At this critical time of spring tillage, the melon farmers in the highlands are beginning to be busy. Not so early in the day, wang ke, the planter of the watermelon, came to the nursery of the professional cooperative for the production and marketing of agricultural products at the technological garden in beijing city to collect the seedlings that he had ordered earlier。
The cooperative currently has five hothouses of nearly 10,000 square metres, with an annual capacity of more than 2 million. The small species of watermelons that are grown here include, among others, l600, over-dream and kyumei 2k, all of which are sold to watermelon growers in the area of dynamite. This year has also seen an increase in the variety of watermelon species selected by municipal agricultural extension stations, such as yellow, orange and rainbows, to meet public consumption needs。
“the purchase of watermelon seedlings here is not only subsidized by the government, but also of guaranteed quality.” pompontown guanon king is happy to say. He's booked over 4,000 watermelons this year, all small. In recent years, high-density pre-planting techniques for small-scale watermelons, promoted by the agro-technology extension sector at the municipal level, have been known to be widely used and to be highly effective. This year, about 95 per cent of the gwa farmers in the boom region chose to grow small watermelons。
“this year the weather is full and the climate is good. In mid-february, planting began in late spring, about a week before the previous year. It is expected that by mid-april, local watermelons will be on the market, about a week earlier than in previous years. “the head of the cooperative, li xiaoxia, was introduced. The cooperative received 1. 57 million seed orders this year and has now distributed around 800,000 seedlings。
Since 2017, research and demonstration work has been carried out by agricultural extension units at both municipal and municipal levels on intensive seedling technology in the city of beijing, thanks to the innovative team of west melon, which has resulted in the development of technical norms for intensive seedling in the country, centred on the key individual technologies such as seed treatment, beryllium selection, indoctrination, matrix rationing and pest control. The low level of standardized production of seedlings in watermelons in the beijing region, the low rate of commercial seedlings and the high labour cost were largely addressed. Over the years, 22 large, medium-sized intensive breeding plants and large nursery homes have been supported, with significant technological applications. The increase in the total number of intensive seedlings in the city's western guevara from more than 2 million in 2017 to more than 27 million this year represents 77. 1 per cent of the total number of seedlings in the city。
"our workers are able to marry more than 300 watermelons an hour, more than twice as fast as they used to be, and now we have 45,000 seedlings a day!" lee, the head of the cooperative, is proud to say。
The delivery of intensive breeding and marriage training courses through the agricultural service centre for the highlands and the agricultural service centre for the towns of pang towns in the highlands has greatly improved the operational capacity of married workers and reduced the risk of production in extreme cases。
According to preliminary figures, the total number of seedlings in the city's watermelon this spring is around 35 million, almost the same as last year. At this time, the prowl is at an advanced stage of seeding, at which point the seedlings begin to enter the normal management phase, with dry wet water recharge and timely elimination of the indeterminate sprouts from the aluminum; the seedlings are re-emerged in due course, usually 10 days after they are contracted and 7 days before they are scheduled, to ensure the integrity of the seedlings; the seedlings are pre-planted one week, with temperatures remaining at 25-28°c during the day and 12-15°c at night. The local temperature is stable at 15°c and above the minimum temperature of 10°c at night, and the planting is completed。
