Chiu news client, pen, chen kuo-kun, zhao jing, correspondent, jiang jia, jiang wenhui
On 11 june, the first “space watermelon” meeting in jiangsunanking took place and was officially launched in bulk. It was described that the watermelon was made of seeds that had been in space and smelled of chocolate, pineapple and milk, each with its own unique fruit。
My country is a major producer and producer of watermelon. The state of zhejiang tai has a significant role to play in the country's watermelon industry. At present, there are more than 60,000 taiwanese guaranes, who are “stalking the solar-cultivated watermelons” throughout the country, growing over 1. 5 million acres and producing over 20 billion yuan. It is widely known that 7 out of every 10 large sheds of watermelons in the market are grown by guagro in taizhou。
How did a good melon come to us from the field to the table? In recent days, journalists have walked into the country's large-scale watermelon industry, camp state, to follow the path of the birth of a “dreaming lover”。
Seeds selected: hundreds of new varieties per year. How do we pick a guaran
On 20 may, a small watermelon and melon identification meeting was held in the zhejiangtai state centre for the development of zhejiang state, attracting a large number of farmers and seed distributors from all over the country。
More than 300 new species of melons and melons are lined up on long tables. The judges, using such tools as sugar gauges, calcium and electron scales, recorded indicators of fruit colour, sugar, taste, etc。
The judges measure the watermelon
One of the largest displaying sites for melon species in the province is the west melon creas centre, which has 480 varieties. These seeds come from major research institutes and farming companies。
"i come here two or three times a year to choose the right new species." the cucumber farmers returned from ningxia to attend the meeting with several new small watermelons and decided to bring the seeds to the ningxia base for cultivation。
My country is the world's largest producer and consumer of watermelon, and its annual production has stabilized at around 60 million tons. According to fao, this production accounts for about 60 per cent of global production。
The species of watermelon are diverse and can be classified from maturity into pre-maturity, pre-maturity, pre-maturity, pre-maturity, large, medium-sized, small-sized watermelon, etc., and red, yellow, orange and multi-coloured watermelon。
Every year, hundreds of new species of watermelon are introduced by farming companies, research institutes, etc。
And for the gourds, the seeds are the only good ones to grow. This is a crucial choice for the harvest。
What kind of watermelon is a good melon? At the meeting, journalists asked several people about this issue。
"i like sweet, seed-free watermelons," says a southerner, "a melon eater."。
"i like big watermelons with sand, and i don't like too sweet." another watermelon lover said。
"property is high and disease-resistant." says a gourd。
"consumer loves melons, and farmers love melons." according to a farmer's director。
A thousand people have a thousand good melons。
“in the market, there is no watermelon of any kind that can wrap up the world.” according to the head of the sanctuary guaco creative centre, for-profit forests, on the one hand, new varieties continue to emerge. On the other hand, the requirements and preferences for watermelon vary from region to region, climate, consumption landscape and consumption habits. For example, the north-west plantation, which requires long distances to grow a variety that is transport-resistant and productive. Big melons are suitable for consumption, such as hotels, and small melons for household consumption。
In any case, however, quality and differentiation are the main directions of watermelon development. According to fortunate forest, this was also the original purpose of the czc — to tailor good and new varieties to be suitable for the farmers of the country through test seed screening。
In recent years, the miniaturization of watermelons has become an important trend. In the three years since its establishment, the côte d'ivoire centre has screened small and medium-sized watermelon varieties, such as “casa 6” and “gola 2110”, and has jointly developed new varieties of good-quality watermelon species, such as “melli 8” and “honey 1”, with farming companies. Of these, “kasumi no. 6” small-scale watermelons have reached over 60,000 acres。
It has also set up a doctoral innovation station, in collaboration with the institute of scientific research, to introduce ai molecular breeding techniques into the watermelon culture chain in order to fast-track quality and reduce the cycle of cultivation。
With regard to selection, taizhou has become a national windmark。
Every year, tens of thousands of melons, starting here, carry carefully selected seeds and sow their hopes throughout the country。
Cultivation: replacement of a “good body” for the seedlings
In mid-may, the mefou smelt plant, located in the town of zhuangang, wingling, taizhou, brought together the last group of smelts, which were loaded and shipped to the guizhou planting base。
This plant, which covers only five or six acres, can produce up to 1 million watermelons per year。
The state of taizhou owns the largest seeding area in the province, with more than 100 million seedlings per year, sold throughout the country. Of these, more than 40 are found in watermelon breeding plants in the city of winter ridge alone。
Watermelon, originating in africa, hot and afraid of flooding. The watermelon appears to be a little weak compared to relatives of cucumbers and pumpkins。
