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New Mini Sweet Potato Variety Hits Supermarkets: Professor Promotes It on Site
Around noon today, the food section of the Vanguard supermarket in Pujia Xincun was filled with drifting aromas, drawing many customers to stop and look. It turned out that more than 60 fragrant, piping-hot roasted sweet potatoes had just come out of the oven. Serving everyone at the counter was an elegant middle-aged woman who, while helping people choose sweet potatoes, also introduced their nutritional value and cooking tips, making everyone nod in agreement. This woman selling sweet potatoes was none other than the developer of this mini sweet potato - Ji Zhixian, a professor at the Provincial Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Teach
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Growing Environment and Variety Selection for Mini Sweet Potatoes
1. Environment selection: Select the planting site according to the environmental conditions standard for pollution-free food - vegetable production areas. At the same time, the soil is required to be loose newly opened red or yellow soil or sandy paddy-upland rotation land, with acidic soil. 2. Variety selection 2.1 Jinyu (formerly Zhe 1257). Bred by the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences, skin color pink, flesh color pure yellow, tuberous roots short and round, smooth skin, taste mealy, sweet, and glutinous, fine texture, no coarse fiber (strings), rich aroma, drying rate 30%-32%, 5-7 tuberous roots per plant, uniform tuberous root size, good early maturity, can be harvested in about 110 d (days), suitable for planting in different seasons, marketable tuberous root rate can reach 85%, small tubers below 50 g also have distinctive features and are suitable for hotel and restaurant consumption. This variety emerges well, drought tolerance is average, the main disadvantage is susceptibility to vine cutting disease, effective disease avoidance measures are selecting disease-free seed tubers, high vine cutting, and avoiding continuous cropping, paddy-upland rotation has a better control effect. 2.2 Liangyuan (formerly ais). Introduced variety from abroad. Skin color golden yellow, flesh color red, tuberous roots round, skin relatively smooth, taste soft, sweet, and glutinous, excellent quality, rich aroma; drying rate 25%-26%, suitable for steaming or roasting, 5-6 tuberous roots per plant, uniform tuberous root size. Good emergence, medium maturity, growth period about 130 d (days). 2.3 Xinxiang. A new variety bred by the Zhejiang Academy of Agricultural Sciences. Purple-red skin and yellow flesh, tuberous roots oval, skin relatively smooth, taste relatively mealy, fine texture, relatively sweet, drying rate 27%-29%. Underground tuberous roots are shallow and concentrated, suitable for mechanized harvesting, 6-7 tuberous roots per plant, uniform tuberous root size. This variety has good early maturity and high yield, when cultivated with plastic film mulching from late April to early May, it can be harvested in 90 d (days), yield and maturity are comparable to the high-yielding variety Sushu No. 8, and it can be planted for two seasons a year in Zhejiang Province. 2.4 Zheshu 6025. Purple-red skin and orange-red flesh, tuberous roots oval, skin relatively smooth, when just harvested, taste mealy, after storage (November), starch continuously degrades; taste relatively soft, glutinous, and sweet, good flavor, better to supply the market starting in November, a small amount of coarse fiber at both ends, drying rate 28%-32%. 5-7 tuberous roots per plant, good emergence, aboveground part semi-erect, vigorous growth, dark green leaf color, medium vine, medium maturity, growth period more than 120 d (days), better planted in early to mid-June. 2.5 Zheshu 78. Red skin and orange-red flesh, tuberous roots round, skin relatively smooth, taste soft, sweet, and glutinous, a small amount of coarse fiber at both ends, relatively good flavor, drying rate 25%-26%, good early maturity, suitable for early planting and early harvest, quality declines if harvested after October.
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Laminitis in pigs is a surgical disease of swine.
