"When you pick flowers, you should pay attention to seeing the flowers bloom well and can be picked again, like this flower blooms a little yellow color can be picked, like this side of the leaves are large, that side is still small and not flowering, you can pick it again in a day; this is still small, to wait a few days for it to grow into a large so that it is picked again." Maitake flowers are very brittle, when picking, put the palm of the hand on the root of the fungus, gently break out from below, and then gently clean the mud, put it gently, try not to damage the maitake leaves. In the fungal medicine base under the sprinkling golden forest, Hu Chunjing, a technician in the maitake flower area, is carefully explaining to the workers the techniques of picking, sorting, and loading baskets.
Workers are busy picking ripe maitake flowers
Walking into the maitake planting base of Shangjin Street in Xingyi City, a ridge of ash trees and flowers grow happily, in groups, and workers are busy picking mature maitake flowers through them, and the scene presents a busy harvest scene.
Maitake flower, commonly known as "maitake mushroom", the fruiting body consists of a multi-branched stalk and a spoon-shaped, fan-shaped or tongue-shaped cap that overlaps, and the cap is 2 to 7 cm wide and gray to light brown. The meat is soft, crisp as magnolia, taste like chicken shreds, delicious taste, unique flavor, enjoy the reputation of "prince of edible mushrooms". Maitake planting has high yield, low risk and good economic benefits, which has not only become a characteristic industry for sprinkling gold, but also absorbed a large number of relocated new citizens to find employment nearby during the planting, management and harvesting period, and Liu Xiaojian, 53, is one of the beneficiaries.
The picture shows the growing maitake flowers
"I came to the base to work in May last year, a meal a day, and I get eighty yuan, here to work is very close to home, after work can also take care of the family's grandchildren, for people of our age are very satisfied," said Liu Xiaozhu, a new citizen, while picking.
It is understood that the sprinkling of gold fungus medicine base planted a total of 1100 acres of maitake flowers, last year planted 400 acres of maitake flowers in early August this year began to harvest, this year planting 700 acres also entered the harvest period, at present, the maitake market is good, the market for sales prospects is broad.
The picture shows workers holding harvested maitake flowers
"The total planting area of our maitake flower area is 1100 mu, and now there are more than 40 workers harvesting every day, and at present, we can harvest 0.5 to 1 tons per day in the early harvest stage, and about 2 to 2.5 tons per day in the peak production period." The price of maitake flowers is still relatively good, the retail price is 40 yuan a kilogram, the wholesale price is 30 yuan a kilogram, the current main supply is Xingyi and surrounding cities, and the later volume is large when the supply of coastal cities," said Jiang Haiyan, the on-site administrator of the sprinkling gold fungus medicine base. (Author: Dai Xianling Li Ruili )
(Author: Dai Xianling Li Ruili)