“at first, the daughter liked to eat, so she planted a lot of flamingo, and then, after learning the experience, began to introduce tropical fruits such as papayas, cloves and bananas. I want to do my part to get people all over town to eat fresh tropical fruits in front of their homes!"
On 9 october, reedpin told red star journalists. Today, his farm already has 50 acres and, after more than five years of effort, he has developed a set of experiences in growing tropical fruits in chengdu. “in the next step, i intend to gradually expand the area under cultivation, which is expected to increase to 100 acres in the next year.”
Bananas on the farm
Because my daughter loves it
He planted tropical fruits in chengdu for five years
A piece of flamingo swayed along the wind, with a knife cut open with its hand and fresh red juice sewd to the bottom; a piece of papayas hanging on a tree with a lovely face; and a mating emperor, a purple clove... It's not from the tropics, it's in chengdu, a farm full of fruit。
It seems unlikely that tropical fruits will be grown in the subtropical monsoon climate, but for li de ping, who has lasted five years and has experienced many failures, he has developed an experience in planting them. “i have now given these tropical fruits a home in chengdu, and the next step is to help them spread their leaves.”
It's about to mature
Reede ping is a native-born cheng zheng zhengzhou, aged 42, with three children, and the youngest daughter, aged 6, is still in kindergarten. He told journalists that he had been working in guangzhou years ago. After some savings in around 2010, he went home to start a business, sold clothes, raised chicken ducks, and finally grew fruit, which was for five years。
In 2019, li de ping contracted land in the village and started raising chicken ducks. “my little girl likes fruit, especially flamingo, so i started trying to plant the flamingo after growing.” it is a cost to settle a tropical fruit, and reedepin is no exception to the fact that “in the first year, about 500 seedlings of flamingo fruit were introduced, resulting in the total death of one winter”
The pyramid of the farm
This is 60 pounds of flamingo, still short of demand
“to continue to expand cultivation in the future”
The first failed experience did not quell his determination to plant the fiery fruit, “i went to guangdong and guangxi to learn the techniques of planting, and very few people would have told me all about it, so i had to learn to try and finally find out a set of experiences that applied to chengdu.” reedepin said that a key factor in the survival of tropical fruits in chengdu is their inability to survive the winter, which is lower than in the south, and can freeze the seedlings。
And how to stay warm is a lesson. “it is not simply a large shed that will guarantee the survival of the fruit tree, but will also require different heights of the tree in order to allow the tree to spend the winter in hibernation.” reedepin said it took him a year to find out. There were many people who planted grapes in the sheds, and he went to learn from others, “i must plant it alive and well. I did so with the conviction that, fortunately, i did not have a heart, and finally managed to solve the winter warmth problem.”
The problem of temperature was resolved, and the problem of how to accurately feed the flamingo became yet another challenge before reedping. “the chicken duck farming has a lot of faeces, and i found them fermented and very suitable for use as a fertilizer for pyrochlor, so the problem of nutrition was solved.” following the resolution of one of the two biggest problems, the riddleping tropical fruit garden began its official start. As the more the flamingo breeds, he gradually abandons chicken duck farming to fruit cultivation。
Five years later, his orchard was filled with tropical fruits such as papayas, cloves and bananas, in addition to flamingo. “the experience gained in the previous period in planting flamingo has allowed me to be more responsive in the subsequent introduction of new varieties, and has now succeeded in localizing, like white crystal flamingo, even though the market price has reached 60 pounds, it is still short of demand.” li de ping said。
Today, reedepin has given roots to tropical fruits in chengdu, and in the future he will further expand the area of orchards. Reedepin said, “in the coming year, 50 acres of land are expected to be expanded for the planting of these successful tropical fruits, which have already been tested, and i will continue to introduce new varieties, hoping that more and more tropical fruits will be `housed' in chengdu so that more people can eat them in front of their homes.”
