On December 18, the topic of "strawberry ** big dive" attracted attention and once rushed to the top of the Weibo hot search list. Many netizens posted their purchases**, lamenting that "strawberry freedom" has finally been realized, and some people are asking**Can you buy cheap strawberries.
On December 18th, Strawberry ** dived to the top of the hot search list on Weibo.
The topic of strawberry ** big dive has aroused heated discussions among netizens on Weibo.
Focusing on this topic, the reporter visited a number of supermarkets, fruit stores and growers in Lixia District, Licheng District and Zhangqiu District of Jinan City, and interviewed strawberry growers in Zibo, Yantai, Heze and other places to investigate strawberries.
100 yuan per catty was reduced to more than 10 yuan
Some varieties are "cut in half" compared with last year
It is the strawberry sales season, on December 18, the reporter saw in a number of community supermarkets and fruit stores in Lixia District, Jinan City, that most of the strawberries are placed in a conspicuous position in the store, and the varieties are mostly sweet treasures, which are sold in pots, about 2 catties per pot, and the price is 19Between $9 and $35.
At this time in previous years, you had to spend about 40 yuan to buy a pound of strawberries, but now you can buy strawberries in good condition for half the money. When it comes to this year's strawberries, Mr. Liu, a citizen of Jinan, called it an accident.
On the same day, the reporter saw in the Shangguo Youpin fruit store in Licheng District that the price of strawberries was 35 yuan and two catties. "At this time last year, the Tianbao strawberries in the store could be sold for up to 60 yuan and two catties, which is now 14 to 17 times. Wang Qian, the owner, introduced that when strawberries were first put on the shelves in late October this year, they could be sold for about 100 yuan per catty, **far ahead", which lasted for a week and then began to fall sharply, and the price in late November was 30 yuan and two catties, and in early December it dropped to a trough of 25 yuan and two catties.
On December 18, in a Hualian fresh supermarket in Tangye Street, Licheng District, the price of strawberries was 388 yuan and two catties.
Also feeling the gap is strawberry growers in some parts of Shandong. Zhang Qifeng, secretary of the party branch of Tangwang Village, Huanghe Street, Zhangqiu District, Jinan City, told reporters that half of the farmers in the village grow strawberries, with a planting area of nearly 600 acres. This year's first batch of strawberries "land price" is 50 yuan a catty, in late November dropped to about 10 yuan per catty, December 13 Jinan snow, after the cooling, **slightly**, 16 yuan per catty. Zhang Qifeng also mentioned: "Compared with the same period last year, ** is almost 'cut in half'. ”
The reporter also contacted Du Peng, a strawberry grower in Gaiye Village, Zhongzhuang Town, Yiyuan County, Zibo City, whose strawberries decreased by 5 yuan to 8 yuan per catty compared with the same period last year. The strawberries in Zhengzhuang Village, Zhengzhuang Street, Cao County, Heze City were listed in early December, and the number of strawberries per catty was 5 yuan to 10 yuan lower than that of the same period last year.
Zhou Hefei, the manager of Caoxian Haozitian Agricultural Science and Technology Development Farm, inspected the strawberry situation in the picking garden.
On December 19, when the reporter browsed the online sales platform, he found that in the "Hema " APP, the ** of Zhang Ji Cream Strawberry was 359 yuan catty, the group price is 149 yuan jin;In the "Meituan Preferred" APP, Shandong cream strawberries do not exceed 10 yuan per catty.
In the "Hema app", the ** of Zhang Ji Cream Strawberry is 359 yuan catty, the group price is 149 yuan jin;
The weather is hot and cold
There are many reasons for strawberry ** "diving".
What is the reason for the big dive of strawberries?On December 19, the reporter contacted Hu Xiaoqiang, secretary general of the Licheng District Strawberry Association, who believed that the influence of the weather was one of the reasons for the sweet strawberry.
The hot weather led to an earlier ripening of strawberries;The cold weather led to a large number of strawberries being marketed at the same time. Hu Xiaoqiang introduced, this year's winter after the high temperature, help strawberries to hang fruit, strawberries grow vigorously, the size has not grown up has become red, ripe, fruit type and size did not grow well, **low. By mid-December, the cold wave in Shandong was severe, and strawberries were not easy to preserve, and many farmers were eager to sell strawberries before the cold wave, which also contributed to the "price reduction tide".
