In early summer, the temperature rises rapidly, and the harvest of peony fresh cut flowers is nearing the end...... Distribution to major cities across the country.
In recent years, relying on the advantages of natural resources and transportation location, Luxi New District has seized the opportunity to develop the peony fresh cut flower industry, actively promoted the deep, multi-field and all-round development of the fresh cut flower industry, and explored a development path of integration of agriculture, culture and tourism, which has become a new driving force and new advantage for the town's economic development. Up to now, there are 4 peony planting bases in Luxi New District, with a planting area of 3,500 acres, and more than 1,000 people have been employed by radiation.
With the rise of "self-pleasing" and consumption upgrading, buying flowers has become a new fashion, which has also driven the "flower economy" to continue to heat up. It is understood that Heze peony because of the huge flower shape, bright and diverse flower color, rich flower type, wide variety, by the love and favor of people all over the world, coupled with network traffic control, this year Heze peony in the whole network exploded, become the "new favorite" of the flower market at home and abroad. Under such a hot market demand, how to standardize and efficiently plant peony and cultivate higher quality peony fresh cut flowers has become a problem worthy of attention.
"Because peony is a fleshy root, drought resistance is not waterlogging tolerant, peony fresh cut flower cultivation to choose deep soil, loose soil, good drainage and irrigation water and moderate pH plots, now our base management model benchmarking the Netherlands, Israel, has strict quality standards and management system, from the size of the bud to the length of the flower stalk, must be strictly controlled." The person in charge of the Baiyi peony planting base said that before taking up their posts, the staff who harvest fresh cut flowers will also receive relevant skills training and be familiar with the harvesting standards of peony, and the length of the flower branches is generally about 50 cm.
In the peony planting base in Luling Town, flower farmers shuttle through the sea of peony flowers, picking, cutting, cleaning, bundling, packing, and shipping...... Looking at the busy scene in the base, the person in charge, Li Jinhua, was overjoyed. "This year's overall market is better than in previous years. Mother's Day and "520" are approaching, driven by the 'emotional economy', the sales of peony fresh cut flowers will usher in a new round of growth. Luling Town Peony Planting Base is led by the Lizhuang Village Party Branch to lead the cooperative to get rich Chen Yongbin and Li Jinhua, a large planter, spontaneously began to cultivate in 2017, a total of 60 greenhouses, including seven major colors, nearly 100 varieties, is expected to produce more than 2 million branches this year, seedlings, fresh cut flower annual sales of up to 10 million yuan.
In the planting base of peony peony fresh cut flowers, workers are classifying according to the size and variety of peonies, and grading and packaging of cut flowers. "This year, I have earned a lot of money working at the peony fresh cut flower base, and I am very happy." The workers could not hide the smiles on their faces, it was very convenient to work here, they were close to home, they could take care of their family's affairs, and they could earn seventy or eighty yuan a day to subsidize their families.
At the same time, this year, in addition to the peony garden in Heze Peony Garden, the first peony cultural tourism festival in Luling Town opened on May Day, and the 100-acre peony park in Douzhuang, Zhuhai and Luling is open to the masses.
In the next step, Luxi New District will continue to increase the development of peony fresh cut flowers, continue to explore a new model of high-quality development of the peony industry, gradually amplify the "beautiful economy" of diversified integration, and promote the upgrading of the whole chain of the peony industry.