Exploring the "saline-alkali soil planting method" 30,000 peach seedlings took root in Luopu
Pinggu fruit farmers plant big peaches in Xinjiang
"Our Pinggu peaches arrived in Xinjiang and their sweetness doubled!" Pinggu peach farmer Li Guangfu said with a smile.
In Duolutugemanbexi Village, Luopu County, Hotan Prefecture, Xinjiang, there is a peach forest covering an area of more than 300 acres. The peach seedlings here are specially transported from Beijing, more than 4,000 kilometers away, and grow in this land. They had a new name-Pingluo Datao.
Beijing’s “Pinggu Big Peach” Luopu base was built in 2018. With the support of the Pinggu District Government, Li Guangfu, who is over fifty years old, brought peach seedlings from his hometown and the peach growing skills of the past few decades to this unfamiliar land. Started "re-enterprise".
Hotan has a large temperature difference between day and night and long hours of sunlight. Not only do peaches taste better, they are also much larger.
But letting Pinggu Datao "migrate westward" is not an easy task.
What Li Guangfu didn't expect was that the land in Duolutugmanbeshi Village was severely salinized and the water level was high.
Li Guangfu realized that soil improvement is imperative.
So, together with experts from Beijing, he led farmers to research and experiment, and gradually worked out a set of "saline-alkali planting methods."
After two years of unremitting efforts such as flood irrigation, deep ploughing, and digging alkali drainage canals, the pH value has dropped from 11.5 to 9.5, the groundwater level has dropped from 1.2 meters to 1.8 meters, and the organic matter content has been greatly improved.
In order to allow local people to master management techniques that are superior to traditional planting models more quickly, from peach seedling planting depth to manure ratio, from the use of medicaments for later management to the correct operation of new sprayers and rotary tillers, Li Guangfu also Will "hand in hand" explain and demonstrate.
Last spring, 30,000 peach seedlings took root on the land of Luopu, with a survival rate of 78%. The desolate and barren saline-alkali land was transformed into a peach orchard covering an area of more than 300 acres.
In 2018, Li Guangfu invested and established Pingluo Sennong Agricultural Technology Co., Ltd. in Xinjiang, specializing in the cultivation of Pingluo big peaches.
Datao Poverty Alleviation Industrial Park implements integrated management of production and marketing, and distributes 20,800 yuan in dividends to poor households every year, helping 11 households to get rid of poverty.
In addition, entrusted by the Dahuashan Township Government of Pinggu District, Li Guangfu provided 14,000 peach seedlings to 460 poor families in Luopu County, and provided free production materials and technical services throughout the process.
Li Guangfu is not the only Pinggu entrepreneur to start a business in Xinjiang.
Li Wanjun also built his own dry and fresh fruit factory diagonally across from the Nawa Township People’s Government in Luopu County. The company is mainly engaged in the acquisition and sales of dry and fresh fruits and the centralized procurement and supply of corresponding production materials. The company’s main product is walnuts. , Jujube, etc.
Purchasing walnuts, jujubes and other agricultural products at prices higher than market prices increased the income of poor households. The purchase of walnuts drove the labor for walnut sorting, transportation, and purchases, and the wages of local laborers reached more than 540,000 yuan.
"Although the factory hasn't made a profit yet, it can make a contribution to poverty alleviation, and I feel sweeter than eating jujube!" Li Wanjun said.
Reporter's Notes:
It is said that entrepreneurs are also sentimental. This sentence is vividly reflected in the peasant entrepreneurs who have rooted in Xinjiang.
They are all over half a hundred years old, and they still choose to leave their hometowns and come to an unfamiliar place to start a business again.
They worked hard to take root in this land.
Passing high-quality varieties and management techniques to local people, setting up factories there, and bringing job opportunities to local workers are worthy of praise.
Text/Reporter Liu Jing