Nanhakou Village, Julu, Hebei Province: farmers are busy raising seedlings in a greenhouse

On January 21st, the sun was shining. Walking into Guo Jianqiang's vegetable seedling greenhouse in Nanhakou Village, Julu County, I saw rows of trays, and all kinds of vegetable seedlings were more fresh and green in the sun.

Guo Jianqiang is checking the seedlings of vegetables.

South Hakou Village of Julu County is a large village of facility vegetable cultivation, with more than 2000 mu of vegetables planted in the village. For the villagers, to be able to buy good varieties and strong seedlings is the premise to improve the planting income. Five years ago, Guo Jianqiang, a villager who was already familiar with growing fruits and vegetables in the greenhouse, began to think about vegetable seedlings.

Over the past few years, Guo Jianqiang has gradually mastered the technology of raising seedlings by visiting and consulting technical experts, built steel greenhouses one by one, and purchased intelligent equipment to constantly optimize the quality of seedlings and increase the types of seedlings.

50% of the seedlings are harvested, and half the work of the seedlings is good. "buying seedlings nearby can not only save freight, but also improve the survival rate of seedlings, and can also flexibly choose planting time according to climatic conditions." Si Jinghuo, secretary of the village party branch, said that because Jianqiang began to cultivate vegetable seedlings, growers no longer have to go out to buy seedlings, and the village can raise seedlings on its own, which is conducive to the development of the vegetable industry in the village.

In order to screen out high-quality varieties suitable for local cultivation, Guo Jianqiang planted each vegetable variety in his own shed, carried out evaluation experiments, and selected the best varieties to popularize. Such seedlings are conducive to increasing production and promote the improvement of quality. Guo Jianqiang's vegetable seedlings are very popular among growers.

With the increase of demand, the amount of raising seedlings is also increasing. In 2016, Jianqiang's seedling area reached more than 10 mu, and the seedlings were not only provided for outdoor planting in this county, but also sold in large quantities to the surrounding counties and cities.

"We can raise seedlings all the year round, and there are more than 10 varieties of vegetables, such as tomatoes, eggplant, pepper seedlings, kale, Chinese cabbage and so on. Because the quality of the seedlings is good, they all raise seedlings by order, so they don't have to worry about the market! " Guo Jianqiang, who is checking the growth of the seedlings, pointed to a piece of green vegetable seedlings and said that these are Chinese cabbage and cabbage seedlings, and they will be transplanted in a few days.

Near noon, in another nursery shed, seven or eight women were busy selecting seedlings. They carefully examined the pumpkin seedlings on the point plate, removed the weak ones, and left sturdy ones ready to be grafted into watermelon seedlings. "the selected pumpkin seedlings are strong and strong, and the grafted watermelon seedlings must also grow happily." "there will be a bumper harvest of watermelons in our village next year!" Workers, you say a word and I say a word. It turned out that all the growers in the village bought seedlings from Shandong, and the seedlings wilted for a long time on the road, affecting their growth.

As the Spring Festival is coming, most of the villagers are busy shopping for New year goods, while Guo Jianqiang is busy raising seedlings with enthusiasm. "vegetable cultivation is the most fastidious about time. In order to catch up with the good time for vegetables on the market, the Spring Festival every year is a busy time, and we are used to it." Guo Jianqiang said with a smile that eating dumplings in the shed is also the Spring Festival as long as the seedlings can be raised early and the planting time of customers is not delayed.