As the Spring Festival approaches, the lilies in Shitan Town are about to usher in a peak of sales. Flower farmers are making every effort to make various preparations, working overtime to stock up and ship, and make every effort to meet the market demand.
Walking into the Tongyuan Flower and Rice Planting Family Farm in Daluo Village, Shitan Town, the lilies have straight stalks, green leaves, and flower buds hanging on the branches.
Workers are holding small scissors, bending down to shuttle back and forth through the ridge flower field, picking budding lilies, stacks of lilies neatly placed on the side of the path, waiting to be loaded onto tricycles and transported to cold storage for preservation.
It is understood that the farm has planted 100 acres of lilies this year, including starlight, wooden door, excellent product, Arus and other varieties, with an output of up to 700,000 plants. These flowers are all order-based production and wholesale**, at 13-17 yuan, mainly sold to cities in the Guangdong-Hong Kong-Macao Greater Bay Area.
Lilies carry the beautiful meaning of a hundred years of good harmony and a happy family, and are particularly popular among consumers in the Spring Festival. From February 4, the first batch of 80,000 perfume lilies harvested by the farm will be supplied to Hong Kong first, and subsequent lilies will also be sent to cities in the Pearl River Delta. With the first batch of New Year's flowers, more than 20 migrant villagers on the farm have also achieved an increase in income.
Next, the farm plans to plant new varieties of tulips to further expand the variety and planting area of flowers, and at the same time drive more surrounding villagers to work and increase their income together.
Lily selection and maintenance tips
Pick the lily firstLook at the buds, if the top bud is large, it is easy to open; SecondlyLook at the plants, the flower stalk is thicker, more standard; AgainLook at the bladesThe leaf color of a good flower leaf is black and shiny.
The lilies you buy home need to be cut according to the height of the vaseCut the stems into oblique feetClean water curingYes, it is recommended if the weather is warmChange the water every 5 days；It is necessary if all the cores are openedRemove the stamensto prevent pollen from falling on the petals and causing premature wilting; If you can, you can buy some flower preservatives, and the bottle insertion time can be extended to 20 days to a month.
Part *** Lin Changqun.
Reporter: Huang Zhenxing, Zou Caifeng.
Editor: Zou Caifeng.
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