Henan Zhumadian: Winter melon hangs long and rich in hope

Reporter Deng Danhua Dynasty Correspondent Zhang Hongwei

"In the recent period, there are often merchants in contacting the hanging winter melon. I did not agree, because I signed an order with a food processing enterprise in Zhengzhou. At that time, the company drove directly to the ground to buy. In a hanging winter melon in Zhongzhuang Village, Banjian Township, Gua Nong Zhong Haiyong told reporters.

When I walked into the melon land, I saw a ridge of the winter melon vines and lush and vigorous, and the sturdy winter melon was covered with scaffolding, which was a happy person.

Hanging winter melon grows up.

"There are more than 4 acres of this land. Winter melon is transplanted after the wheat harvest. By October, it was harvested at one time before planting wheat without delaying planting wheat." Zhong Haiyong said.

According to Zhong Haiyong, unlike the traditional planting method, the winter melon here is hanging, and a winter melon seedlings only retain one winter melon. The winter melon is large and the value is high. Traditional winter melon can only plant about 360 plants per acre, and can plant more than 600 plants in winter melon. A single winter melon can grow to about 30 catties, and the yield per mu can reach 18,000 catties. The output winter melon is excellent, good taste, high nutritional components, and more resistant to storage and transportation. It is favored by the market. Based on the market price of 0.8 yuan per catty, the output value of one acre of winter melon can reach 10,000 yuan.

"When Haiyong started planting hanging winter melon, we were not optimistic. They thought that the investment was large and the management was difficult, and they persuaded him not to fight. Now seeing that the hanging winter melon grows up, the harvest is in harvest, and we are also tempted. Help here, learn planting technology by the way, and prepare to plant winter melon with him next year. "A villager who was helping to organize the winter melon vine said.

Since planting winter melon, Zhong Haiyong and his lover are busy in the ground almost every day. Watering, weeding, settlement, vines, and hanging melons. Essence The village and village also strongly support him, often helping him solve the problems encountered in planting, declare subsidies for vegetable planting, dredge the fields of fields, and firmly strengthened his confidence through the development of industrial income to become rich.

Hanging Winter Gourd into a rural rich industry.

"Looking at the current growth, the harvest has become a foregone conclusion. I have passed the processing enterprise ditch. The company clearly states that we will collect how much we will grow next year, so as not to let us have worries. Factory. "Zhong Haiyong said, I believe that there are many support. In the near future, there will be a winter melon industry chain that will be formed, plus, and sales.

"Rural rejuvenation and industry first. In recent years, we have strongly supported the big industries to become bigger and stronger through measures such as improving farmland water conservancy facilities and fighting for project funding support. Unique rural wealthy industry. In the next step, we will play the radiation role of characteristic industries, encourage more villagers to join the characteristic industry chain, and lead the villagers to step forward on the Kangzhuang Avenue of the countryside. "Zhang Dong, secretary of the Party Committee of Banjian Township Essence

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