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Scraping pear tree bark in winter, a key step to growing good pears
As the farming proverb says: "If you want to eat good pears, scrape the bark in winter." In the cold winter season, scraping the old bark off pear trees that have already borne fruit can effectively eliminate the spores of pear scab, ring rot, anthracnose, pear rust and other fungal diseases that remain inside and outside the old cracked bark of pear trees, as well as the eggs of pear psylla, aphids, fruit borers, scale insects and many other pear tree pests, ensuring healthy growth of the pear trees, high quality, high yield and high returns. Scraping must be thorough: when scraping pear trees, you must remove the old cracked bark, pear canker, pear scab, ring rot,
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What is the story behind "ground bud mushrooms," also known as "soil-topping mushrooms"?
Symptoms: They mainly appear at the early fruiting stage. The fruiting bodies are attached at a low position, usually inside the compost, on the surface of the compost, or in the lower part of the coarse soil layer, and after growing they break through the soil and push up through the mud. Causes: 1. Soil is mixed into the compost, or the casing layer is unevenly dry and wet. When the temperature, humidity, and air conditions inside the compost are suitable for fruiting body growth, the mycelium twists around the soil, thickens, and forms primordia. After the primordia differentiate, they grow upward and push up through the mud. If upward conditions are unsuitable, they will even turn around and grow downward under the bed, forming bottom-of-bed mushrooms. 2. If the coarse soil is watered over too long a period, and after watering the mushroom house is ventilated too much and the temperature in the mushroom house drops, mycelial growth into the coarse soil is inhibited and fruiting is promoted too early. If the fine soil is applied too late or too thickly, if watering is not timely, if watering is too fast or too urgent, or if ventilation lasts too long after watering, the soil layer lacks sufficient moisture and the mycelium does not climb onto the fine soil for a long time, all of which lower the fruiting position. 3. If water is sprayed too early or too urgently at the fruiting stage, or if the amount of water sprayed is too large, upward growth of the mycelium in the soil layer is inhibited, forcing the mycelium to twist together among the coarse soil particles, thereby lowering the fruiting position, causing sparse fruiting and abnormal fruiting positions, and increasing the number of ground bud mushrooms.
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Taigu Huping Jujube Variety Characteristics and Origin Introduction
Taigu Huping jujube also has a very long history. Legend has it that jujube trees were already cultivated here during the Spring and Autumn and Warring States periods. Su Qin said to Marquis Wen of Yan: "South of Yan there is the abundance of Jieshi and Yanmen, and in the north there are the benefits of jujubes and chestnuts; even if the people do not farm intensively, they have enough jujubes." Because the Huping jujube is large at the bottom and small at the top, slightly narrower at the middle waist, and resembles a huping (pot-shaped flask), it got its name. The advantages of the Huping jujube tree are its large tree body, high yield, and long lifespan. The average yield per tree is more than 50 kg, and each fruit weighs 17 g on average, with the largest reaching 30 g. Its characteristics: dark red color, fruit thin at the top and thick at the bottom, shaped like a huping flask.
