When will the water chestnut be ready for market?

Water chestnut is the fruit of the annual aquatic plant of the rhombus family, which is of high nutritional value. It is rich in starch, protein, glucose, unsaturated fatty acids, various vitamins and trace elements such as calcium, phosphorus and iron. The ancients thought that eating more water chestnut can replenish the five internal organs, eliminate all diseases, and be light. Let's take a look at when the water chestnut will mature and go on the market.

When will the water chestnut come on the market?

Water chestnut is usually listed from July to September. Water chestnut begins to grow tender leaves in April, blossoms in May, grows tender in June, can mature in July, and senescence and shedding in August, so water chestnut in July is the most crisp and delicious. And the fresh water chestnut can't be eaten for long, it lasts about ten days at most, and the water chestnut will gradually grow old.

How much is the water chestnut per jin?

The price of water chestnut is about 3-5 yuan per jin, but it varies greatly due to variety, origin, market, season and so on. Water chestnut is the most cultivated in Taihu Lake area of the lower reaches of the Yangtze River and the Pearl River Delta in China. the artificial cultivation is larger, which can be the size of matchbox, while the wild one is smaller, some are only the size of fingernail cover, and the colors are cyan, red and purple. Horns have no horns, one horns, two horns, four corners and so on.

What kinds of water chestnuts do you have?

1. Wonton Ling: produced in Jiaxing, Zhejiang and other places, late-maturing varieties, sown in Qingming Festival, harvested from the Autumn Equinox to Frosts Descent. High quality and high yield, sweet and waxy, with a yield of 1000 to 1200 jin per mu. The pericarp is green and white, 40 to 50 per jin.

2. Xiaobai Ling: produced in Jiangsu Wujiang, Suzhou and other places, middle and late ripening varieties, Qingming Festival sowing, White Dew to Frosts Descent harvest, 600 kilograms per mu, small fruit shape, suitable for cooked food, 60 kilos per jin.

3. Daqingling: produced in Wujiang, Wuxian, Yixing and other places in Jiangsu Province, with medium maturity, sowing and ripening period is the same as Xiaobai Ling, with a yield of 1000 to 1200 jin per mu, medium quality and large fruit shape, with 25 fruits per jin.

4. Shuihongling: produced in Suzhou, Hangzhou and Jiaxing, precocious seeds, sowing at Qingming Festival, the Beginning of Autumn began to harvest Nen Ling, the End of Heat and Frosts Descent collected Laoling, with a yield of 800kg / mu and a large fruit shape of 25kg / jin.

5. Batling: produced near Nanjing, precocious varieties, sown in Qingming Festival, harvested by the End of Heat and Cold Dew, weak growth potential, light green leaf surface, reddish brown on the back, medium fruit shape, red and green skin colors, about 40 per jin.

6. Nanhu Ling: produced in Nanhu, Jiaxing, Zhejiang Province, early and medium-ripe varieties, sown in Qingming Festival, harvested by the End of Heat to Frosts Descent, good quality, hard and japonica meat, green-white skin, four corners degenerated, medium fruit shape, about 40 per jin.