Seedless oranges are endearing.
Peeled, flap after flap, refreshing and sweet and crispy, the familiar taste spreads on the tip of the tongue.
At the beginning, I was still used to spitting seeds, but I slowly realized that I was eating seedless oranges and no seeds to vomit.
In a thousand acres of orchard at Phoenix Overseas Chinese Farm in Xingbin District, Laibin City, the reporter and the legendary seedless orange had their first "intimate contact".
This orchard, operated by Laibin Yongqiang Fruit Industry, covers an area of 1,500 mu and plants more than 70,000 091 seedless oranges.
We drove deep into the orchard, and the 5-meter distance allowed the commercial vehicle to travel freely.
"For example, spraying can be completed in 3 days for two people; if it is a traditional planting line spacing, it is estimated that 20 people are busy for 8 days." Li Yuxi, general manager of Yongqiang Fruit Industry, introduced.
Inadvertently, the arrival of the car was full of golden eyes.
"This is the second year of fruit, we tried to harvest a part, 100,000 pounds." In 2022, it will enter a period of abundant production, and it is expected to harvest more than 50 catties per tree. Li Yuxi was full of confidence.
"It is a trend for non-seeded oranges to replace ordinary oranges, but the technical requirements are higher, otherwise it is difficult to guarantee production." Wang Jubing, deputy director of the fruit station of the autonomous region, introduced that the seedless orange is still a "spark of stars" in Guangxi, and there are many people who try to plant seeds, but there are not many successful people.
So, where does Li Yuxi's confidence come from?
The magic of plastic bags.
Approaching his orchard, he found each tree hanging high and low in a plastic bag filled with soil. "The upward main branch does not flower and bear fruit, and can force it to branch and bear more fruit by applying weight; at the same time, the lighting and ventilation are good, and the fruit shape is consistent in color." As a new entrant, Li Yuxi has become an expert. He had been engaged in clothing making for many years, and only entered the fruit cultivation at the age of nearly sixty.
Water and fertilizer integration, thousands of acres of orchards only need 4 people to stay, modern fruit planting every detail is vividly reflected here.
Li Yuxi's confidence also comes from a professional management team.
Lipu Jucheng Agriculture "When Family" Ji Haitao is a post-80s, relying on the advantages of the industry to open a big run in one year and change Land Rover in two years.
"091 Seedless Orange retains the advantages of Orange, the ripening period is 2-4 weeks earlier than that of ordinary Orange, and can be stored from tree to April to May of the following year. Such advantages have attracted more and more practitioners, but the core technology of Baohua Baoguo has become a 'roadblock'. In The view of Xu Haitao, 091 is a systematic project, not a seedling, a piece of land, a pile of fertilizer, a pair of scissors, spraying pesticides can be harvested. Coupled with the high input of planting, small-scale and small-scale farmers have rarely succeeded.
"Some people in Nanning City invested more than 10 million yuan to plant 600 acres, and after 4 years, they transferred to the Zhejiang boss at a price of 1.5 million yuan." Ji Haitao said that now the Zhejiang boss and Yongqiang Fruit Industry's full technical guidance is responsible for its own team.
Unlike Gan, there are no seeds to love, but to enter the homes of ordinary people, you have to wait.
Source: Guangxi Daily Reporter Mo Di Wen/Photo