Chen Xingzong / the possible price to pay when Gaojie pear uses growth regulators

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There is always a dream, has been looking forward to high-end pear can become Taiwan's export products.

Recently, several high-grained pears have been dissected, which is worrying. Among its producers, some fruit growers admit that they have applied growth regulators, but others indicate that they have not used them at all. You are a consumer. Although you are not an arrogant uncle, you should not want to be a sucker.

These brown spots and pits in the flesh are signs of calcium and boron deficiency. They look terrible but do not harm food safety. The causes behind them are complex. In any case, consumers who come into contact with such products will definitely add another 10% to the negative impression of high-receiving pear products, and even generalize and comprehensively that the original high-receiving pear is like this.

Uneven expansion of upper and lower ends of fruits (Photo/Chen Xingzong)

Respect crop condition, do basic work well, don't joke with your income

Crop environment, tree nutrient accumulation, mineral fertilizer content in rhizosphere, branch arrangement, soil health status, C/N ratio at each position... Many important weight factors affecting quality must be continuously paid attention to and managed. In the case of high-quality pears, the above factors are even more important in order to achieve a quality that is significantly different from the market, and long-term patience and arrangement are required.

Growth regulators only give a stimulus signal to crops, and crops respond to the stimulus. But growth regulators do not provide the resources needed for crops, only signals, not resources. This situation is often premature.

Growth regulators may be able to solve the immediate problems, but those that require long-term management and arrangement of the fundamental weight factors, if not addressed, pear farmers will certainly enter the cost of rising, yield continued to decline risk area, will eventually be eliminated by the market.

So don't be optimistic and expect growth regulators to bring painless salvation.

The wisest response for managers is to respect the opinions of crops, give proper living conditions and eliminate unnecessary burdens. It is recommended that growth regulators be considered only after complete preparation and experience; otherwise, they are just a joke on one's income.

The first pear in the Northern Hemisphere every year is in Taiwan, but we don't have the advantage.

Every year the first pear in the Northern Hemisphere appears in Taiwan, in Taiwan can produce high-latitude high-quality pears, complete cultivation management information and technology... these are our production advantages in high-end pears, unfortunately, we have not grasped the opportunities brought to us by the advantages.

In the process of high-grafted pear production, pruning, grafting, bagging, unpacking, harvesting and grading will consume very high costs for fruit growers. If the fruit is found to have no commercial value on the day of harvest, all the costs previously invested will be lost. What is even more terrible is that there are still many internal abnormalities that cannot be seen from the outside. They are complained at the customer's table. All wonderful futures can only be kept in dreams, which also fundamentally stifles the possibility of healthy development of Taiwan's high-end pear exports.

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