Farmers in Longnan cultivate Ganoderma lucidum to get rich in Shaanxi

"the net profit is 280000 yuan, and it is estimated that there will be more than 200,000 yuan in net income next year!" This year, Yu Donghua, a villager from Qianwei Village, Longnan Township, has made great achievements in cultivating Ganoderma lucidum in Shaanxi Province.

Yu Donghua, 46, has been dealing with edible fungi for 32 years and Ganoderma lucidum for nine years. He said he had never left the edible fungus in his life. And the particularity of Ganoderma lucidum cultivation also destined him to be a drifter. In the past nine years, Yu Donghua has been to Jiangxi, Guizhou, Yunnan and now Ankang, Shaanxi.

Yu Donghua was born into a poor family in Qianwei village. at the age of 14, he was forced to drop out of school because his family could not afford a tuition fee of 15 yuan. he followed his father to Wuyuan, Jiangxi Province to make shiitake mushrooms, went out to do shiitake mushrooms in winter, and went home to farm in spring. This life lasted for eight years, almost with Yu Donghua's entire adolescence. "the conditions at home are poor, and there are still younger brothers and sisters who have to go to school. The whole family only has their father and brother to work outside, and they can't afford to pay tuition fees, so they go to work with their father and brother, and they can also subsidize the family." When he was a child, Yu Donghua was very sensible.

Yu Donghua has been growing Lentinus edodes and fungus outside for more than a decade, but in his early years, whether he followed his father and brother, partnered with others, or worked on his own, the cultivation of Lentinus edodes fungus has never brought him great benefits. "almost every year he is in a state that can barely cover his family's expenses." Yu Donghua told reporters. Until the winter of 2008, introduced by a friend, Yu Donghua began to cultivate Ganoderma lucidum. He successively set up planting bases in Jiangxi, Yunnan, and Guizhou. Because Yu Donghua was warm and passionate, loved to make friends and was very righteous, from going out with his father and brother for a few years to starting to make edible fungi on his own. Yu Donghua has saved a lot of network resources for himself. Where the soil climate is good, where the labor is cheap, where is more suitable for Ganoderma lucidum cultivation, friends will communicate with each other, which saves Yu Donghua a lot of strength in choosing a cultivation base. In the first four years of cultivation of Ganoderma lucidum in 2008, due to the help of friends and more than ten years of experience in dealing with edible fungi, the output and price of Ganoderma lucidum cultivated by Yu Donghua were good. As a result, Yu Donghua accumulated some wealth.

However, the road to entrepreneurship is always full of wind and rain and thorns. After marriage, in order to prevent his wife and children from drifting outside with him, he chose to wander and start a business alone, leaving his wife to take care of the children in Longquan, which became Yu Donghua's biggest debt to his family. Because of his long journey and busy starting a business, Yu Donghua only goes home two or three times a year, so he missed almost all the years when his children were growing up. "I can count my fingers when I'm at home every year." Moreover, in the first few years of working as Ganoderma lucidum, the income is very good, but also saved a lot of savings, he is going to settle down his family in the city. However, four years ago, a worker in his factory drowned while transporting Duanmu across the river. a compensation of more than 1 million yuan beat Yu Donghua back to his original form. "I originally planned to buy a house in the city so that my family could live better and no longer have to squeeze into a rental house." as a result, the matter of buying a house was wasted. " Not only that, empty-handed, he even had no cost to continue to invest in Ganoderma lucidum, so he had to go back to Longquan and start all over again. "at that time, he was very decadent. On the one hand, he felt that his previous hard work had been wasted, on the other hand, he felt guilty about the dead." Yu Donghua said, "I couldn't get out for a long time. I was enlightened by my friends and wife." Yu Donghua felt that it was not the way to go on like this, and there was still a large family waiting for him to feed. With the help of friends, Yu Donghua revived his strength, borrowed 50,000 yuan from relatives and friends, and borrowed 150000 yuan from the bank through the joint insurance of several friends, raising 200000 yuan. This time, Yu Donghua chose Shaanxi Ankang. "Ankang is the hometown of traditional Chinese medicine, very suitable for growing Ganoderma lucidum, the place name is also very good, Ankang Ankang, Fushou Ankang."

Yu Donghua established a Ganoderma lucidum cultivation base in Hengkou Town, Ankang City, Shaanxi Province, to plant and promote "Longzhi 2". In 2015, Yu Donghua planted 500000 kilograms of "Longzhi 2" wood, covering an area of 15 mu. Due to the large shape, thick cover, high yield and good quality of Ganoderma lucidum No. 2, a new variety of Ganoderma lucidum, coupled with Yu Donghua's standardized cultivation, Ganoderma lucidum has a bumper harvest this year, harvesting 18400 kg of Ganoderma lucidum, with an average output of 3.68kg per 100kg. 22% higher than the general production base, the total sales reached 786500 yuan, excluding the cost, creating a profit of 286500 yuan. "with a bumper harvest, I am very happy. Many people who have cultivated Ganoderma lucidum outside have asked me about the varieties, and some people will come to me to buy strains." Yu Donghua said happily. Due to the high yield and good quality, according to the current mycelium development forecast of this batch of trees, another 8000 kilograms can be harvested in 2016, because there is no need for log, strain, inoculation, fungus, burying and other input, only a small amount of management costs will be needed, which will greatly reduce the cost and is expected to increase income by 250000 yuan by 2016.

Now that Yu Donghua has bought a house in Longquan City, the family no longer have to squeeze into small and dilapidated rental houses, and their life is getting better and better. Next, Yu Donghua said that he would build another 15-mu base in Dexing, Jiangxi Province. "as long as one or two workers are hired to manage the original base, I will occasionally go over and have a look at it, and next year I will focus on the new base." The future, in Yu Donghua's eyes, is full of hope.