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When is the covering time for protected cultivation of apricots?
For most apricot varieties, they must undergo a low-temperature period of 700-1000 hours below 7.2°C to break dormancy. Therefore, protected cultivation must raise the temperature only after the apricot's chilling requirement has been met, for success to be possible. If the temperature is raised too early, the apricot trees cannot sprout and bloom normally, and in severe cases it will cause a large number of flower buds to drop, uneven flowering, and severe flower and fruit drop. The timing of temperature increase should also be carefully decided based on the variety's chilling requirement and weather conditions. 1. Covering time for plastic greenhouses: Plastic greenhouses have poor insulation performance, so apricot trees must pass dormancy under natural conditions. The suitable covering time is generally from late January to early February, and the covering time is the temperature-raising time. If the weather is abnormal, such as a warm winter, the covering time should be appropriately delayed. For plastic greenhouses, ground film should be applied 15-20 days before covering to allow the soil temperature to rise slowly.
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Winter pruning of goji berry is timely now; growers should not miss the farming season
After a year of growth, the goji berry tree has numerous branches and a messy canopy, and while new fruiting branches form, some fruiting branches have already begun to age. Therefore, goji berry must be pruned in winter, otherwise the yield and quality of the following year will be affected. Through pruning, out with the old and in with the new, selecting and retaining the old-eye branches and seven-inch branches with strong fruiting capacity, and cutting off non-productive branches, can lay a good foundation for the old-eye branches to bear fruit and grow new fruiting branches the following year. Top cutting: for ease of management, the tree height needs to be controlled by top cutting. Generally, tree height should
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When is the most suitable time to harvest wine cap mushrooms?
The wine cap mushroom (Stropharia rugosoannulata) is larger than common edible mushrooms. A common edible mushroom weighs about 10 grams per cap, while a wine cap mushroom weighs around 60 grams, with the heaviest reaching up to 2500 grams, and a diameter of 5-40 cm. It should be harvested in a timely manner according to its maturity and market demand. From pinning, that is, the appearance of the white primordium, to maturity, the fruiting body takes about 5-10 days, varying with temperature. At low temperatures it grows slowly, but the mushroom body is thick and fleshy and the cap is not prone to opening. Conversely, at high temperatures it presents a small cap shape and opens easily. Throughout the entire growing period, 3 flushes can be harvested.
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Mushroom fermentation agent helps mushrooms achieve high yield, high quality, and time savings
Using a fermentation aid to make edible mushroom growing substrate allows fast and thorough fermentation, working at both high and low temperatures, greatly shortening the fermentation production time, reducing labor intensity, and lowering production costs. It also has the characteristics of broad-spectrum fermentation and strong adaptability (it can ferment almost all organic matter that needs fermentation, and has relatively loose requirements for environmental conditions), and can be widely used for button mushroom (white mushroom), Agaricus edulis (double-ring mushroom), oyster mushroom (Pleurotus), Hypsizygus marmoreus (small oyster mushroom), straw mushroom (rice-straw mushroom, Chinese mushroom), silver-thread straw mushroom
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Growing Orchids Is Like Cultivating a Gentleman: The Elegant Charm and Sentiment of Orchid Cultivation
The first person to compare the orchid to a "gentleman" was none other than Confucius. According to the Records of Confucius's Family Sayings, when he was surrounded by rebel soldiers between Chen and Cai with no way out and his followers' morale wavering, Confucius pointed to the orchid as an example: "The iris and orchid grow in the deep forest, yet do not cease to be fragrant because no one is there; the gentleman cultivates the Way and establishes virtue, yet does not change his integrity because of hardship and poverty." This left his followers thoroughly ashamed. That said, Confucius, who was posthumously enfeoffed as a "sage" by later generations, was after all a "man" and not quite a "god." He visited the feudal lords far and wide, hoping to take office, but met with rebuffs everywhere and was treated with contempt. So while he was self-confident, self-restrained, and held himself in high regard, he also repeatedly revealed
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Magnolia blooms carry deep poetic charm; spring is the perfect time to enjoy the flowers
Gratitude. Magnolia often produces large white blooms amid lush greenery, and its fragrant scent conveys an indescribable elegance, truly fresh and lovely. Because the plant is tall and its flowers bloom at a higher position, they sway in the wind with a spirited grace, like a heavenly maiden scattering flowers, very charming. New poems have grown old and are unbearable to hear; the desolate lodge in Jiangnan is separated by autumn clouds. Ever affectionate, unchanged in color year after year; a timeless fragrant heart ever increases for you.
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How to raise first-time mother pigs? Master these breeding secrets
1. Nutritional regulation during the growing period. For young sows (two-way crossbreeds), starting from 30 kg body weight, each kg of compound feed in the diet should contain 13 megajoules, 16% crude protein, 0.8% lysine, 0.75% calcium, and 0.65% phosphorus; do not restrict feed intake, and let them eat as much as possible. Starting from 45 kg body weight, increase the calcium and phosphorus content by 0.1% each. At 150 days of age, when the young sow weighs about 80 kg, control feed intake to 2.3 kg to 2.5 kg per day. For native-breed young sows, the calculated body weight should be 2 kg to 3 kg less.
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Winter is the idle season, and it is the right time to plant scallions in the greenhouse
Using a fixed greenhouse to grow a crop of scallions during the winter idle season can improve the greenhouse's utilization rate and economic benefits, and also allows crop rotation, which not only creates a good preceding crop for the next crop but also does not affect the planting of early spring fruits and vegetables. Planting method: when the late autumn vegetable production in the greenhouse has ended, along with careful land preparation, apply 3000-4000 kg of high-quality organic fertilizer per mu, then open furrows and plant the scallions. Row spacing 25-30 cm, plant spacing no more than 1 cm, planting depth about 3 cm. The scallions to be planted can be selected from smaller plants among the autumn scallions.
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How to seize the golden time for mullet polyculture?
Aquaculture farmers in Chaoshan, Shenzhen, Dongguan and other areas of our province who let the four major Chinese carps and tilapia be polycultured with mullet in freshwater ponds mostly achieve relatively good economic returns. Polyculturing mullet in home fish ponds requires little investment and yields high profits, and is worth trying for farmers who raise the four major Chinese carps and tilapia. Mullet (scientific name Mugil cephalus), mainly produced along the southeastern coast of China, has wide adaptability: it can live in seawater and, through desalination, can also be farmed in a completely freshwater environment. Its fry, after being caught by hand and desalinated,
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