Apple returns to "no bagging" cost minus 1 gambit 3

Zhong Xin, a reporter of our newspaper

"We began to use non-bagging technology in our Langyaling ecological orchard last year. The apple is smooth, brightly colored, and tastes better, especially saving labor costs." Speaking of the benefits of not bagging apples, Wang Jingbo, chairman of the Xiaolong Farmers' Professional Cooperative in Langyaling, Laizhou City, Shandong Province, is full of praise.

Shandong fruit growers have been using apple bagging technology since the 1990s. Apple bagging can not only promote the uniform coloring of fruits and increase the number of fruits in a short time, but also cut off the ways of direct damage to fruits caused by a variety of diseases and pests, and effectively reduce the incidence of diseases and insect pests. However, after more than 20 years of development, the problems of this technology are also emerging.

According to Wang Kuiliang, director of Yantai Agricultural Technology extension Center, Shandong's apple planting area reached 4.5 million mu in 2015, with a total output of about 9.6 million tons, and apple bagging technology is almost the main production management technology. At the same time, bagging has resulted in high costs. According to statistics, there are an average of 10, 000 bags per mu of apple orchard, equivalent to the cost of paper bags and the labor cost of bagging and picking bags. the cost of each bag is 0.20 yuan, which accounts for about 1 pound 3 of the total production cost. Shandong has to cover an average of 20-25 billion bags a year, with a total cost of more than 4 billion yuan, while tens of billions of yuan nationwide. The negative effects such as energy consumption and environmental pollution caused by paper bags are even more difficult to estimate. Therefore, Yantai began to test and demonstrate apple non-bagging technology in Qixia, Laizhou and other places from 2015.

During this year's apple ripening season, more than 300 apple dealers and cooperative representatives from various apple producing areas in Shandong Province gathered in Laizhou to learn and learn Xinyang Group's Saierbeli apple bagging technology at the Langyaling ecological orchard.

In the past, Wang Jingbo and members of the cooperative were very busy every October. "with so many bags to be taken off, not only do the labor costs continue to rise, but the key is that we have not been able to find anyone to help with the money in the past few years." Lao Wang said. This year, the cooperative has become more mature by using Cerberi apple non-bagging technology. The unbagged Red Fuji has long sunshine time, natural coloring of the fruit and more fruity smell. As a result, Apple was ordered a lot while it was still hanging on the tree. In particular, it eliminates the toil and busyness of bagging and bagging, and saves more than 1000 yuan per mu of bags and labor costs.

Zhao Zhongzhi, an agricultural expert from Xinyang Group, told reporters: "some developed countries have also experienced the process of bagging and picking bags." At present, apples are not bagged in Europe and the United States, and the bagging rate in Japan is less than 10%. The Saili apple bagless planting technology that we promote is a complete set of plant protection programs and cultivation techniques. At present, more than 80% of the apple plantations in Japan are using the Sailbury technology. "

Mr. Yoshida, a Japanese expert, believes that the use of non-bagging cultivation technology for apples means that there is no bag pollution, no reflective film pollution, and reduce pesticide pollution, which is of great significance to saving wood and promoting environmental protection.

Nowadays, with people's growing awareness of health and environmental protection, the demand for unbagged apples is also growing. The reporter searched on the Internet and saw that many fruit sellers specifically marked "unbagged apples", and the price was often higher than bagged apples.

"when I harvest apples, I often think: where are so many bags? Is there any pollution to the environment? Since unbagged apples grow more naturally and have no less nutrition, taste and appearance than bagged apples, I am certainly willing to buy unbagged apples. " In the Langyaling ecological orchard, a fruit dealer who came all the way from Chongqing told reporters.

Apple is the pillar industry of Yantai agriculture. Yantai agricultural technology extension department has realized that apple bag-free cultivation will be the trend of the times. They are paying close attention to the study of the new control system, and strive to upgrade the cultivation management mode as soon as possible, reduce the dependence on apple bagging technology, reduce the input cost of orchard management, and lead the new reform of apple cultivation system.

Not only in Shandong, but also in Shanxi, Shaanxi and other apple producing areas this year, apple cultivation techniques without bagging are also being tested and demonstrated. A single spark will gradually start a prairie fire.