“The soil is loosened, the planting hole is about 60 centimeters deep, some base fertilizer is properly applied, and when the mud ball is put in, the grass rope does not need to be removed, and the planting is compacted with fine soil and watered…” On March 15, under the guidance of Cixi agricultural technology expert Wang Liru, more than 400 Cixi bayberry seedlings took root in Duoluo Village, on the banks of the Jinsha River in Longtan Town, Butuo County, Sichuan.
Bayberry is a specialty of Cixi, with high economic value and nutritional value, Cixi also has good arbutus varieties, planting technology, is the famous hometown of Chinese bayberry. In the context of east-west cooperation, Cixi City used “Mei” as the medium to carry out the Cixi Bayberry Pilot Introduction Project, so that Yangmei can “make blood” for the local area, help the revitalization of Butuo Rural Area, and achieve common prosperity.
These more than 400 bayberry seedlings were still growing in the mountains of Cixi Henghe on March 11. Early that morning, Shi Air Force, chief agronomist of the Municipal Bureau of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, came to the bayberry seedling base of the farmer Sun Wencan, and was instructing Meinong to dig up the three-year-old bayberry seedlings in the field and tie the mud balls with grass ropes. I saw that this batch of bayberry seedlings was about 3 cm in diameter and about 1 meter high, and after digging it out, the branches with green leaves were pruned off. “Pruning the branches is to reduce water evaporation, and the second is to facilitate planting on the side of Butu, and a pruned bayberry seedling like this can be planted directly.” Sun Wencan said while picking up the bayberry seedlings.
In order to ensure the survival rate, Cixi agricultural technicians put a lot of thought into whether it was the time of seedlings, or the mud balls, and the selection of places suitable for bayberry planting and growth on the Butuo side. “Under normal circumstances, this year’s batch of seedlings should be able to guarantee survival.” Shi Air Force said. Cixi bayberry planting area of about 70,000 mu, is still in short supply, under the development of bayberry industry deep processing, Cixi City also needs to purchase a large number of high-quality bayberry. “Through the outward expansion of the industry and technology of bayberry, it can not only promote the increase of income of the cloth people, but also enhance the development of Cixi deep processing industry, killing two birds with one stone.”
In the afternoon of the same day, a large truck loaded with more than 400 bayberry seedlings crossed a distance of more than 2,000 kilometers from the Cixi Henghe River to Butuolongtan. “The place we chose for Cixi bayberry seedlings is on the bank of the Jinsha River, nearly 20 acres of land at an altitude of about 500 meters, where the climatic conditions are the most suitable for the growth of bayberry.” Longtan Town worker Anai Amuzi said.
It is understood that this batch of bayberry seedlings was jointly funded and donated by Cixi Caring Enterprise and the fourth class of the second grade of the experimental third primary school. After three years, the bayberry seedlings can grow to 3 meters tall and the trunk diameter can reach seven or eight centimeters, and then they will bear fruit. Shi Air Force said that on the basis of this batch of trial seeds, if it can be guaranteed that after 3 years, the yield will be abundant, and it will be gradually promoted continuously.
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