After the sting, the weather warmed up, the land thawed, and 1500 mu of organic lilies in Xuding Township, Yongjing County, entered the spring harvest period.
In mid-spring, the japanese wind warms up. In Xuding Township, Yongjing County, layers of terraced fields are connected and winding in the mountains, and the busy figures of the masses can be seen everywhere in the fields. For local villagers, spring means not only the hard work of farming, but also the joy of harvest.
In the field, the villagers divide and cooperate, skillfully digging, sorting, basketing, fresh lilies with soil, dug out of the soft ground by hoes, sorted according to quality and size, and loaded into special baskets, waiting for sale.
Due to the lack of rain and drought last year, the production of lilies this year is slightly lower than in previous years, but the market price is 1-2 yuan higher than last autumn, and the sale price of good quality organic lilies can reach about 11 yuan.
Xuding Township has a total cultivated land area of 12,400 mu, the township lily bed area of 7,500 mu, and the average household planting area has increased to more than 6 mu, which has become an important industrial support for the township masses to continue to increase income. In view of the problems of lily variety degradation and soil impoverishment, Xuding Township has established a soil improvement and other technical test demonstration bases, gradually improved varieties and soils, increased the yield of lilies per mu, and reached the green organic standard. Multiple measures are taken to improve the competitiveness of the lily market, form an industrial chain integrating planting, processing and sales, vigorously expand sales channels, and help the masses continue to increase income steadily.