Du Peng, a strawberry grower in Gaiye Village, Zhongzhuang Town, Yiyuan County, Zibo City, picks strawberries from the greenhouse.
In addition, Hu Xiaoqiang believes that this year's strawberry price reduction and the expansion of planting area are also related. "In 2022, the strawberry planting area in Licheng District of Jinan City will be about 230,000 acres, which will be expanded to about 2 in 202380,000 acres. Hu Xiaoqiang said. Zhang Qifeng and Du Peng also felt this phenomenon, taking Du Peng's Gaiye Village as an example, many farmers have increased the number of strawberry greenhouses from two last year to five, and the strawberry planting in the village has formed a scale, and has also begun to drive the development of strawberry planting in the surrounding villages.
Liu Bingfu, an associate researcher at the Institute of Leisure Agriculture of the Shandong Academy of Agricultural Sciences, also paid attention to the changes in strawberries. He believes: "This year, there are widespread price reductions in strawberries across the country, such as the ** of Tianbao strawberries decreased by about 40% compared with the same period last year, which is also related to the purchasing power of consumers." ”
Despite this, Zhang Qifeng is still very confident in the later stage of strawberries: "By New Year's Day, the demand is large, and it should be able to rise to 20 yuan a catty." ”
Experts advise growers
According to market demand, strawberry varieties are updated in a timely manner
In the investigation, the reporter found that although the strawberry ** has decreased significantly, the ** of some varieties of strawberry is still strong.
On the same "Hema " app, the price of pink jade strawberries is 39 per 300 grams$9;The ** of the red strawberry is 399 yuan catty, ** price is also 369 yuan jin;Wang Qian's fruit shop occasionally sells some Hongyan strawberries: "Hongyan's ** this year is almost the same as last year, which is related to the small number of strawberries of this variety." ”
On December 19, on the "Hema " APP, the ** of Hongyan strawberry was 399 yuan catty, ** price is 369 yuan jin;
On December 20, on the "Hema " APP, the ** of pink jade strawberries was 399 yuan 300 grams.
Zhuang Lei, the person in charge of the Lvmusen Tropical Fruit Picking Garden in Penglai District, Yantai City, told reporters that the garden is planted with varieties such as Xiangye, Christmas Red, and Angel No. 8 White Strawberry, which are mainly sold by picking. At present, it has not been affected by the price reduction, and the picking price of strawberries is 50 yuan to 60 yuan per catty, which is the same as last year.
In the Lvmusen Tropical Fruit Picking Garden in Penglai District, Yantai City, tourists are picking strawberries.
In this regard, Liu Bingfu introduced that under the downward trend of strawberries this year, the ** of Xiangye, Xuelihong and other varieties has increased slightly compared with last year. "This is because most of the strawberries commonly found on the market today have the problem of aging varieties. Liu Bingfu explained: "Tianbao strawberry and Zhangji strawberry are actually the same variety, which is often referred to as milk strawberry and cream strawberry. This variety of Shandong began to promote planting in 2005, reached the peak of planting in 2010, and now accounts for about 80% Xi of the total strawberry planting area. However, the defects of Tianbao strawberry fruit are soft and difficult to transport are obvious, which is not in line with the current market demand and is in a degraded period. He suggested that strawberry growers should update the planting varieties and adjust the planting structure in a timely manner according to market demand.
When the reporter asked whether there are difficulties in planting new varieties for ordinary farmers, Liu Bingfu said: "The planting methods and costs of Tianbao, Xiangye, Xuelihong, and Angel No. 8 are similar, and the fruit produced by the new varieties under the same planting mode is larger, harder, and the fruit color is good, and the price can be about 20% higher." Liu Bingfu also told reporters that now there are farmers who have tasted the "sweetness" of new varieties, and a strawberry grower in Tangwang Street, Licheng District, Jinan City, will specialize in planting new varieties such as pink jade and Mengzhiying from 2021, and a mu of land will be sold for up to 200,000 yuan in 2022.
Popular newspaper and rural mass reporter Yi Chunyue, Lan Jihui, Li Xinyu