“the watermelon grows on the same land for a year or two, and it has to be replaced, otherwise it is prone to endemic diseases such as atrophy, leaving the whole piece of the melon with no harvest.” wang qi, deputy director-general of the temperature agricultural technology promotion station, said that this was the other side of the “catching watermelons of solar species” and that the melon farmers had to change new melons frequently。
In order to overcome the barrier to watermelon connection, watermelon breeding techniques have begun to be applied extensively。
The worker is married to a watermelon, a correspondent, and a cameraman
In order to marry a baby, a watermelon seedling is to be found in a seedling of other guacamole and pumpkins. To achieve the goals of increasing production and saving on fertilizers, taking advantage of the root systems of thorium, the well-developed pumpkin and the strong resistance to disease. More importantly, watermelon seedlings have been able to solve the problem of atrophy by changing their roots, allowing for continuous cultivation。
With a view to the whole country, the cultivation of watermelon seedlings has become the dominant choice for the melon farmers. In the city of winter ridge, where the land is scarce, almost all the guarantines grow seedlings。
Meforsmelon married the owner of the seed plant, weimelian, and has been a nursery worker for over 20 years。
From november to may of the following year, the nursery period in the plant is observed。
The way to get married is to cut the rice-size interface on a thin watermelon with toothpicks, insert the top of the aluminum, pumpkins, etc., and fix it with a clamp. “this is a technical job that must have a good eye.” ouémeline says。
The first days of marriage are the most vulnerable. "it is hot and cold, and it must be treated like a baby. Ouémeline said that when the weather is cold, the seedlings go up to down and cover five membranes. The temperature is high and the sunnet is covered with timely ventilation。
Ten more days after marriage, when the melon interface is ready for sale. From disinfection of seeds, seedlings, seedlings, seedlings, marriage, to completion of the sale, a cycle takes 45 days。
Wang zhi described the changes that have occurred in the marriage of watermelons over the past 20 years. At first, it was full of wood. Later, the roots of the more developed and productive pumpkins became the dominant. Now, a number of melon farmers are beginning to try wild watermelon wood, which is more demanding, but tastes best。
Of course, a watermelon that is grown by acupuncture is slightly different from a watermelon that grows from a seedling. It's just the general consumer, and it's hard to discern the distinction。
Growing good melons: good soil, good melons every year
With a good seed, the test is planting technology。
The state of taizhou is not only the industrial headquarters, but also the technology export centre for the country's large-scale watermelon. As early as the 1990s, taizhou took the lead in scaling up the country and innovatively developed a system of efficient watermelon cultivation techniques for the “back + membrane + fine management”. Zenium
The two types of melons that are popular with the market, “metto” and “8424”, were planted in guanon, taizhou, using the technique of ploughing。
Entering the studios of a cooperative specialized in fruit and vegetable gardening in the city of wingling, only one watermelon, “8424”, has grown to the size of football and is about to be marketed. The sheds are full of drip irrigation, spraying, mantle, etc。
In addition to these visible facilities, an invisible soil restoration experiment is under way。
Blof eco-harmonized planting techniques have been applied, i. E. The use of scientific composting and solar thermal processing to eradicate harmful bacteria from the soil while defusing the soil and respiring exhausted land。
The guacamole of the qi gardens and vegetables in wingling city
“to grow good melons, good varieties and good methods are important, but the core is soil.” it is not difficult to plant a good season alone, but a complete ecological and industrial chain is necessary to achieve sound and sustainable industrial development。
To this end, since 2023, xinjiang has been experimenting with blof techniques for ecologically harmonious cultivation. At present, the technology has been extended to 5,000 acres at the plantation base in shanxi。
It's amazing. Following the direction of the mighty fingers, we see a growing watermelon growing on an old melon that has been growing for more than a decade。
In order to sustain the output of the melons, xin guang has also created a combination of punches: wild guacamole mating, rotational swinging, blof technology tri-tracking. At the ningxia base, where beans and maize wheels are grown, and in temperate lands where dry-water rotations are carried out, a year of rice is grown, and wild watermelons are planted to grow slowly。
Today, the cooperative has more than 1,700 acres of melon fields in the hot springs, and more than 20,000 acres in the production areas of shanxi, ningxia, yunnan, jiangsu, etc. “i have no intention of moving the 20,000 acres outside and trying to raise the soil so that it can continue to grow.” xinjiang says。
Zhejiang university's school of agriculture and biotechnology, professor zhang ming fong, is also focusing on soil tests in the zhejiang province. He described the use of biostimulants to promote the growth of the watermelon system and to enhance resistant soil management techniques for soil “feeding” fish proteins, algae acid, etc., which could lead to deeper and stronger watermelon systems。
"now, the melon has more standards." zenghong zhang said that while good food remained the primary goal, health and features cut out more disaggregated cakes。