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Garlic-Ginger Intercropping Brings Good Returns: A Full Analysis of the Planting Advantages
In the history of Zhucheng City, Shandong Province, ginger was mostly grown as a sole crop. Trials and demonstrations of garlic-ginger intercropping began in the 1980s and achieved relatively good economic returns. However, because the intercropping techniques were not fully matched, for example no intercropping rows were left, the intercropped ginger bulbs became smaller, and some even failed to meet export standards, which dampened ginger growers' enthusiasm for intercropping. In order to explore the cultivation techniques for garlic-ginger intercropping, the author carried out multiple trials and survey analyses from 1992 to 1995 in Chengguan Town, Lubiao Township and other places, and summarized a matched set of techniques suitable for local garlic-ginger intercropping. After extension, a double
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Intercropping soybeans with yew can increase the survival rate
Recently, 2.46 million rooted cuttings of Maire yew (Taxus media) cultivated at a yew nursery in Youxian County, Zhuzhou, Hunan, have been growing rapidly in Tongshan Village, Yajiangqiao Town in that county, and passed expert inspection at the end of August. The nursery's new seedling-raising method of "intercropping with soybeans" has raised the survival rate of yew seedlings to more than 95%. It is reported that the successful introduction and propagation of Maire yew not only helps protect the precious wild Chinese yew (Taxus wallichiana var. mairei) resources, but also opens up broad prospects for developing this "golden plant." At present, the nursery is engaged in forestry
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Detailed Explanation of the Key Points of Black Locust Shaping and Pruning Techniques
Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia) grows fast, has strong adaptability and fine timber quality, and is an excellent tree species for afforestation and roadside greening in our province. However, black locust has very strong sprouting ability; if not pruned, it will grow branches all over the tree, so dense that air cannot circulate, thereby affecting growth speed. According to observations, properly pruned black locust has an average annual growth of 72cm, while unpruned trees grow only 49cm; with continuous pruning, it reaches timber and forest maturity 3-5 years earlier than without pruning. To achieve this goal, attention must be paid to shaping and pruning. Under natural growth conditions, black locust has strong branching ability and vigorous growth,
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Planting Techniques for Intercropping Shrubs in Southern Magnolia Fields
In the first 3 years of southern magnolia seedling growth, to offset the drawbacks of large initial investment and no profitable output from field-planted trees in the early stage, small shrubs such as littleleaf boxwood, golden-leaf privet, and red-leaf barberry can be intercropped. During the first 3 years of intercropping small seedlings, 6000-7000 plants per mu at an average of 0.5 yuan per plant can yield more than 3000 yuan in income. After the 4th year, the southern magnolia has grown to 5-6 cm, and can then be sold selectively at about 80 yuan per plant. From then on, annual sales all generate income. Cultivation points: southern magnolia 1-year
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Detailed Explanation of Cultivation Management and Shaping Techniques for Large Chrysanthemums
With scientific cultivation management, large potted chrysanthemums can reach a shaped diameter of 2-4 m, with dozens, hundreds, or even over a thousand flowers, large and uniform, making them appear noble and magnificent, standing proudly among other flowers. Large chrysanthemums have very strict requirements for cultivation management techniques; if management is even slightly extensive, flowering will be uneven, flowers will be small, and they may even fail to bloom or die midway. Cultivating large chrysanthemums in Guangdong Province is even more difficult, because Guangdong Province has a tropical and subtropical climate, with many storms, and high temperature and humidity. After each storm
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Silkworm droppings turn out to be an unexpected windfall, and their value should not be underestimated
Since July, in Lezhi County, Sichuan Province, a major cocoon-producing county, an unprecedented novelty has appeared: sericulture farmers who had just sold their silkworm cocoons lined up again to sell discarded silkworm droppings. Silkworm droppings, once worthless, have suddenly become sought after. It is reported that in the county's agricultural and sideline products processing park, a special "park within a park" has taken shape: with silkworm droppings as the main thread, it brings together a series of production enterprises engaged in chlorophyll extraction, feed, fertilizer and biopharmaceuticals, and the output value is expected to reach 1 billion yuan by 2010. Silkworm droppings can be sold for money "No
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Detailed Explanation of Pear Storage Characteristics and Fresh-keeping Techniques
Pear is one of the three major fruits in our country, and its output ranks first among the three major fruits. Its deep-processing volume is limited, and its rot rate is high. In order to extend market supply, storage and fresh-keeping should be done well in combination with its variety characteristics, reducing urban biological waste and providing a guarantee for generating income in the pear industry. I. Biological Characteristics Pears are composed of fruit, core, and seeds. The growth process of pear fruit follows an S-shaped growth curve. In the early stage, cell division and embryo growth are dominant, and volume increases slowly. In the later stage, the fruit grows rapidly. The increase in the 40 to 50 days before harvest is about 10 times the growth amount of the early stage.
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