Source: Minqin County Rong Media Center
In recent years, Caiqi Town, Minqin County, has taken the leek industry as a characteristic industry that leads the masses to increase income steadily, taking "one village and one society" as the leader, optimizing the allocation of resources, adjusting the industrial structure, actively introducing and promoting new varieties and new technologies, so that the suitable planting areas should be planted as much as possible, and making every effort to maintain and give full play to the brand advantages of Guangou leek, and truly transforming the leek industry into a "golden" industry for the masses to increase income and get rich.
On November 3, in the test booth of the Guangou Leek Production and Marketing Professional Cooperative, local villagers wearing masks and gloves were harvesting leeks. Everyone arranged in an orderly manner, rolling curtains, ditching, cutting vegetables, bundling vegetables, cleaning vegetables, packing boxes, each procedure was orderly, and the most beautiful harvest song in late autumn was played.
Villagers harvest leeks and Liang Xia photo
"Today, the leeks in our test shed began to harvest head stubble, and under the premise of doing a good job in epidemic prevention and control, we organized the masses to harvest in an orderly manner." This is a new variety of rich leeks that we introduced in 2020. According to the current harvest situation, the average output of the shed can reach about 2200-2300 jin. Although the price is relatively weak due to the impact of the epidemic, we have contacted the buyers and the sales are still relatively smooth. Yang Baishan, head of the Guangou Leek Production and Marketing Professional Cooperative, said.
Fresh and tender leeks Liang Xia photo
Leek planting is a fine work, high technical requirements, from planting to harvest takes more than a year, the newly planted leeks of the year, to the next Year in May began to pump, July production of leeks, leeks on the market at the end of the year. Leeks are planted, the harvest time is concentrated, and the amount of labor is large. In order to integrate resource advantages, reduce production costs, and promote the development of farmers through radiation, in 2020, the Guangou Leek Production and Marketing Professional Cooperative built 3 all-steel frame greenhouses, which are mainly used for the experimental planting of 4 new varieties of leeks such as leek yellow crown, rich leek yellow, pier yellow leek, golden leek, etc., and promote new technologies such as insulation cover instead of wheatgrass cover. Greenhouse planting leeks, only need to cover a layer of mulch on top of the leeks, lay a layer of cotton felt, leeks can grow normally, and there is enough room for activity in the greenhouse, saving time and effort. After improving the planting method, it not only saves costs, saves labor, but also reduces diseases and insect pests, and the yield of leeks per mu reaches about 2300 jin, and it is listed more than a month earlier than the leeks covered by wheatgrass. Products are exported to Lanzhou, Qinghai, Xinjiang and other places.
Villagers pack leeks yellow Liang Xia photo
Through the introduction of new varieties, the promotion and application of new technologies and new models, The cultivation of leeks in Guangou Village has moved towards a professional and large-scale development track, while Caiqi Town has strengthened the docking of agricultural technology, developed multi-stubble planting, four-season harvesting mode, continuously improved the quality of leeks, and improved planting efficiency, and now the leek industry has become a characteristic advantageous industry in Caiqi Town to promote farmers' sustained income increase.
Reporter: Wang Xili, Liang Xia
Editor: Pei Yanchun
Editor-in-Charge: Chen Dacheng