Family farmer Su Xiaowei: complementary advantages of melon and fruit interplanting

"Planting watermelon under the walnut tree can not only prevent the growth of weeds under the walnut tree, but also increase income. It kills two birds with one stone." Recently, just under a rain, in Henan Province Runan County Bandian Township Suzhuang Village a walnut forest, Several melon craftsmen busy for the forest interplanting watermelon vine pruning, Su Hefeng family farm owner Su Xiaowei side for the hard busy "melon craftsman" Hand tea while excitedly said: "In recent two days there is rain, Not harvest cultivation, Have to take advantage of leisure to quickly put melon seedlings tidied up again, When the day is clear, Don't care."

Su Xiaowei, 42 years old this year, is a large land circulation household in Suzhuang Village. The title of "Tian Xiucai" is famous far and wide. Suzhuang Village is close to Bandian Township Market. In recent years, many people in the village are busy doing business and do not want to spend time on the land. However, Su Xiaowei, who is flexible in mind, does the opposite. He rents the cultivated land of his neighbors for 700 yuan per mu. The planting area has developed from dozens of mu at the beginning to nearly 300 mu now.

Su Xiaowei planted wheat, corn, peanuts, sweet potatoes and watermelon, and explored the farming mode of "win-win in one place" and various new scientific farming modes suitable for local agricultural production. Through intensive cultivation and scientific management, he effectively utilized land and space, improved land utilization rate and increased multiple cropping index. The average net profit per mu exceeded 2500 yuan for many years. "At present, there are more than 50 mu of spring corn interplanted with sweet potato in 300 mu of land, and the estimated income per mu is more than 4000 yuan; the planting of more than 200 mu of wheat is not less than 800 jin per mu, and the income per mu is nearly 1000 yuan, including more than 20 mu of wheat interplanted with watermelon. After wheat harvest, corn is interplanted between watermelon rows, and late beans are planted after watermelon strike. Four harvests are realized in one year, and the estimated income per mu is more than 2500 yuan. The rest are planted with 100 mu of wheat stubble peanuts and 100 mu of wheat stubble sweet potatoes, and the income per mu is not less than 2000 yuan." Su Xiaowei introduced said.

In 2014, Su Xiaowei found that the walnut market was selling well and the price remained high year after year. At the beginning of 2015, he purchased more than 2000 new walnut seedlings from Fruit Research Institute of Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences at one time, selected a plot with flat terrain and convenient irrigation and drainage, surrounded more than 30 mu of land with silk mesh, and planted all walnut seedlings. At present, walnut grows well.

Because it takes three years after walnut planting to see benefits, in order to keep the land idle in these years, Su Xiaowei chooses some dwarf crops, such as peanut, sweet potato, watermelon, vegetables interplanted under the tree, the symbiosis of the two has little mutual influence, but also can make up for the gap of no income in the early stage of walnut. Su Xiaowei introduced, He planted walnut is Henan Academy of Agricultural Sciences introduced and cultivated ultra-thin skin new varieties, Walnut quality high price, Market best-selling, Three years later into the peak fruit period, Five years later per mu can reach a thousand jin, According to 10 yuan per catty calculation, Mu income is 10,000 yuan. During the pre-walnut years, the land under the good walnut forest will be fully utilized for interplanting other crops to maximize the harvest.

"Our large growers have WeChat groups, in which we not only exchange planting experience with each other, but also introduce the sales prices and sales channels of fruits and vegetables to each other. We break into the market in groups, sell locally if we can sell locally, and promote online when local sales are difficult. We have sales points all over the country." When asked about sales, Su Xiaowei confidently said.

Feng Hongwei Reporter Zhang Peiqi