[Well-off China] Xinjiang farmers successfully planted soft-seed pomegranate in the greenhouse for the first time
[Explanation] Right now is the time when pomegranates are on the market in large numbers. Yecheng, known as the "Hometown of Pomegranate", also has good news.
This also marks the official settlement of soft-seed pomegranate in Xinjiang.
On October 24, the reporter saw at the pomegranate base in Luoke Township, Yecheng County, that rows of pomegranate trees were growing well. The pomegranates were round and full. Fruit grower Li Xiubo was taking care of these fruit trees.
[In the same period] Li Xiubo, head of the Jinguofengnong Farmers Cooperative in Aktash, Yecheng County, Xinjiang
We planted 42 sheds in the first step of this year. Each shed has 108 plants, nearly 4000 plants. The market response is also very good. The pomegranate on the market now costs about 10 yuan per kilogram, but our soft seeds For pomegranates, customers come to the ground to pick them. It costs 25 (yuan) per kilogram, so the economic benefits are very obvious.
[Explanation] Li Xiubo told reporters that southern Xinjiang is rich in light and heat resources, and the temperature difference between day and night is great, which is very suitable for pomegranate growth. Through the organic planting mode, the soft pomegranate seeds produced are large, red and sweet, and the market prospect is very broad.
[In the same period] Li Xiubo, head of the Jinguofengnong Farmers Cooperative in Aktash, Yecheng County, Xinjiang
Softseed pomegranate is an online celebrity product, which is particularly popular on e-commerce platforms. It can be sold for 88 yuan per kilogram of pomegranate on e-commerce platforms.
Like this kind of pomegranate, the high yield period of each tree can reach nearly 100 kilograms. It is estimated that the output value of each tree is close to 1,000 yuan.
[Explanation] Because pomegranate has extremely harsh temperature requirements, traditional pomegranate planting requires burying the pomegranate tree in the soil before winter and digging out from the soil in the spring next year.
Not only consumes a lot of manpower and material resources, but also causes irreversible damage to the trunk.
However, Li Xiubo used greenhouse technology in the process of planting soft-seed pomegranates, breaking the traditional planting, which not only saves manpower and material resources, but also greatly improves the fruit-hanging rate of pomegranate trees.
[In the same period] Li Xiubo, head of the Jinguofengnong Farmers Cooperative in Aktash, Yecheng County, Xinjiang
Our planting model does not need to be buried, the tree is allowed to grow naturally, and after manual pruning, it is particularly good for the high yield performance of the tree.
Just burying a tree, taking a three-year tree for example, it costs nearly 40 yuan, but if we do this, the first labor is saved, and the second yield is increased, so this matter is worth promoting.
[Explanation] Villager Maimaiti is a local helper hired by Li Xiubo. After seven years of work, Maimaiti can not only work here to earn money, but also learn many advanced planting techniques.
At first, because he didn't understand soft-seed pomegranate, he was not optimistic about Li Xiubo's choice, but when he saw the fruitful soft-seed pomegranate, he was full of confidence in the future of soft-seed pomegranate.
[Concurrent period] Maimataili, a villager of Rock Village, Yecheng County, Xinjiang
We will graft this variety in the rest. As farmers, we need to send a message and contact us. We will grow this variety.
[In the same period] Li Xiubo, head of the Jinguofengnong Farmers Cooperative in Aktash, Yecheng County, Xinjiang
We will probably gradually promote it in the later period. Now some farmers have come to visit and study, work and study, and they all wish to introduce this species.
[Explanation] Li Xiubo told reporters that it takes three to four years for general fruit to bear fruit, and pomegranate normally bears fruit for five years. The growth and output of soft-seed pomegranate this year far exceeds his expectations. He is full of the promotion and development of soft-seed pomegranate in Xinjiang. confidence.
At present, more than 40,000 soft-seed pomegranate saplings have been cultivated, and the promotion area is expected to reach more than 600 mu.
Zhao Yamin, Li Qiang, Li Mingfei reports from Yecheng County, Xinjiang
Editor in charge: [Li Yuxin]