Farmers in Deqing invent a new method of growing rice

Plant rice in the paddy field after raising soft-shelled turtles to keep it in the insect-proof net throughout the growing period. A farmer in Deqing County, Zhejiang Province has invented a new method of growing rice without fertilizing and fertilizing.

Not long ago, a kind of green pollution-free rice from Deqing, known as "tent rice", aroused great interest. Rice with a price of 36 yuan per kilogram sold out in more than an hour. Many rice banks in Hangzhou also booked @ # @ 125 rice in 2008.

Why is it called "tent rice"? It turns out that the whole growth process of this kind of rice from sowing, transplanting to harvesting is completed in the insect-proof net.

At the planting site in Zhongguan Town, Deqing County, the author saw that the covers were set up one by one with white screen window cloth above the rice fields, as if they were on top of a large tent. Wang Genlian, general manager of Deqingxi soft-shelled Turtle Co., Ltd., the inventor of "tent son," said that these rice fields had been raising soft-shelled turtles in the past two years, and rice could absorb the rich organic matter left after raising soft-shelled turtles, so there was no need to apply chemical fertilizers; after the net was covered, diseases and insects could not enter, and there was no need to apply pesticides in the whole process.

Wang Genlian, who began raising soft-shelled turtles in rice fields 15 years ago, is known as the "king of soft-shelled turtles". In the process of breeding, he found that the perennial cultivation of soft-shelled turtle, leaving a lot of soft-shelled turtle feces in the paddy field, will affect the culture environment. However, if the soft-shelled turtle is raised for two years and the rice is planted for one year, it will not only improve the culture environment, but also use the organic fertilizer left in the field to grow rice. In 2007, Wang Genlian introduced excellent rice varieties and came up with the idea of putting a tent on the rice field. Unexpectedly, he achieved even greater success: the problem of pest control was solved without applying any pesticides, and the rice yield was also very gratifying, with a yield of more than 500 kilograms per mu.

Qingxi Turtle Industry Co., Ltd. has planted more than 60 mu of "tent rice" this year, producing more than 10,000 kilograms of rice and an output value of 400000 yuan. "it takes nearly 2000 yuan to build a tent per mu of paddy field, but the output value and profit are nearly 10 times higher than ordinary rice," Wang Genlian told me cheerfully. "the rice cooked with this kind of rice tastes good and tastes soft and palatable, so it is very popular."

Wang Genlian's innovative method attracted the attention of people in agricultural circles, and experts from inside and outside the province, such as Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences and Jiaxing Academy of Agricultural Sciences, visited the scene one after another. While giving a high degree of affirmation, experts also suggested that Wang Genlian declare a national patent for "tent rice." Just a few days ago, the State Patent Office formally accepted Wang Genlian's application. Wang Genlian also plans to increase the planting area of "tent rice" to 300 mu in 2008, and expand year by year.