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Harvesting and Fresh-keeping Methods for Cut Leaves of Japanese Spindle
[Other Chinese Names] Yagi, Dongqing Weimao, Fufangshu, Haiweimao, Huangzhualongshu, Jiaweimao, Maixiang, Japanese Euonymus, Sijiqing, Zhengmu [Family and Genus] Celastraceae, Euonymus [Place of Origin] Japan, China [Plant Characteristics] Japanese spindle is an evergreen shrub or small tree. The plant height can reach 8 m. The branchlets are green. The simple leaves are opposite, obovate or narrowly oblong, 3-6 cm long, with an acute or obtuse apex, a broad wedge-shaped base, and finely blunt-toothed margins, smooth, leathery. [Cut Leaf Harvesting] Harvested part
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A Detailed Guide to Practical Techniques for Shiitake Mushroom Processing and Fresh-Keeping
When harvesting shiitake mushrooms, place them gently in plastic baskets without squeezing or deforming them, then remove impurities from the fruiting bodies, pick out damaged mushrooms, trim the base of the stems, and sort them according to cap size, thickness and moisture content, arranging them on bamboo blinds or reed mats in a ventilated place. They should be processed promptly; piling them together for a long time will reduce quality. 1. Drying shiitake mushrooms (1) Sun-drying: For mushrooms to be sun-dried, stop spraying water directly on the fruiting bodies 2-3 days before harvest to avoid excessive moisture content in the fresh mushrooms. Harvest promptly when the fruiting bodies are 70-80% mature, the partial veil has just broken, and the cap edges curl inward in the shape of a copper gong. It is best to harvest on a sunny day; after harvest, use stainless steel scissors to trim the stem base, sort according to cap size, thickness and moisture content, spread them gill-side up on reed mats or bamboo blinds, and place them in sunlight to dry. Generally, about 3 days of drying is needed to reach full dryness.
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What are the methods for keeping shiitake mushrooms fresh with sealed packaging and refrigeration?
There are many methods for keeping shiitake mushrooms fresh, including quick freezing, refrigeration, chemical treatment, controlled atmosphere, and microwaving. Shiitake mushrooms to be kept fresh by dehydration and refrigeration should stop being sprayed with water 10 hours before harvest and be harvested when they reach eight-tenths maturity. After harvest, select them and remove impurities, cut off the mushroom stems, grade them according to customer requirements, then place the shiitake mushrooms on a mat with the gills facing down and dry them in sunlight. In autumn and spring, dry them for 3-4 hours; in summer, dry them for 1-1.5 hours. After drying, the dehydration rate of the shiitake mushrooms is 25%-30%, that is, 100 kg of fresh shiitake mushrooms becomes 70-75 kg after drying. At this point, when pinched
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Key points of flowerhorn cichlid keeping techniques in aquariums
Flowerhorn (F1owerhorn) is a general term for the multi-hybrid descendants of several species in the family Cichlidae (Cichlaidae), mainly from parents of the genus Cichlasoma. Because of their strange appearance and brilliant colors, flowerhorns were sought after by a large number of ornamental fish enthusiasts as soon as they appeared, becoming popular throughout Asia within three or four years and becoming a new favorite among ornamental fish. It has been only 10 years since the birth of the flowerhorn, and only 5 years since it entered mainland China. Its keeping techniques are introduced below.
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What are the precautions for keeping butterflyfish?
1 Avoid keeping butterflyfish of the same species and the same size together. Butterflyfish of different species and genera do not have this concern. Butterflyfish that have been kept in the aquarium for a longer time do not like new fish moving in, and they will ram and attack each other. In such cases, attention must be paid to isolation. Places for the fish to hide must be set up in the aquarium. 2 Beginners and people who are busy with work are not suitable for keeping butterflyfish of a size that is too large or too small. Because small butterflyfish have small mouths and eat slowly, their food is often snatched away by larger fish or fish that eat quickly. For small butterflyfish under 3cm, they must be fed fine food several times a day.
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Garlic Storage and Fresh-Keeping Methods and Key Technical Points
Storage of garlic sprouts, garlic scapes and fresh garlic bulbs ① Ice cellar storage: Choose a shaded, sealed room or basement as the cellar. The cellar floor should have a drainage ditch leading outside, spread a 0.8 m thick layer of ice on the floor, and build ice 0.5 m thick against the walls, up to near the roof. Tie garlic sprouts or garlic scapes into bundles of 1 kg, put them into plastic film bags with 15 kg per bag, tie the outside with rope and stack them in the cellar, filling each layer with ice fragments, stacking until about 2 m from the roof, then seal with a layer of ice on top, and spread a 1 m layer of rice husks over it to seal tightly and prevent the ice from melting. This allows garlic to be stored for more than half a year.
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Storage and Fresh-keeping Techniques for Peach, Plum and Apricot Fruits (Part Two)
III. Pre-storage Agricultural Measures for Peach, Plum and Apricot 1. Selection of Storage Varieties Early-maturing varieties are not tolerant of storage and transport, such as honey peach and Wuyuexian. Mid- and late-maturing varieties have better storage and transport tolerance, such as Feicheng peach, Qingzhou honey peach and Shaanxi winter peach, which are relatively tolerant of storage and transport; varieties such as Okubo and Gangshanbai, Yanhong also have good storage and transport tolerance. Clingstone varieties and soft-fleshed varieties have poor storage and transport tolerance. The storage and transport tolerance of plum and apricot is similar to that of peach; varieties such as Niuxin plum and Hebei rock sugar plum have good quality and are also tolerant of storage. 2. Pre-harvest Agricultural Technical Measures Pre-harvest
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What problems exist in disease prevention for urban dog keeping?
Abstract: Currently, pets are developing rapidly in both urban and rural areas of China, especially the keeping of pet dogs in cities. In order to avoid and reduce the spread of canine diseases and zoonoses, this paper proposes standardizing the pet market, improving medical standards, and raising awareness and adopting countermeasures for rabies, canine distemper, and dog-human shared parasitic diseases. Urban residents mostly treat dogs as pets, and even when a dog dies, they cannot bear to eat it or send it to a restaurant; this is the custom of people's love for pet dogs over thousands of years. According to historical records, as early as 10,000 years ago, Persians and
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How to Keep Mutton Fresh: Practical Methods to Extend Its Shelf Life
Fresh mutton, especially a freshly slaughtered carcass, has a suitable temperature and is rich in nutrients, making it ideal for bacterial growth and reproduction. Particularly in hot weather and seasons, under natural conditions it will spoil and deteriorate within a few hours, and sometimes it even begins to discolor and spoil before it reaches the market or is sold out. Given this situation, freshly slaughtered mutton, whether for short-term storage or for slaughter-to-order sales, must be cooled or refrigerated promptly so that the meat temperature drops below 5°C in time, in order to reduce bacterial contamination and extend its shelf life.
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How to Store and Keep Sweet Potatoes Fresh? A Detailed Explanation of Practical Technical Points
I. Building the sweet potato cellar The cellar site should generally be chosen at a corner of the courtyard, with a cellar hole dug 3-5 m deep, the mouth of the hole about 80 cm in diameter, and at the bottom 2-3 storage chambers dug to the side, each 1.7 m high, 1.4 m wide and 3 m deep. If it is an old cellar, the loose soil on the cellar walls needs to be scraped off, and then a fungicide should be sprayed to prepare it for storing the sweet potatoes. II. Preparation before storage and harvesting techniques After Frost's Descent, it is time to harvest sweet potatoes. Harvest should be done on a clear, windless day, taking care to dig, handle and transport gently, and to prevent digging injuries as much as possible.
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