Lao Li's "three-character Classic" teaches you how to plant pepper to increase production.

Li Maolin, 66, from Gutian Village, Youjun Town, has been growing pepper for only three years, but his pepper forest has reached a yield of 2000 jin per mu this year. According to the current purchase price of 7.20 yuan per jin, his income per mu can exceed 14000 yuan.

A few days ago, the reporter walked into Lao Li's Zanthoxylum bungeanum forest, made some on-the-spot inquiries, and listened to him introduce his "three-character Sutra" of Zanthoxylum bungeanum.

1. Ruthless

"the first key to growing pepper is to be ruthless!" In Lao Li's pepper field, the first experience he introduced surprised the reporter.

Seeing the reporter's face puzzled, Lao Li immediately explained: "ruthless" means to be ruthless when pruning and wiping buds, and resolutely trim those branches and new buds that are not suitable to be retained, so as to retain enough nutrients for hanging fruit branches.

Lao Li said that many pepper farmers often retain too many branches and buds because they are reluctant to give up, thinking that the more branches they have, the more fruit they hang, but the end result is just the opposite.

2. Quasi

"the second thing is to be accurate." Lao Li said that his second prickly ash planting experience is to be "accurate" and do a good job of management in the corresponding season.

"for example, new buds should be wiped out in time to prevent excessive nutrients from being wasted. Sprinkle the medicine in time before flowering to prevent diseases and insect pests from entering the flowering stage. " Lao Li said that pepper planting is generally about 10 days is a season, if missed seasonal management will affect the absorption of nutrients and branch Lignification of pepper trees, and ultimately affect the hanging fruit and yield.

Lao Li told reporters that his family planted an area of 6 mu, a total of more than 600 prickly ash trees. Due to the small area, he was able to follow up every management period in time to ensure the overall growth of pepper.

3. Give up

"the most important thing is to be willing." Lao Li said that the most important reason why his pepper tree grows faster and bears more fruit than many pepper farmers is that they are willing to invest in fertilizer.

Lao Li said that of the more than 600 prickly ash trees in his family last year, in addition to using 2.5 jin of fertilizer (including phosphate fertilizer and special fertilizer), he also picked up more than 100 tons of farm manure to "feed" them from morning to night.

For the experience of planting pepper, Lao Li also made up a jingle: "Zanthoxylum bungeanum is a treasure, fertilizer can be coaxed, wipe the bud under the poisonous hand, the branch is the treasure."

"Hey! Attention, everyone, take a rest, don't take it off. " When the interview was almost over, Lao Li suddenly greeted the workers in the pepper forest.

The reporter asked to know that Lao Li had a special rule: do not pick pepper from 12:00 to 4 p.m. "because the sun is strong during this period of time, picking branches will hurt prickly ash trees." Lao Li's love for the pepper tree is beyond words.