Zhao Zhihong's record of planting peaches-- A record of the birth of peaches in the first greenhouse in Shaanxi

"pay attention! The row spacing is 1.8 meters and the plant spacing is 1 meter. " Zhao Zhihong directed more than 100 Murakami members to build a new peach orchard, with each tree one meter apart. "you're messing around!" Member Yang Weiguo strongly opposes it. Lao Yang, who has worked for peaches all his life, really can't figure it out: "Laobaozi has a history of growing peaches for hundreds of years. How many generations have a row spacing of 6 meters and a plant spacing of 5 meters?"

Looking at the members' puzzled, confused and hesitant faces, Zhao Zhihong realized that this was definitely not the idea of Lao Yang alone. He thought: it is better to hear than to see. Instead of worrying, let them see it with their own eyes. No explanation, direct contact, looking for a car. In July 2013, two reluctant villagers were dragged into the car by Zhao Zhihong to Yangling to watch.

Looking for a good variety

Laobaozi Village is located in Zhongnan Town, northeast of Zhouzhi County under Qinling Mountain. It began to grow peaches in 1633. In 2011, it certified the geographical indication of "Laobaozi Village Honey Peach". Many villagers' families have lived on peaches for generations, and the whole village has more than 2000 mu of peach orchards. Despite the fact that there is a lot of land, before 2013, they planted "Shahong" honey peaches, belonging to medium-ripe varieties, which were listed on the market at the end of June and could not sell at all, about 1 yuan per jin. According to the calculation, the income of one mu of land is only 6,000 or 7,000 yuan, and after deducting the cost, there is not much profit. Zhao Zhihong, the village branch secretary, saw it in his eyes and was anxious in his heart.

At the end of May 2012, Lao Zhao seized the opportunity and went to Xi'an and found that there was almost no seasonal fruit on the market except southern nectarines. Keeping an eye on the timing, he wanted to find a variety that tasted better, bigger and went on the market earlier than "sand red", and was sure to sell it at a good price. Laozhao heard that there is a peach variety "Chunmei" in Lianhua Town, Huaxian County. The big peach tastes sweet, and the most important is the precocious variety, which will be on the market on June 20, so he rushed to Huaxian County without saying a word. "when I first arrived in Huaxian County and saw Huang Mingxi, he was selling peaches to merchants for 3 yuan a jin. I was very interested at that time." Zhao Zhihong said.

In July, he brought back a truck of "Chunmei" scions from Lianhua Town to have a big fight, but he was drenched by a few words like cold water from the villagers. "Lao Zhao, grafting is so troublesome that you can sell it for 2 yuan more per jin than before. What do you want us to do?" "Yes, it's a hot day." Just then, villager Lao Li woke him up: "if you can bear more fruit, you can sell it for more money." What are we going to do? Remembering that in the past, when organizing learning in the village, Professor Yang Ling Wang Anzhu mentioned that Li Chengxing in Caojiagou Village, Wuzong Town, Yangling, had studied the method of planting honey peaches, which was not only easy to manage, but also produced a lot of fruit. With a skeptical mentality, Lao Zhao embarked on the road to Yangling.

When he came to Yangling, Lao Zhao learned that Li Chengxing had his own set of management methods after many experiments. In March 2013, after returning from Yangling, he walked around the field with a loudspeaker all day, and invited Li Chengxing to give technical guidance to Laobaozi Village, urging members to plant trees according to the prescribed row spacing and pruning the original tree shape of "three branches, six supplements and twelve branches." "Miss Li, how do you do this? If the tree is short, the peach will bear less, and the branches are so dense, how can it shine in the sun? What exactly is the principle of your method? " Many members led by Yang Weiguo began to shout, "Mr. Li, what's the principle?" Li Chengxing, who has only practical experience and no theoretical knowledge, was temporarily asked by the members speechless. "the principle. There is no principle. Anyway, I'm sure you can work it out. "

I can't say one, two, three, how can the members believe it? After the peaches matured in June of that year, Zhao Zhihong and his 150 members went to Caojiagou Village, Wuzong Town, Yangling in three batches to visit and learn Li Chengxing's tree pruning method. Words are but wind,but seeing is believing. When they saw the model members coming back, they followed Lao Zhao to plant secret plants.

At the agricultural high-level meeting in November of that year, Lao Zhao saw the "one-sided" greenhouse peach technology from Shouguang Liu Chengde in Shandong Province. Knowing that "greenhouse peach" could be listed a month in advance, he had an idea and followed Liu Chengde to Shandong to study.

Technology is the key.

