How do you sell corn for a dollar and a half a pound? What are the unknown know-how of this corn, which can be used as fruit, in the field management? Data from the agricultural institute show that, using standardized planting techniques, fruit corn acre production amounts to 3,800-4200 pounds, with actual single production measuring up to 4,500 pounds — a figure 40 per cent higher than normal corn
I. Varieties selection: sweetness determines price
The dominant varieties in the market include kyosong yuhua, golden crown honey and snow sweet 1. In the case of kyoyo, for example, the fertility period is about 85 days (some 82 days in fact) and the resistance to inverts and large-scale diseases is high. The golden crown honey jane, who has reached 18. 6 brix (only 7-8 brix for ordinary corn), has become the pet of high-end merchants。
"in the last year, three varieties were tested, with the purchasers of the kyoyo succulent flowers settled directly in cash on the ground and others awaiting examination by the distributor. Zhang zhang zhang, a farmer in shandong, said that he was showing his money transfers。
Ii. Plantation techniques: gold mining in time difference
When's the best place to sow? The average daily temperature has stabilized at above 12°c between late march and early april. The north-east region, for its part, will have to wait until the frost is completely over in early may — three days earlier — which may mean two weeks before the harvest period seizes the market window。
• total demand: 25 cm deep to break down the ground floor of the plow, 2. 5 tons of decomposition of sheep dung per acre (only 1 ton of ordinary maize) • sowing density: 28 cm x 60 cm long, 3,800 acre protected seedlings (about 4,500 traditional corn) • seedlings: 50 cadavers used for seeding, soil transfer at centrifugal intervals of the three leaves, and over 95 per cent survival
To tell you the truth, the first time i saw a fruit corn seed, i almost thought i bought it wrong. - the particles are one third smaller than normal maize and weigh only 120 g per 1,000 grains (normal corn 300g). But it's this pocket seed that planted a golden stick worth three times the price。
Iii. Field management: aqueous precision sniper
It's definitely a technical job to catch up with fat. The urea 15kg + potassium sulphate 10kg per acre was tracked, and the drip irrigation system was used three times. In particular, the throttle period — the water demand at this stage can be described simply as “honor and thirst” — the soil must remain at 70-80 per cent of the water content, and even a two-day drought would result in a 20 per cent reduction in the number of oaks。
Special attention should be paid to maize and aphids in pest control. The biological control agent, bacillus souyun (bt), is equipped with a physical trap, which is 40 per cent more efficient than a simple dose. Last year, at the demonstration base at the henan junctuary, the incidence of maize distress was reduced from 12 per cent to 3. 8 per cent, using sexual inducements。
Iv. Elements for receiving: sweet quirement
Twenty-two to 25 days after pollination is the optimal harvest period, at which seed grains contain 68 to 72 per cent of water. After 28 days, the sugar will start turning into starch -- you know? One day later, the sweetness fell by 0. 5 brix and the purchase price fell by 0. 3 per pound。
The pick-up team shall be equipped with a refrigerated vehicle at a temperature greater than 28°c in the field, and the length of the shelf shall be reduced by 8 hours for each temperature rise of 1°c. Have you seen yunnan growers? At 3 a. M., they collected their headlights, and at 5 a. M. The cold-chain truck was heading towards the shanghai boxing store, 2,000 kilometres away。
Analysis of cost-benefits
The direct cost per acre is approximately $2,100, 60 per cent higher than normal maize. But look at the end of the yield: acre production of 4,000 pounds at a header price of 4. 5 and gross revenue of 18,000. The net profit, net of cost, was $15,900, 4. 2 times the average maize。
• saplings: $280 (normal corn $50) • organic fertilizer: $600 — membrane: 80 / acre (actually about $60) • biological pesticides: 300 — manual: 840
But to be honest, this gain is based on zero failures throughout the growth cycle. Last year, farmers in hebei fell to 50 per cent during the pollination season and almost lost their blood。
Vi. Finding of relevant issues
Can fruit corn mix with ordinary corn? Absolutely not! Normal corn pollen within 300 meters leads to a string of powder that is neither fruit corn nor ordinary corn, and the buyer doesn't want it at all。
Why is my corn always bald? In addition to water fattening, there may be a shortage of boron. The application of 100 g boron sand solution per acre, combined with artificially assisted pollination, can reduce baldness from 30% to less than 5%。
What about the buyers? Early conclusion of a warranty purchase agreement is key. Some cooperatives in shandong have adopted the "basket price plus market floating" model, which locks in risks without missed price increases。
Vii. At the end
Did you have a heart attack when you saw fruit corn oversold to $8? But high returns are always accompanied by high risks. From species selection to harvest transport, each link requires three times the finer management of ordinary maize。
