation, it can only use tap water. However, it is not advisable to use tap water immediately. It should be stored in Tangyan for a few days.

In the inspection of Guati, Ren Jian found that high temperatures caused the increase in pests and insect pests. She told farmers to strengthen the prevention and control of pests and insect pests, combine physical control and chemical prevention, install insect -proof nets and insecticidal lights, and spray pesticides once a week once a week. The selection of diseased and insect prevention will be carried out after 6 pm to avoid burns caused by high temperatures to leaves and increased steaming effects.

(Changjiang Daily reporter Pan Lu intern Tian Li correspondent Qu Yanhong)

【Edit: Zhao Ke】

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