The development of grape planting in Xinmin Village, Yandu, Yancheng drives the villagers to become rich

Grape planting industry is one of the three "singles champion" industries of strawberries, grapes and tomatoes in the fruit and vegetable planting industry in our region. Due to the use of new technology this year, Xiahei, the earliest grape variety in our region, has been picked and listed in large quantities.

Recently, the reporter came to the Sunshine Vineyard in Xinmin Village, Panhuang Street, High-tech Zone. The lush grape trellis has been fruitful, and clusters of full summer black grapes have become attractive black. After a year of hard work, the grapes in the orchard have entered the harvest season. The workers are gently cutting off the ripe grapes and putting them into baskets.

Chen Changyang, the person in charge of the vineyard, told reporters that the summer black grape is an early-maturing variety and can not be matured until mid-July. This year, they adopted a new technology to promote cultivation, applying lime nitrogen to the branches and buds, breaking the dormancy period of the grape branches and buds and promoting the grape to mature earlier than in previous years, with an average benefit of 10,000 yuan per mu. At present, the summer black grape has reached its sales peak. The daily sales volume of the summer black grape in the garden is 2 to 3 tons, with sales of about 20,000 yuan, which are mainly sold to major supermarkets and boutique fruit shops in the city.

According to Dong Zhaofu, secretary of the general party branch of Xinmin Village, the development of the grape planting industry has led to the prosperity of the villagers in and around the village, and increased their wage income and management income. Villagers who work in vineyards alone have an annual income of more than 20,000 yuan. At present, Xinmin Village has developed more than 800 mu of fine grapes, driving more than 100 villagers to participate. Due to the adoption of new techniques such as facilitative cultivation, rain shelter cultivation and health care cultivation, the grape picking period in the park can last from late June to late November.

"in the next step, we will make use of the local good ecological environment, strong customs, and agricultural production and management activities to attract tourists to watch, relax, pick, and vacation, so as to meet people's desire for leisure and entertainment and return to nature. we will take the road of efficient agricultural development and turn Xinmin Village into a typical tourist orchard base while raising people's income." Dong Zhaofu said.