Text/Figure Yangcheng Evening News all-media reporter Yuan Zengwei
"The appearance is the same as jackfruit, it smells durian and tastes sweeter than the average jackfruit." Walking into a large area of beautiful jackfruit planting base in Huangtongshu Village, Yangqing Town, Suixi County, Zhanjiang, the trees are full of fruit from the bottom to the branches. Local villagers told reporters that this new variety of tree pineapple is very popular, and the price per kilogram is sold to more than 10 yuan, which is three or four times that of the local ordinary tree pineapple.
Durian jackfruit trees are fruitful
The reporter found that this durian flavor jackfruit appearance is no different from the general jackfruit, but a few slightly cooked pineapples as long as you go up close to smell, there will be a fragrant durian smell. It is understood that the durian jackfruit base is planted by Zhanjiang Garden Research and Development Co., Ltd. Chairman Cai Dechong said that this batch of fruits was planted in 2018 and was hung for the first time last year. This year, the company has strengthened management, weed removal, and organic fertilizer. "This fertilizer is an organic fertilizer made from peanut meal." Then, he said, durian jackfruit planting after 4 years of fruit can reach 1200 catties, an acre of planting 20 trees, even if each catty is only calculated according to 4 yuan, in addition to the cost, an acre can earn profits of more than 10,000 yuan. The longer the planting time, the higher the yield. Durian jackfruit trees can be planted for decades, and the economic benefits obtained are very considerable. "Now it sells for 16 yuan per kilogram, which is three or four times that of the local ordinary tree pineapple, and the benefit is good or not, it can be imagined."
"After graduating from university, I decided to return to my hometown to develop agriculture and drive my fellow villagers out of poverty and become rich." Cai Dechong said that 8 years ago, he introduced the first generation of durian jackfruit mother to start trial production and seedlings, and found that durian jackfruit has good adaptability, high survival rate and fruit hanging rate. From the fourth year of mass production, the durian jackfruit seedling research and development center was established, increasing scientific research strength, selecting the best of the seedlings, and enhancing the wind resistance and disease and pest resistance of durian jackfruit. After several years of hard work, a new generation of durian jackfruit was finally developed. At present, there are more than 200,000 durian jackfruit seedlings, of which more than 60,000 high-quality durian jackfruit seedlings can be listed. At the same time, he also revealed that at present, 8 new varieties of durian jackfruit, rock sugar jackfruit, red meat jackfruit, Thai jackfruit, And Malaysian jackfruit have been carefully cultivated through grafting and hybridization. These several types of jackfruit are listed at different times, and it can be done that there are jackfruit all year round.
With the continuous development and expansion of durian jackfruit cultivation in Suixi County and Mazhang District of Zhanjiang, it has also driven a group of local farmers to increase their income and become rich. Lao Lin, who is working at the above-mentioned Garden Research and Development Co., Ltd., said: "In the past, part-time workers had to leave their hometown and could not take care of their families, which was very inconvenient. Now the part-time job is at the doorstep, and the durian jackfruit price is good, the enterprise income is high, we are also following the rising tide, and the days are getting more and more prosperous. ”
Source | Yangcheng Evening News Yangcheng Pie
Editor-in-charge | Feng Xiaojing