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High economic returns from intercropping apricot trees with Chinese medicinal herbs
In recent years, farmers in the rural areas around Luoyang, Henan, have adopted the "forest-medicinal herb intercropping" method to plant trees and grow medicinal herbs, becoming wealthy through both the "forest" and the "medicinal herbs." The soil in the Luoyang area is very high in potassium, so the kernel apricot, a potassium-loving plant, finds the necessary soil conditions to grow there. Moreover, the light, heat and moisture conditions here all suit the growth requirements of kernel apricot. Kernel apricot is cold-tolerant, light-loving and tolerant of poor soil, making it suitable for planting on semi-arid hilly slopes. After planting, kernel apricot can bloom and bear fruit in two to three years, and in four to five
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Key points of pruning techniques for jujube-grain intercropping trees
In the jujube-producing areas of northern China, the practice of jujube-grain intercropping has long been customary, and it is a good way of producing jujubes and grain in plain regions. Jujube trees intercropped in grain fields should not be planted too densely, and the trunk should not be too low; a planting density of 150-210 trees/hectare and a tree height of about 6 m are appropriate. In this way, the light received by the grain field is only 1.2%-2.2% less than that of a pure grain field. According to the characteristics of jujube-grain intercropping, in order to give play to the yield-increasing potential of jujube trees, apart from trunk height, a sparse tree form is preferable, so as to maintain strong light for the crops under the trees
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Detailed Explanation of Key Techniques for Raising Snakes Without Hibernation in Winter
Snakes have the habit of hibernating. In southern regions, snakes generally enter hibernation in November each year, lasting about half a year, which is unfavorable for the benefits of snake farming during the cold winter and spring seasons. How can this shortcoming be overcome? The best approach is to create the following conditions so that snakes do not hibernate during the cold season and continue to eat and gain weight. 1. Create a good heated room. The heated room should be sealed on all four sides, maintaining an indoor temperature between 20°C and 28°C, so as to accommodate the snake's internal body temperature. The heating room facilities are as follows: ① Use a coal stove to make a fire, with exhaust gas discharged outside. If building one to hold
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Correct methods for winter topdressing of edible mushrooms
(1) Crush poultry manure, add 1.5 times its volume of water, ferment for 10 days, boil for 10 minutes, then dilute with 3 times the amount of water and spray. (2) Boil 10%-30% human or livestock urine or 1% glucose to sterilize, filter, and pour onto the bed surface. (3) Spray with 1% superphosphate, 0.5% urea, 0.2% ammonium sulfate, or compost extract. (4) Chop carrots and cabbage leaves, add water and boil until soft, filter, then dilute with 4-5 times the amount of water and spray. (5) 500 grams of soybean flour, add 25
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Benefits and Cultivation Techniques of Interplanting Oyster Mushrooms in Pear Orchards
After the pear trees are harvested, the pear orchard has a fairly long idle period. Using the empty rows between the pear trees to grow a season of oyster mushrooms can yield good economic, ecological and social benefits. A seedbed of about 10 sq m can produce more than 100 kg of oyster mushrooms, with an income of more than 200 yuan, requiring little input and giving quick returns; it can also increase fertilizer sources, improve the soil, build up soil fertility and raise the phosphorus and potassium content; at the same time it can kill off winter weeds; and it is beneficial for the pear trees' second autumn root growth. To successfully interplant oyster mushrooms in a pear orchard, the following points of cultivation technique should be mastered. 1. Choosing the bed site
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Key Cultivation Techniques for Interplanting Oyster Mushrooms in Pear Orchards
After the pears are harvested, the pear orchard has a relatively long fallow period. Using the empty rows between pear trees to grow one season of oyster mushrooms can yield good returns. 1. Choosing the bed site: It is best to choose a pear orchard relatively close to the village, with good soil quality, convenient irrigation and drainage, and smooth transportation. 2. Carefully preparing the beds: The mushroom beds are 8-10 m long and 1.2 m wide. The bed soil should be plowed 15-20 cm deep and carefully prepared so that the soil is loose and free of weeds, loose on top and firm below, forming a ball when squeezed by hand and breaking apart when dropped on the ground. Build a ridge 4-5 cm high around the bed surface to conserve moisture. After the mushroom beds are prepared, dig drainage
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How to prevent deformed mushrooms when growing oyster mushrooms in winter?
When cultivating oyster mushrooms in winter, poor management can easily lead to various deformed mushrooms, reducing their commercial value and thus lowering economic returns. 1. Big-foot mushroom: after the primordia form, the differentiation and development speed of the cap is inconsistent, showing only growth of the stem, thick at the bottom and thin at the top, with no mushroom umbrella forming; the diameter of the cap is smaller than the diameter of the stem, forming a big-foot deformity. The stem of this kind of mushroom is relatively hard, and its commercial value is relatively low. Preventive measures: pay attention to ventilation and reasonable watering. Even during continuous low-temperature weather, during the fruiting period you should still take advantage of the warmer time of day to carry out short periods of ventilation.
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Three things to note when cultivating oyster mushrooms in winter
Mushroom yard selection The ideal site suitable for winter cultivation is a mushroom yard with warming and insulation conditions, such as an indoor mushroom house equipped with warming conditions, a warmer underground mushroom yard, and a raised-bed mushroom yard using plastic greenhouse cultivation, etc. The temperature of this type of mushroom yard can be controlled above normal temperature, which is beneficial to mycelial growth and can also promote earlier fruiting. Usually, for early winter cultivation, an outdoor mushroom yard can be chosen; for late winter cultivation, an indoor mushroom house should be chosen. Strain selection Winter-cultivated oyster mushrooms can be divided into two types according to the fruiting period arrangement: winter cultivation with winter fruiting and winter cultivation with spring fruiting. For the former, low-temperature type varieties
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Winter Management Methods and Technical Key Points for Gastrodia elata in Jilin Province
Jilin Province has a long, cold winter, during which Gastrodia elata is in a dormant state. Preventing freezing damage and rot in Gastrodia elata is the key to achieving a bumper harvest. ① Management of pit-cultivated Gastrodia elata. Pit-cultivated Gastrodia elata usually overwinters outdoors. Before the onset of winter, the soil moisture in the Gastrodia elata pit should be kept at 30%-40%, and excessively wet conditions and water accumulation should be prevented. Drainage ditches should also be dug around the Gastrodia elata pit to prevent snowmelt water from flowing into the pit. Before freezing, cover the Gastrodia elata pit with a 15 cm thick layer of leaves or weeds, then add 20-30 cm of cold-protection
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What effect does low winter temperature have on Gastrodia elata
The tubers of Gastrodia elata are buried underground and overwinter in a dormant state; the stable low temperature they can tolerate is 0-5°C. However, if winter temperatures fluctuate frequently, with large swings in temperature difference, sudden warmth followed by sudden cold, Gastrodia elata is prone to cold damage. Therefore, special attention should be paid to cold protection and heat preservation for overwintering Gastrodia elata, especially for box-cultivated Gastrodia elata, which should be covered even more carefully to preserve warmth and prevent cold damage. But Gastrodia elata has a certain low-temperature cycle and requires an appropriate stable low temperature in winter, otherwise its sprouting will be adversely affected.
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