[Causes]In the past, clinical cases of laminitis in pigs were relatively few, but in recent years the incidence has increased. There are many factors that trigger laminitis. At present, due to the use of various additives, pig feed is formulated with comprehensive and sufficient nutrients, the feed is rich and highly palatable, pigs are greedy eaters and lethargic, and exercise little. In addition, with the increase in confinement and cage rearing, pigs become fat and fleshy in a short time and their body weight increases rapidly. Such a huge pig body increases the pressure on the narrow hoof capsule, and coupled with insufficient exercise, poor blood circulation in the hoof, and impeded and obstructed hoof mechanism, when digestive disorders occur, the feed in the gastrointestinal tract ferments and produces histamine-like toxins, causing the hoof, which is rich in
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What are the methods for determining a dog's age from its teeth
Age determination in dogs The age of a dog is mainly determined by a comprehensive assessment of the growth of the dog's teeth, the tooth cusps and the degree of tooth wear, shape, color, and so on. For ease of reference, the dog's dental stages are introduced as follows: adult dogs have a total of 42 teeth; puppies have a total of 28 teeth; around 20 days - teeth begin to erupt; 4-6 weeks of age - the deciduous incisors are fully grown. At nearly two months of age, all deciduous teeth are fully grown, white, thin and pointed. 2-4 months of age - replacement of the first deciduous incisor
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MY4G-100 Rice and Wheat Miniature Windrower Product Introduction
The MY4G-100 rice and wheat miniature windrower, produced by Yancheng Mingyue Machinery Factory in Yancheng, Jiangsu Province, China, features a simple and rational structure, convenient operation and maintenance, small size, light weight, low energy consumption, stable performance, good reliability, and strong adaptability. It is especially suitable for harvesting wheat, rice, soybeans, and reeds in small plots, mountainous areas, hilly areas, and areas where straw utilization is needed. The machine harvests about 2.5-4 mu per hour, with a cutting width of 0.8-1.2 m and a fuel consumption of about 0.8-1 liter.
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Care Methods and Precautions for Miniature Bonsai
1. Placement. Because miniature bonsai have very little soil and the plants are small and delicate, they cannot withstand wind and sun, so they should be placed in a spot with plenty of sunlight, sheltered from wind and shaded. Place the bonsai in a sand bed covered with 3-4cm of wet sand, burying the pot shallowly in the wet sand, with a flat tile slightly larger than the bottom of the pot placed under the pot to prevent the plant's roots from growing into the sand. Alternatively, use a shallow tray, place a flat brick in it, let it protrude slightly above the water surface, and set the miniature bonsai on top of it; this will maintain a certain humidity for the bonsai. 2. Watering. The surface of a miniature bonsai pot has no water trough,
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What are the methods for making miniature bonsai?
First, select suitable plant material, and pair it with a finely crafted, beautifully shaped small purple clay (zisha) pot; a rectangular or oval pot carved from white marble can also be used, as can other small containers of distinctive shape and fine workmanship, as long as a hole is drilled in the bottom, any of them can serve as a pot. Once the plant is chosen, it can be planted into a suitable pot. Generally, in a tall cylindrical pot, a semi-cascade or full cascade style is suitable. Rectangular and oval pots are suitable for growing a formal upright or slanting style.
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How do you care for a miniature bonsai? Master these 5 care methods
1. Handling the branches: For a miniature tree crown, fewer branches should be kept so as to reveal as much of the elegance of the trunk as possible, and the retained branches should be properly shortened so that their proportions match the trunk. 2. Preventing leaves from turning yellow and falling off: Because miniature bonsai have small pots and little soil, water is often in short supply in summer, so leaves are prone to scorching yellow and falling off. To avoid yellowing and leaf drop, in addition to leaving a rim when potting and paying constant attention to watering and misting in the hot summer, you can place a brick in a large or small basin or a shallow water pool, add water until it just covers the brick surface, and then place the small bonsai on the brick to grow.
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What are the characteristics of miniature bonsai, and which plants are suitable for growing them?
Miniature bonsai is also called palm bonsai, named so because the pot does not exceed the size of a palm. The height is generally less than 10 cm, making it an extremely small bonsai. Because of its small size and ease of display and arrangement, it is deeply welcomed by people at home and abroad. At present, the style of miniature bonsai has become popular throughout the world. Miniature bonsai already existed in ancient China. In 1972, on the corridor mural of the tomb of Li Xian, Crown Prince Zhanghuai of the Tang Dynasty (son of Wu Zetian), unearthed at Qianling in Shaanxi, there are two palace ladies holding potted plants. This is the prototype of ancient Chinese palm potted plants, which shows
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Soilless Cultivation Methods and Techniques for Miniature Ficus Bonsai
Ficus is native to China, India and other places, and is commonly cultivated in Guangdong, Fujian and other areas of China. Ficus is very easy to propagate by cuttings. During the growing season, in combination with shaping, cut off a portion of a branch, disinfect it with plant ash, and after the sap has drained, insert the cutting into sand; after one and a half months it will survive and take root. Once the root system grows normally, it can be potted for cultivation and care. After potting, with careful management, after one year of growth the tree shape will be full with luxuriant branches and leaves. In the spring of the second year, soilless cultivation can be carried out to cultivate a miniature bonsai. First, the soil
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