This year is my 13th year working in the countryside, and I can be regarded as using the best years of my life in the countryside and agriculture.
In 2009, I went to the countryside with feelings and dreams. But in the actual production process, the biggest problem is technology, not what I have good wishes. Vegetable production is faced with seasonal changes, soil quality, crop growth habits and other problems, which link will suffer losses. How does a novice know the doorway here?
On the issue of fertilizer alone, farmers know that "planting without manure is tantamount to fooling around." "How to use dung, when to use it, and what kind to use, there is a need to pay attention to it. Because the area under management is relatively large, if the degree of mechanization of fertilization methods is low, there will be more labor, and the workers will be very hard.
Changing from vegetable cultivation to viticulture, a farmer brother said to me: "After five years of growing grapes, I am a novice who has just started." "At first, I didn't understand what that meant. It wasn't until the seventh year that raisins were cultivated and they realized that different grape varieties were managed differently. Even the trellises were wrongly propped, and the vines were planted in disarray.
Some of the two knives also passed on the wrong experience to me, saying that grapes can yield more than 9,000 catties per mu, and I actually believed all of them. The amount of grapes hanging on one acre of land has reached 20,000 catties, which has tired the trees and many grapes have been damaged on the trees. Fortunately, the remaining trees grew very well, and they persisted for another two years if they could. People who don't know the truth even think I'm doing a good job, fruit sellers come in big carts and small cars to load goods, and some people think I've made a fortune.
The land is fertile, the wind and rain are smooth, and people are hard-working, but because they don't understand technology, they can't grow grapes well. Fruit research institute technicians, fertilizer salesmen, will bring some immature experience and information to test your judgment. I didn't understand it very well, but as soon as I was mixed up by these people, the situation became even more complicated.
Last autumn, when the vines were going to go dormant, they should have used less water and fertilizer. But he was fooled by the fertilizer seller, bought their fertilizer and watered it, saying what to nourish the roots. As a result, well-maintained vines do not grow well, and trees that are casually planted in the yard and left unattended grow with flourishing branches and fruits.
What ideals, feelings, and political correctness are useless in the face of reality, and only genuine production technology is a panacea.
This year is my 13th year of farming and 10th year of growing grapes, and I am still making mistakes big and small like a beginner. How far am I from my dream of earning 300,000 yuan a year? What a seasoned viticultural veteran can easily do is still quite difficult for me. At present, it can only be said that he can support himself without losing money.
Every experienced peasant who gives up agriculture to work in the city is a major loss to agriculture. Every urban person who goes to the countryside to start a business is faced with the test of thousands of tempers.