Amazing Wendan Orchard in Tainan! Half of the pomelo farmers are cultivated in grass, and the green text is doubly sweet.

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The "weeds" shouted by everyone make the orchard beautiful! When you walk into the Ma Dou Wendan Garden in Tainan, the trees are covered with strong turquoise grapefruit, which can be harvested in ten days, and the bottom is covered with all kinds of vegetation crops, with creeping roots growing on the ground. Purslane, which attracts swarms of bees and butterflies with small yellow and red flowers, grapefruit farmers raise chickens in the garden, and Roosters stride on the grass, adding vitality to the green Wendan garden.

Older pomelo farmers in Tainan protect the local Wendan all the year round, with environment-friendly grass cultivation and proper preservation of the garden's vegetation. at present, nearly half of the Wendan gardens are cultivated by herbaceous plants, which can not only protect soil and water, but also help fruit trees grow and improve the quality of Wendan. It also forms a unique and diversified landscape of Wendan Garden in Tainan.

Although the plant of green manure soybean Tainan 7 is high, legume crops have the effect of nitrogen fixation, so it is a good grass cultivation material. (photography _ Lin Jiejun)

Little knowledge of grass cultivation:

Common orchard grass ground cover plants are: green manure soybean Tainan 7, perennial peanut, vetch, tiger claw bean, Bermuda grass, Baishi grass, four-petal purslane, creeping root Euphorbia, Dichondra, fly wing grass, pod bean, duck tongue grass, yellow flower grass, white clover, spike flower wood blue, yellow alfalfa, fragrant grass, chrysanthemum, carpet grass, carpet grass, false thrift grass, two-ear grass.

Benefits of grass cultivation:

First, it can avoid the harm of herbicides to the environment, increase the content of soil organic matter and supply nutrients needed by microorganisms, which is helpful to maintain and improve soil fertility.

Second, it can reduce the surface soil runoff, increase Rain Water's downward infiltration into the soil layer, and improve the soil water use efficiency.

3. Proper grass mulch can slow down the direct erosion of topsoil by Rain Water, effectively increase soil erosion resistance and avoid fertilizer loss.

Fourth, it can improve the growth environment of the orchard, such as reducing the occurrence of diseases and insect pests by means of ecological balance, and regulating water and temperature.

Fifth, the roots of ground cover plants can loosen the soil, increase soil ventilation and water permeability, and contribute to the growth of fruit trees.

Ground cover plants can beautify the orchard landscape, improve biological richness and diversity, provide a comfortable working environment for farmers, and attract tourists, which is conducive to the development of leisure and tourism industry.

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