What should be paid attention to in sericulture?

The history of sericulture in China can be traced back to a long time ago, but there are not many sericulture people now, because there are many items that can replace silk, so this determines the market value of silk. Sericulture has become a pleasure for children in many places, but there are still some places that have been continuing this traditional breeding industry, so today let's take a look at the points for attention in sericulture.

1. Temperature

The silkworm is a kind of creature that is afraid of cold, so what we usually hear is the spring silkworm. at the same time, there is also a famous poem that only mentions the spring silkworm, that is, "the spring silkworm does not spit out all its silk until it dies, and the wax torch turns to gray tears before it dries." Therefore, when sericulture, we should pay attention to the temperature of sericulture, usually in April and May of each year is the best time for sericulture, when the temperature is basically about 20 to 25 degrees, we do not need to spend a lot of effort to adjust the temperature of the culture room, so later through the temperature adjustment also slowly appeared other times of sericulture.

2. Mulberry leaves

When sericulture, we should pay attention to that the mulberry leaves had better be fresh, at most, the mulberry leaves that have been kept at home for a night can also be used to feed silkworms, but if the mulberry leaves are not fresh for a long time, the silkworms will have diarrhea or will not eat them at all. the second thing to pay attention to is that mulberry leaves must be cleaned, there can be no dust, and silkworms can not be given dew or mulberry leaves that are not dry after cleaning. Because silkworms eat will have diarrhea and then die, finally, mulberry leaves sprayed on agriculture can not be picked back to feed silkworms, silkworms are particularly sensitive to toxins.

3. Hygiene

We all know that silkworms eat and sleep like pigs, but silkworms are much more fragile than pigs, so they have higher requirements for the sanitary environment of the breeding room. many farmers have to clean up every few days when breeding, in fact, this is not right, it is usually best to clean it up every day, although silkworm droppings have certain medicinal value. But the other person will produce bacteria and cause some diseases in the breeding room. In addition, we should clean up the silkworm's skin and leftover mulberry leaves in time, especially the food residue.

4. Management

In fact, the management of sericulture is shown in the management of rearing, daily and cocoon forming period. what we should pay attention to is that all mulberry leaves can not be fed at once, but should be divided into at least two times in the morning and evening. Secondly, the main thing to pay attention to in daily management is that the breeding room can not smoke incense and usually do not put mosquito incense, perfume and other relatively large things, so that silkworms can not stand and die. At the end of the cocoon period, we have to prepare a place for silkworms to cocoon, so that they will not have so much effort in cocooning. If we do not help, they will probably become pupae before the cocoon is finished.

5. Disease prevention

There will also be a lot of small diseases during sericulture, so for sericulture, the disease is basically based on prevention, followed by isolating the diseased silkworm after the occurrence of silkworm disease, and then disinfecting it with special medicine. at the same time, the diseased silkworm can not be thrown at random, it is relatively contagious. In addition, mites, pests, rats, chickens and other animals can not be put into the breeding room, otherwise there will be heavy losses.