On May 3, 2015, Zhao Zhihong kept running into the field. When he came back, he went around at home, anxious as an ant on a hot pot. "I couldn't eat or sleep in those days." Lao Zhao said. After planting trees for one year and bearing fruit for two years, Chunmei was finally about to see the results. Zhao Zhihong was full of confidence and was going to harvest peaches in the fields. Unexpectedly, as soon as I entered the field, I saw that the peaches on the tree were as big as ping-pong balls.

It turned out that in November 2012, Zhao Zhihong went to Shouguang to learn advanced technology and found that dwarfing technology is good, but "one-sided" is not feasible: peaches can not see the sun on the back, taste is not sweet, but also easy to grow branches. After returning to Laobaozi village with his technology, Lao Zhao improved himself and organized the villagers to plant high-density "Chunmei" and set up a greenhouse until May 2015.

"but why on earth do peaches grow so little? How should we solve the problem? " Lao Zhao, who had no tricks, thought of Boss Huang, who sold seedlings. Sure enough, you have to tie the bell. "I have heard from the merchants who collect peaches that the peaches in the greenhouse in Leting County, Tangshan are very large. If you don't go there and have a look, maybe you can find a way." Without thinking about the news, Zhao Zhihong immediately took two villagers to Xi'an Xianyang International Airport. this was the first time that three farmers from Laobaozi Village came to the airport and got on a plane for the first time. On May 8, 2015, as soon as Lao Zhao and his party returned to the village, they paid close attention to applying high potassium fertilizer to the peach trees. A few days later, the peach grew up.

Watching these peaches grow up day by day, Lao Zhao let go of his hanging heart.

Capital "timely rain"

Around May 25 last year, merchants continued to come to harvest peaches. Peaches in the greenhouse in Laobaozi village appeared on the market a month earlier than open-air peaches, and the price was 6 yuan per jin, which was 6 times higher than before. This is the best market in Laobaozi Village, which has been growing peaches for hundreds of years, and Laobaozi peaches also opened the prelude to the first peach in Shaanxi Province.

Last winter, Zhao Zhihong was walking in Laobaozi village when he suddenly found that the village had become lively. The villagers who used to work abroad all came back and began to buy seedlings and build greenhouses.

Lao Zhao calculated an account for the reporter: "now one tree can bear 30 jin of peaches, and one mu is a greenhouse. There are 350 trees with an annual output of 10,000 jin. According to the lowest purchase price, 6 yuan per jin, you can receive 60,000 yuan." After deducting the cost, one shed can earn at least 30,000 yuan. What's more, there is a wide market now, which is sold for 7 yuan a jin this year. "

Zhao Zhihong, who has won the trust of the members, looked back and found that the peaches in the old Baozi greenhouse could not have been successful without funds.

"it costs 26,000 yuan to build a shed and more than 3.9 million yuan for 150 sheds." In retrospect, Lao Zhao still remembers the astronomical figure clearly. He calculated that the 100 low-income families in the village would receive 1 million yuan per household in accordance with the policy of helping the poor and running industries in Xi'an. It is said that Lao Zhao is a capable person, who can not only play with skill, but also sharpen his mouth. When he came back from Xi'an Poverty Alleviation Office, he applied for 570000 yuan for family planning industry development project funds for Laobaozi Village, and a total of 1.57 million yuan became the start-up capital for building a greenhouse.

"I'm just daring. I just want to develop the greenhouse, but I don't care much about the rest. " Zhao Zhihong said. In 2014, when he came to Xi'an Municipal Committee of Agriculture to apply for funds, "can your village succeed?" Weiyang District wanted to build a modern agricultural park before, but it has never been successful. You owe a lot of debt, and your village has to make the same mistake again. " The staff also half-joked and half-joked to persuade Zhao Zhihong to grow peaches honestly and stop messing around. In the face of various doubts and hesitations, he chased people from the Municipal Committee of Agriculture over and over and said, "We specially went to Yangling and Shandong to see it. We learned all the ready-made successful techniques, and even invited teacher Yang Ling to guide us. I'm sure we can grow it well in our village." Zhao Zhihong's soft and hard bubble bored the staff of the Municipal Committee of Agriculture, but he was not discouraged. In 2015, when the first batch of peaches in Laobaozi Village went on sale in the greenhouse, he walked into the door of the Municipal Committee of Agriculture again. "Leader, peaches in our village have been on the market, one month earlier than open-air peaches, and now they can sell at a good price in the market." The income of 150 poor households in our village has increased from 6,000 to 7,000 yuan to 26,000 yuan. In the future, it is planned to give 700 households in the village, each with a shed. "