"A big lotus root grower in the capital": the harvest season is welcomed in the first year of relocation.

The first batch of lotus root will be loaded and shipped to the capital.

It is also a bumper harvest season, the reporter came to the "capital lotus root big family" Ding Suoshan is located in Caofeidian Xinhai Lake ecological park in the 300 mu lotus root planting base. People say "golden autumn October". In the "gilded" season, the lotus pond in Ding Suo Mountain also retreated from the appearance of "lotus leaf Hetian" and changed into autumn clothes; and after the season of picking lotus seeds and appreciating lotus leaves, the lotus root, which has been silent in the underwater soil that we can't see, has finally come to its season-- on the path beside the lotus pond, large trucks from Beijing are waiting for the lotus root to be loaded out of the pond. The first cart of lotus root sold from Caofeidian to Beijing is about to leave here.

Standing by the lotus pond, Ding Suoshan watched the workers pull the fat lotus roots out of the pond and put them in baskets one by one, his face brimming with the joy of harvest. He told the reporter: "the growth of lotus root this year is very good, with an average of about 2.5kg per lotus root. From the situation of the first car loading, the output of commercial lotus root this year is about 1500 kg to 2000 kg per mu."

Zhu Guanglun, who has been engaged in lotus root distribution for more than 20 years, is busy weighing lotus roots in baskets. He easily picked up a lotus root with four sections long and told the reporter: "I have been engaged in lotus root sales for so many years. I know something about lotus roots all over the country. The climate and water quality here in Caofeidian are more suitable for lotus root growth. The lotus root here has a high yield and a good taste. I have compared the samples. Compared with other places, the pond lotus root market in Caofeidian can sell 60 cents to one yuan more per kilogram, which is basically in short supply. "

Ding Suoshan, who has been growing lotus root with his parents by Chaohu since childhood, has been leasing lotus root in Beijing since 1993. His business model of "harvesting lotus root under winter ice and selling in the wrong season" not only fills the technical gap in the cultivation of lotus root in the north, but also makes him a big lotus root grower in the capital. At the beginning of this year, in line with the general trend of coordinated development of Beijing, Tianjin and Hebei, Ding Suoshan decided to move his planting base to Caofeidian.

On April 10, Ding Suoshan's lotus root base officially signed a contract to settle in Caofeidian. "A large lotus root grower in the capital has settled in Caofeidian." for a time, the news that Ding Suoshan was going to plant lotus root in the original rice field attracted great attention. When it comes to moving to Caofeidian, Ding Suoshan said that moving his industry to a brand-new environment must bear risks, and his biggest worry at the beginning was that some salinity in the soil and water of the original paddy field was not conducive to the growth of lotus root. For this reason, the lotus root pond has set up reasonable water and drainage pipes to ensure that the lotus root field is reasonably alkaline and unobstructed. In view of the present situation of soil consolidation in paddy field, measures such as deep ploughing, water injection and rotary tillage were carried out, and a lotus root ring road was built to facilitate daily management and lotus root transportation. Spring planting and autumn harvest, today's harvest has proved that Ding Suoshan's meticulous efforts have been rewarded. Ding Suoshan said: to this day, watching the lotus root loaded and sold, I can finally breathe a sigh of relief. "now I have a root in my heart!"

Looking at the baskets of lotus roots coming out of the pond to load cars, Ding Suoshan talked about his own development plan: "next year, the company's commercial lotus root planting area will be expanded to 1000 mu to 2000 mu on the existing basis." and in the sales model to open up farmers' market sales, supermarket sales, deep processing, export four channels. This year's harvest has given me great confidence. I believe that lotus root planting can have greater development in the land of Caofeidian. "

"I am full of hope for Caofeidian!" Looking to the future, Ding Suoshan's eyes sparkled enthusiastically: "Tourism will certainly become a development trend in the future. I hope to expand the development area, drive the broad masses of farmers in Caofeidian to become rich through their own strength, and gather more popularity for Caofeidian."

Baskets of fat lotus roots, with the fragrance of soil, are weighed and loaded on their way to Beijing. In a few hours, they will be distributed to supermarkets in Beijing, bringing the sweet taste of soil and water nourishment to the people of Caofeidian.