Jiuqingtang has cultivated "ecological turtle" for five years

It takes five years for soft-shelled turtle to produce, which is a bit unworthy in the eyes of many people. However, Chen Jianhua spent five years squatting in the pond, keeping company with Yellow Dog and Castle Peak to cultivate soft-shelled turtles in the wild.

The soft-shelled turtle ran into the south wall and did not look back.

Talking about how to start raising soft-shelled turtles, the honest Chen Jianhua even said it was an accident. In 2012, he contracted to Jiuqingtang in the fork town to develop farm music in the surrounding area, but stopped for some reason. "A lot of money had been invested in planning and application before, but it was a pity to give up halfway, so I thought about doing aquaculture in Jiuqingtang to stop loss." He told reporters that as he used to do furniture distribution business, but now to engage in breeding, the two are irrelevant, and the idea was opposed by relatives and friends as soon as it was said.

However, Chen Jianhua, who has always had ideas, did not give up and began to look at various agricultural economic columns, trying to find a new way of farming. One day, a soft-shelled turtle breeding base in Wenling, Taizhou, which was reported by a column, aroused his interest. Thinking that Jiuqingtang is a natural pond and its water quality is not polluted, it may be suitable for breeding soft-shelled turtles, so Chen Jianhua plans to go on a field trip.

After arriving at the soft-shelled turtle base in Wenling, he braved the heat to study here for two months, starting with basic work such as feeding and changing pool water. Then he invited experts from the breeding base to inspect Jiuqingtang to assess whether the water quality and environment were suitable for the growth of soft-shelled turtles. "there is no pollution nearby, coupled with the lush lotus leaves in the lake, it is still very suitable for raising soft-shelled turtles." The expert's words reassured him.

With the "roar" of excavators, the construction of Chen Jianhua's breeding base began. The huge investment was unexpected. The 180-acre pond used up more than 600,000 yuan just by digging the pond and laying the net, and the lack of money to buy soft-shelled turtle fry got him into trouble. At this time, someone threw an olive branch to him, willing to spend money to subcontract to the pond. However, Chen Jianhua was unmoved and raised money from his relatives everywhere, determined to finish the breeding cause to the end. 100, 000, 200000. After raising money to buy 40,000 soft-shelled turtle fry, he was so penniless that he couldn't squeeze out the most important feed.

"since we don't have the money to buy feed, we simply adopt the mode of raising soft-shelled turtles." Chen Jianhua is desperate. There are a large number of lotus flowers growing in Jiuqingtang, and the silt at the bottom of the pond is deep, which not only provides favorable growth conditions for snails and algae, but also provides rich food for soft-shelled turtles. It is just that without artificial feeding, the growth of soft-shelled turtle will be much slower, and others will be able to produce in two years, but he will have to wait for 4-5 years.

Keep the pond for five years and live up to the time

Everything is ready to wait, but the process is extremely difficult and long. In the first year of breeding, he moved to a small hut on the edge of the pond without access to water and electricity. There is a vast lake in front of the house and green hill graves behind it. The silent night was accompanied only by yellow dogs, and on weekdays he patrolled the lake to guard the pool of "treasure". And every time he encounters wind and rain, it must be when he can't sleep. When a typhoon hit, the continuous rain caused the water level in the pond to rise higher and higher, and it was about to overflow. When he reached into the pond, he could see the young turtle climbing up his arm. They were all waiting for the water to spill over the bank of the pond. Start a "big escape". Chen Jianhua was anxious, but there was nothing he could do in the face of the 180-acre pond. He was prepared for the worst! Fortunately, when the pool water was only a few centimeters away from the pond bank, the rain stopped, and the simple and honest man cried excitedly. While guarding the pond, he was found to have kidney stones and often rolled all over the floor in pain. The doctor asked him to be hospitalized, but his first reaction was, "when I'm gone, who will guard the turtle in the pond?" He insisted on staying out of the hospital and only agreed to an intravenous drip at the clinic closer to the turtle base.

In five years, the soft-shelled turtle base had no income, but the annual maintenance cost was 40-50,000 yuan, so he tried every means to make money to subsidize this big hole. In order to earn some extra money from selling lotus canopy, he once braved a poisonous day to pick lotus canopy on a small bamboo raft in the middle of the lake. Without taking a sip of water, he only got heatstroke and almost fell down in the pond. In order to save living expenses, for a time he only picked lotus seeds as a meal to satisfy his hunger.

Time lived up to the time, Chen Jianhua's imitation wild turtle finally ushered in the harvest time. His soft-shelled turtle is not big, but the meat is delicious and full of praise. This is mainly due to the sparse density of soft-shelled turtle, which not only meets the amount of prey, but also has more space to increase activity and reduce the incidence of disease. In addition, his female turtle has eggs in its belly, which is rare on the market. "some farmers are eager for quick success and quick profits. In order to get back their funds as soon as possible, they usually sell them within two years. Only soft-shelled turtles raised for four or five years can reach sexual maturity and be able to lay eggs." Chen Jianhua said that his soft-shelled turtle is almost comparable to the wild soft-shelled turtle, and now he has sent the soft-shelled turtle to a professional agency to test the protein content and registered a brand, striving to promote and sell the high-quality ecological soft-shelled turtle to Ninghai.