Just entered the harvest period, every day to earn tens of thousands of yuan, the local urging phone is still ringing. In the melon base of Pingdingshan Qingyuan Agricultural Development Co., Ltd., located in Tianzhuang Township, Yexian County, General Manager Zhang Shun breathed a little, because only about 80 boxes of the more than 500 boxes of "sheep's horn crisp" were picked out that day. "The remaining dozens of boxes are not worried about selling, just received a call, and some people are rushing here." He said.
Zhang Shun, a 46-year-old native of Tianzhuang, used to work outside the home after being demobilized from the army. In 2010, he returned to his hometown with the money he earned from part-time work. Under the guidance of the local 1212, he began to build greenhouses and grow vegetables, becoming the first batch of "crab eaters". At that time, planting tomatoes and cucumbers also made him harvest a lot. In 2013, Zhang Shun happened to hear that planting melons called "croissant crisp" yielded good income, with a yield of tens of thousands of catties per mu, and the price per kilogram was more than two or three yuan, up to six or seven yuan.
What does croissant crisp look like and how does it taste? Zhang Shun went to a field with a person in charge of Tianzhuang Township to study in the field. In that year, he brought back two melon varieties, crispy croissant and emerald, and began to try to plant. After the successful trial, he began to do quality improvement tests. After comparison, he finally chose croissant crisp. In 2014, he developed more than 20 acres of croissant crisp, because the planting method was improper and did not achieve the expected yield. Relying on the national "Sunshine Project", he constantly participated in various agricultural trainings, deeply mastered the croissant crisp planting technology, and obtained the qualification of a third-level agricultural technician. In 2016, he began large-scale cultivation.
In order to save costs, he tried to raise seedlings himself, and the seeds alone cost more than 70,000 yuan, and finally the seedlings were successful. In order to expand sales, he set up a WeChat group called "Croissant Crisp Tasting", now there are hundreds of people in the group, every day to communicate with the growth and sales of croissant crisp, he also specially invited friends who can photograph and video to the garden, for his croissant crisp to shoot promotional videos, using various media publicity.
Now, his reputation for brittle croissants has been greatly shaken, and people buying melons in various places have been constantly calling, and even friends have asked him to express the melons to Beijing, Guangzhou and other places as a hometown gift to friends. At present, Zhang Shun planted 4 greenhouses of croissant crisp, a total of 71 acres, since this week, the first stubble melon into the centralized harvest period, the average harvest per day 4,000 kg, 5.2 yuan per kg. "As long as the weather is not abnormal, a big profit this year will not be a problem." Zhang Shun said.
Zhang Shun said that in the next step, he will continue to expand the scale of croissant crisp planting, and also upgrade the grade of greenhouses. As early as last year, his greenhouse used the Internet of Things, and he also wanted to continue to upgrade the Internet of Things and engage in soilless cultivation of vegetables, melons and fruits. Less than 500 meters away from the melon and fruit base is the Pingye Expressway under construction, and Zhang Shun plans to take advantage of this opportunity to build a three-dimensional planting and picking greenhouse, and engage in sightseeing, picking, and catering in one of the farmhouses. For more farmers getting rich stories, please click the "Follow" button in the upper right corner!