Mulberry branches grow mushroom "waste wood" to make money

Wang Yue can check the growth of mushrooms in the field.

We all know that mulberry leaves can raise silkworms and mulberry fruits can be sold fresh, so what can mulberry branches be used to do? The villagers of Yuhe Village, Sanlie Township, Dongxing District, Neijiang City, began to plant mulberry in 1999 and began to raise silkworms in 2000. now the mulberry garden in the village has reached 67 hectares. Around the increment of mulberry twig, Wang Yueneng, a branch secretary of Yuhe Village, began his entrepreneurial process.

The first person who planted mushrooms with mulberry branches in the village

Recently, Wang Yueneng's family welcomes batch after batch of guests every day, and what attracts these guests is the edible fungus cultivated by Wang Yueneng using mulberry branches. "Mulberry branch edible fungus can stir-fry meat and cook soup, which is crisp and fragrant, and tastes good." Luo Fuzhang, a villager of the second group of Yuhe village, is a regular guest of Wang Yueneng's family. On March 20, he went to Wang Yueneng's house to buy two kilograms of mulberry branch edible fungi.

In 2014, Wang Yue went to Zizhong and Nanchong to learn mulberry edible fungus technology. After returning from his studies, he planted an acre of mulberry branch edible fungi in the village and bought a mulberry branch grinder. "first of all, the mulberry branches will be crushed, and then fermented for a few days, together with bran shell, lime and other raw materials, scattered in the field to cultivate mushrooms." Wang Yueneng said.

Wang Yueneng told me that he was the first person in the village to try mulberry branches to grow mushrooms. "in the past, the mulberry branches cut down in the villagers' homes were either burned or left in the ground, but now I collect them to grow mushrooms, so that not only the discarded mulberry branches can be used, but also tens of thousands of yuan of annual sales revenue can be obtained through mulberry edible fungi."

Annual sales income of 30,000 yuan

In the first year of trial planting, Wang Yueneng's mulberry branch edible fungus had a bumper harvest, and the sales income reached more than 30,000 yuan that year. However, as mulberry edible fungus is still a new thing in Neijiang, many people cannot accept it, so the market has naturally become a problem. Wang Yue can remember that the first time he went to the vegetable market to sell mulberry edible fungus, he hit the wall. At that time, many people saw it, but few people bought it. After analyzing the reasons, he found that the mulberry branch edible fungus of 30 yuan per kilogram is indeed a little expensive compared with other edible fungi, and the color of this kind of fungus is a little black and not very good-looking.

But this did not discourage Wang Yue. Once or twice, in order to open the market, Wang Yueneng went to Sanlie Township, Neijiang City, and other places to set up stalls for sale. gradually, more and more people knew the goods, and many people who had tasted edible fungi also became repeat customers. some customers also made a special trip to his home to buy it regardless of the long road, and mulberry edible fungus gradually became famous.

Subsequently, Wang Yuaneng decided to expand the scale and increase the acreage to more than 5 mu in 2015. "there are not enough mulberry branches in my mulberry garden, so I had to collect some mulberry branches from the homes of other villagers to make materials." Wang Yueneng said.

"Mulberry fungus has made a lot of achievements." Wang Yueneng broke his fingers and calculated an account: "each mu of mulberry needs 4000 kilograms of mulberry branches and 500kg bran shells as raw materials, and needs about 2000 yuan of bacteria, with an investment of about 5000 yuan per mu." According to the current market, more than 1000 kilograms of mulberry can be produced per mu, with an output value of more than 30, 000 yuan, excluding labor costs and costs, with a net income of more than 10, 000 yuan per mu. "

Catch up with e-commerce products to sell far away, "bacterial incense is also afraid of deep lanes." Wang Yueneng deeply understands this truth. Yuhe Village is located in the remote, out of the village to sell mulberry branch edible fungi is time-consuming and laborious, very inconvenient, and the number of customers who come into the village to buy is also very limited. How to further expand the market and make mulberry branches famous for edible fungi? He thought of e-commerce, which has been actively promoted by party committees and governments at all levels in recent years.

With the help of the "first secretary" in the village, Wang Yue came into contact with the e-commerce platform for the first time. To his surprise, e-commerce sales performance is very good, so far this year, light e-commerce platform has created thousands of yuan of sales revenue.

For Wang Yueneng, there are both joys and worries about growing mulberry branches of edible fungi. In January this year, a rare heavy snow fell on the Neijiang River, which had a certain impact on mulberry branch edible fungi. Fortunately, after the weather gets warmer in March, we can get an average of dozens of jin every day.

"now that the planting technology and marketing of mulberry branch edible fungi are in place, and the e-commerce platform has also been set up, the next step is to lead more villagers to develop mulberry branch edible fungi to help you increase your income." Wang Yueneng said.