The introduction of agricultural technology into loquat orchards tasted the benefits of a bumper harvest.

"the yield of loquat this year is much higher than in previous years, and compared with last year, it is both in the sky and on the ground." In the past two days, Li Yingfen and his assistant Xu Shifu were immersed in the joy of a bumper loquat harvest. After planting loquat for more than a decade, they deeply felt the magic of agricultural technology turning stone into gold for the first time.

Li Yingfen's Lijing Loquat Garden is located in Gaopo Village, Longshui Town, Dazu District, Chongqing. It covers an area of 200mu along Dazu Road, with 6000 loquat trees. It is the first large-scale loquat garden in the area, and its popularity is not low. However, due to the technology is not upgraded all the year round and the management is extensive, although the variety and taste are good, the output per season is limited, which does not bring much economic benefits every year.

Xu Shifu put a protective bag on the young loquat fruit.

"in those years, the loquat garden was lukewarm and didn't make much money." Thinking that Li Yingfen, who is generally in this market, did not invest much energy in the loquat orchard for a long time, she gave the orchard to Xu Shifu to take care of it. Xu Shifu maintained the status quo of the orchard according to past experience.

However, Li Yingfen was hit hard by a rare snowstorm in Dazu last year. Under the influence of low temperature, the orchard was destroyed, the yield was the lowest in all years, and the quality of loquat was poor. Li Yingfen lost a lot of money for the first time. On the contrary, she heard that several loquat gardens in Gaosheng Town and other places in Dazu District had a bumper harvest and sold for a good price. Li Yingfen was dumbfounded.

"I went to see that the colleagues who avoided the snow disaster used a greenhouse, and their technology and management were higher than ours." A natural disaster awakened Li Yingfen: I thought everyone's loquat planting technology was like that, but it turned out that there was such a big difference. She decided to make a change.

Li Yingfen took Xu Shifu to Gaosheng Town to learn lessons from Xiao Guilun, an expert in loquat planting, and invited the technical personnel of the Committee of Agriculture of Dazu District to give hand guidance to the loquat orchard to correct the "trough points" one by one in the eyes of the technicians. from dwarfing loquat trees, pruning, fertilization, flower thinning, fruit thinning to insecticidal and bagging, the latest loquat planting techniques have been updated in all directions. With the nature of the experiment, Li Yingfen built a 20-mu loquat greenhouse in advance. After this set of kung fu, the atmosphere in the loquat garden has been changed.

"it is a difficult problem to build a loquat greenhouse for investment, but fortunately, the Dazu District Committee of Agriculture has given us a special subsidy, which is really timely help." Li Yingfen called the government's agricultural policy good.

Everyone worked hard and everything was ready, waiting for time to give the answer. Since the beginning of spring this year, Li Yingfen has waited quietly for loquat to blossom and bear fruit on the surface, but she is more eager than anyone else. Sure enough, depending on the new technology, the loquat garden changed greatly, and the fruit amount of each loquat plant increased greatly and its size increased. Xu Shifu picked the first mature loquat in the greenhouse, which tasted good. Li Yingfen happily took a fruitful photo and posted it on the Internet. Soon, some regular customers in the main urban area of Chongqing called and agreed to form a group to come to the park for picking a few days later and asked her to give her a preferential price.

"it is estimated that 80,000 jin of loquat can be produced this year, and sales should not be a big problem." Li Yingfen said that if nothing happens, the orchard has made a steady profit this year, not only from the previous investment, but also from the next step of investment. She plans to strike while the iron is hot, build another 30 mu loquat greenhouse this year, and build 1200 meters of production sidewalk and picking sidewalk.

"I have summed up that in order to cultivate agriculture, we still have to combine investment, technology, and management in order to produce greater benefits, otherwise no matter how large the planting scale is, there will be no real economies of scale." Li Yingfen, a big grower who has gone through the trough, also has his own solid loquat planting classics.