Agricultural experts go to the base to guide the burning of wood in the greenhouse to help small tomatoes.

The continuous rainy, wet and cold weather has seriously affected the "tea" small tomatoes in the fruit and vegetable base of the Green Palace Square Agricultural Company in Anxia Village, Qibu Town, Luoyuan County. On January 23, the reporter saw in the intelligent greenhouse of the base that 12 mu of small tomatoes had been "frozen" beyond recognition, many leaves were black-brown rotten, and some branches and leaves of the whole plant were withered. On the same day, the base staff, under the guidance of county agricultural technicians, "rescued" the dying little tomato trees on the iron frame, cutting off rotten branches and dead leaves to protect them from further infection.

"Tea" is the main brand of Luoyuan Green Palace Square fruit and vegetable base, its tight flesh is red, and its sweetness is twice as sweet as ordinary tomatoes. "but this variety is most afraid of extremely cold and humid weather, and it is easy to get sick when the temperature is below 10 degrees Celsius." Zheng Xuchun, general manager of the Green Palace Square Agricultural Company, said, "there are about 16000 small tomatoes. According to the loss of 2.5kg per plant, 40 yuan per kilogram, the base will lose 1.6 million yuan, which does not include the loss on the next phase."

The continuous rainy weather and cold wave infected most of the tomato trees in the base with late blight. "thanks to the timely help of provincial agricultural experts and county agricultural technicians to guide the rational use of drugs, late blight has been effectively controlled at present." Lian Yongle, the administrator of the base, said that according to experts, if proper measures are taken to survive this period of low temperature, there is still hope that these tomato trees will sprout half a month later.

At present, the most important thing is to "warm up" and prevent the cold. "on January 23, agricultural technical cadres of the county agricultural bureau went to the base to guide the response to the strong cold weather and tried to physically heat up the room temperature from 4 degrees Celsius to more than 13 degrees Celsius by burning wood in the intelligent greenhouse. The carbon dioxide emitted is also conducive to the growth of fruits and vegetables, and the effect is obvious." Lian Yongle said that on the morning of the 24th, he bought another batch of wood, continued to light the fire, and took more measures at the same time, hoping to successfully tide over the strong cold wave.