"Watermelon King" Chen Dengbao

Chen Dengbao, a farmer in Dongjing Street, Hannan District, Wuhan City, has led more than 70 farmers to plant greenhouse gift watermelons over the past four years, so that everyone has tasted the "great sweetness" of "small watermelons" and is affectionately known as "watermelon king" by the villagers. When asked about his experience in growing melons, Chen Dengbao repeatedly stressed that for watermelons to be sweet, one depends on technology, and the other depends on integrity.

Chen Dengbao

According to Chen Dengbao, the growing period of watermelons is generally 40 days, with a head growing in the first 20 days and a yield of 8000 kg per mu; in the latter 20 days, the sweetness is increased and the quality is only about 5000 kg. Compared with 40 days, watermelons are about the same size, but it takes 40 days to taste good and sweet.

In late July 2006, the watermelon market fluctuated greatly. Chen Dengbao took the initiative to inspect the two major fruit batch markets in Wuhan and went online to inquire the sales price of watermelons around the province. Then, it puts forward the method of limited listing, selling at the wrong time, and protecting seedlings and strong vines, guiding melon farmers not to sell for a day, and successfully building a "Phoenix Land" gift watermelon brand in Wuhan, and the sales price is much higher than that of the surrounding areas. attract door-to-door purchases from businessmen from all over the country.

Now, more and more farmers are getting rich by planting greenhouse watermelons. Wang Baozhi, secretary of the party branch of Dongjing Street Brigade in Hannan District of Wuhan City, said with deep feeling: "at that time, the greenhouse gift watermelon planting project was introduced, and there were also different opinions within the branch. I thought that the risk was too great, and I was a little hesitant to make trouble for myself. However, at the critical moment, Chen Dengbao was the first to come forward to ask for war, and achieved success, using facts to allay the various worries of the cadres and the masses. Today, our brigade has become a famous professional watermelon team, and Chen Dengbao has also become a veritable watermelon king.