Sun Baiqian: grow watermelon and hold "Jinwa"

On the morning of August 3, there was laughter in Sun Baiqian's watermelon greenhouse in Moushan Village, Moushan Town, Yuyao, Zhejiang Province. In the greenhouse, green melon vines are extremely lush, under the shade of sunlight, the ground is full of green watermelon. Outside the greenhouse, more than 10 farmers are chasing each other to load round watermelons onto large trucks on the roadside, ready to be sent to Shanghai's fruit wholesale market.

Sun Baiqian, 55 years old this year, is a big grain grower in Moushan Town. How did he suddenly sell watermelon? Sun Baiqian solved the mystery for the reporter,"Originally I planted 160 mu of rice, At the beginning of this year, I invested 300,000 yuan to 110 mu of farmland facilities transformation, Set up greenhouses, Spread drip irrigation facilities, All changed to high-quality varieties 8424 watermelon." Sun Baiqian said happily,"The total income of watermelon in this 110 mu greenhouse can reach 200,000 yuan!"

"As early as the first half of last year, I contacted watermelon sales through my friends in Shanghai, Suzhou and Hangzhou, and the sales of these melons accounted for more than 70% of the total. Now I can sell as many melons as I have, and I have to call ahead to make an appointment to buy my melons. Since I picked the first batch of melons in May, I have picked three batches of melons totaling 350,000 kilograms." Speaking of the sales of this batch of watermelons, Sun Baiqian was quite proud. He told reporters, 8424 watermelon in addition to sweet water enough, the biggest feature is long melon period, can be picked until October. As he spoke, Sun Baiqian's phone rang. It turned out that Shanghai revitalization fruit wholesale manager Huang to him to melons.

When talking about the experience of adjusting the industrial structure this time, Sun Baiqian suddenly added: "The key to agricultural restructuring is to find out the market accurately. I failed a few years ago. At that time, I blindly raised shrimp and bullfrogs. I suffered a big loss because I did not understand the market thoroughly. This time I learned a lesson, spent more than two years to carry out preliminary research, but also systematically learned the greenhouse watermelon planting technology, and hired Wenling agricultural technology experts as consultants. The leaders of the Moushan Town Party Committee and government are also very concerned about me. They have come to help me solve practical difficulties many times. The agricultural technicians of the Town Agricultural Economic Office are frequent visitors here and provide technical support for me."

After a while, the truck was full of watermelons, and the driver gently started the car, carrying these melons and Lao Sun's hopes slowly into the distance. "As long as we find out the market demand and adjust the industrial structure in time, our farmers 'income will definitely increase." Sun Baiqian muttered to himself.