Nowadays, the summer black grapes of Butterfly Peak Farm in Baoxiu Town, Shiping County are ripe and on the market, and fruit farmers are seizing the season to pick fresh and ripe grapes to supply the market, bringing a touch of "sweetness" from spring to consumers.
Walking into the vineyard of Butterfly Peak Farm in Baoxiu Town, rows of grape trellises are neatly arranged, and between the vine leaves under the grape trellises, clusters of crystal clear, round and full "summer black" grapes are hung heavily on the branches, exuding a sweet aroma, which makes people salivate.
The growers skillfully cut it
Bunches of ripe grapes
After centralized sorting and packing
Shipped to all parts of the country
According to Zhai Yonglin, the person in charge of the west area of Butterfly Peak Farm, Butterfly Peak Farm has been developing the grape planting industry for nearly 10 years, relying on the unique geographical and climatic advantages, after years of continuous exploration and learning, the grape planting technology is becoming more and more mature, not only planting a variety of grapes such as summer black, Jufeng, Sunshine Rose, Queen Nina, etc., the area has also developed from dozens of acres to more than 400 acres at the beginning. At present, the summer black grapes are ripe and marketed in the west area of the farm.
Zhai Yonglin, head of the western district of Butterfly Peak Farm in Shiping County, said: "This year's summer black grapes ripen early, and they start to be picked around March 20, and the price is now about 15 yuan a kilogram. Our yield per mu is about 2.5 tons, and the output value per mu is expected to be about 40,000 yuan. ”
With its good taste, plump size, and transportation resistance, summer black grapes are well received by the market and attract many foreign merchants to come to buy.
Mo Wentao, the buyer, said: "I heard from a friend that the summer black grapes in Shiping County are very famous, so I came here to buy them, and compared with other varieties, the summer black grapes are fuller. At present, about three tons of net fruit are purchased every day, and if the quantity is large, it may reach five or six tons, or even more. ”
The development of agriculture is inseparable from the boost of science and technology. It is understood that the field management of summer black grapes is very particular, and if you want to cultivate grapes with high sweetness and good taste, you must work water and fertilizer management, fruit bagging, and pest control. In recent years, Butterfly Peak Farm has actively introduced the integrated system of water and fertilizer, realized precise fertilization through irrigation pipelines, met the fertilizer needs of grapes at different growth stages, and made grape planting management more refined and scientific, so as to achieve water saving, energy saving, and yield increase, and the grape planting industry has moved towards the development path of smart and green agriculture.
Zhai Yonglin said, "Since the integration of water and fertilizer has been realized in the 400 acres of grapes in Butterfly Peak Farm, the labor cost has been greatly saved, and the grape fertilizer has basically reached the accuracy of labor time." ”
At present, the grape planting area of Shiping County is about 5,000 acres, mainly distributed in Yilong, Baoxiu, Baxin, Daqiao, Xincheng and other towns, with an annual output value of more than 30 million yuan. Through the development of the grape planting industry, fruit farmers have opened up new ways to increase income and injected new vitality into rural revitalization.
Reporter: Shiping County Rong Media Center Daniel Zhang, Chen Jie, Pu Chunmei