"Old Song, the guests are here to pull grapefruits, come back quickly!”
If you want it, you have to get it, here it is!”
Lao Song's family was busy harvesting grapefruits. Photo by reporter Li Yuanyuan.
On November 27, when the warm sun was shining, in the pomelo forest of Changhong Community, Huangsha Town, Dianjiang County, villager Song Zhenghua was standing in the empty dam with several pomelo farmers chatting, and when he heard the call of his family, he immediately trotted all the way home.
I saw him take out a long pole with a small basket on the top, lassoed a grapefruit, and with a slight turn, the grapefruit was successfully picked. The whole family went into battle, and in a short time several baskets of grapefruit were filled.
I'm a big fan of Huangsha and white pomelo, and I like this sweet and sour taste, and many of my friends also like it. It's almost the end of the year, stock up on some goods, and everyone eats together at the party!Seeing that grapefruit filled the trunk of the car, citizen Zhou Hong returned satisfied.
Looking at the pomelos hanging on the branches and the tourists full of joy, Lao Song, who has been planting pomelos for nearly 40 years, thought of the ups and downs of planting pomelos in the past.
Fewer and fewer fruits are hanging and the pomelo industry has taken a hit.
Huangsha white pomelo, also known as Dianjiang white pomelo, originated in Huangsha Town, has a history of more than 170 years of planting, has obtained the national geographical indication certification, is one of the important landmark agricultural products in Chongqing, and has been rated as China's "four major white pomelo".
In order to strengthen this characteristic industry, in the 50s, 70s and 80s of the last century, Huangsha Town mobilized the masses to plant Huangsha white pomelo three times, and gradually expanded the scale.
Almost every household grows grapefruit. But in the 90s of the last century, the fruit setting rate of white pomelo began to decrease, and some villagers were forced to destroy the trees, which caused the local white pomelo industry to suffer a big blow.
Huangsha Town** hurriedly thought of a way to invite agricultural experts to come to "diagnose and treat". "At that time, the experts gave the method of cross-pollination. It is to manually pick the flowers of other grapefruits, and then use a brush to dip them in the white pomelo flowers little by little. Song Zhenghua shook his head as he spoke, "Everyone climbs on the tree all day long, and it takes a lot of effort!."”
Later, the experts of the Dianjiang County Fruit Office made another move: grafted the branches of Guanxi pomelo onto the yellow sand white pomelo tree, and carried out natural pollination with the help of the flow of wind.
This does save a lot of effort, but it doesn't completely solve the problem. Wu Li, director of the Huangsha Town Agricultural Service Center, said that grafting a branch of Guanxi pomelo cannot meet the needs of the whole tree, but grafting too much will also affect the tree's potential, "So for so many years, our Huangsha pomelo has been artificial cross-pollination." ”
Coupled with the problem of the size of the fruit trees, less than 1,000 acres of pomelo were carefully planted in Huangsha Town, and the rest of the pomelo trees were mostly in a state of indulgence.
Citizens buy grapefruit at Lao Song's house. Photo by reporter Li Yuanyuan.
Optimize planting technology The unit price of pomelo is sold to more than 10 yuan.
In the past two years, in the process of promoting rural revitalization, Huangsha Town has decided to revitalize this characteristic industry. Dong Yu, Secretary of the Party Committee of Huangsha Town, said: "Although the volume of Huangsha white pomelo is not large, we must manage these 3,000 acres well and build them in the direction of high-quality products." ”
Therefore, Huangsha Town organized agricultural technicians and old pomelo farmers to optimize the planting technology, and summarized three key points: first, do a good job of artificial cross-pollination;Second, pruning and pruning should be carried out according to the requirements of the "open type" tree shape to promote the photosynthesis of fruit treesThird, reapply organic fertilizer to increase nutrition and enhance tree potential.
In this way, there are still changes, and our pomelo is now up to 10 yuan, which is a few dollars higher than other local pomelo, and it's worth the effort!Song Zhenghua said.
Not only that, Huangsha Town also deeply excavates ecological advantages, vigorously develops ecological tourism agriculture represented by Huangsha white pomelo, promotes the integrated development of agriculture, culture and tourism industries, and drives villagers to increase their income and become rich.
Revitalize idle fruit trees and launch the brand of "Huangsha White Pomelo".
At present, the annual output of 3,000 acres of white pomelo in Huangsha is 1,500 tons, and the output value is more than 1,200 yuan. "In fact, the yield per mu of pomelo trees should reach about 2 tons, so the potential of the other 2,000 acres of pomelo trees is worth continuing to explore. ”
Therefore, this year, Huangsha Town has explored the model of village collective-driven development, and in Changhong Community, 300 acres of unmanaged pomelo trees have been transferred by the collective for unified management and protection.
Many of these trees have not borne fruit, and after 'saving' a little bit of improvement, this year sporadically bear fruit, and it is estimated that it will be able to bear fruit normally in another two years!Wu Li said that this method also drove more than 100 households to increase their annual income by 300,000 yuan through fruit trees or management and maintenance workers.
Wu Li said that in the future, the town will continue to revitalize idle fruit tree resources, concentrate on the circulation of fruit trees that villagers are unwilling and unable to manage, organize experienced old fruit farmers to establish a technical team for technical guidance, and absorb rural labor to work nearby, so as to achieve a win-win situation of improving the quality of the industry and increasing the income of farmers.
In addition, we should also dig deep into the culture of Huangsha and white pomelo, tell a good story, do a good job of identification and signage, strengthen the publicity of historical pomelo, and launch the brand of "Huangsha white pomelo" through logo design and gift box packaging. Dong Yu said.