Intercropping these crops in corn fields could increase income by a hundredfold in 2017
Last year's corn harvest was abundant but not profitable, and the price broke the hearts of farmer friends. In fact, farmer friends cannot rely on national subsidies, nor should they just wait for grain prices to rise. Today, the editor introduces 2017 several corn intercropping models to double your income!
So besides the most common sweet potato, soybean, peanut and potato, what else can be intercropped in corn fields?
1. Mushrooms
When mushrooms are intercropped with corn, the shade and moisture retention provided by corn suits the shade-loving and moisture-loving nature of mushrooms, achieving a double harvest of grain and fungi. At present, the main intercropped varieties are Stropharia rugosoannulata and shiitake mushrooms, which are technically demanding but profitable.
2. Growing lingzhi
The price of wild lingzhi has been rising continuously in recent years. By using short wood logs intercropped with corn, corn leaves can provide shade for lingzhi. It is said that the lingzhi produced has a high degree of lignification and good luster, and is favored by merchants.
3. Chinese artichoke
Chinese artichoke, also known as crosne, sweet wormwood and screw vegetable, has underground rhizomes in a spiral shape. It is crisp and tender with no fiber and can be made into pickles. Using the symbiotic period of the two crops for intercropping can effectively increase the multiple cropping index and economic benefit per unit area, and increase farmers' income.
4. Konjac
Konjac likes shade, so shading must be done well during planting, otherwise its growth will be affected and it will be prone to disease. Intercropping in corn fields can make full use of the semi-shaded conditions of corn to promote konjac growth.
5. Aster
Aster is a kind of Chinese medicinal material, and its rhizomes can be sold for money after being dried in the sun. Intercropping aster in corn fields uses techniques similar to intercropping potatoes.
According to available information, corn fields can also be intercropped with Dictyophora indusiata, Auricularia polytricha, chili peppers, pumpkins, autumn purple beans, konjac, sunflowers, rapeseed, cabbage, Peucedanum praeruptorum and golden buckwheat, among others.
By adopting intercropping models, when corn prices fall there is no need to worry about losing money, and when prices rise there will certainly be double production and double harvest. It should be noted that intercropping requires mastering the techniques and should not be done blindly! Because for things like intercropping mushrooms, the investment per mu is relatively large, and if it is not done well, everything can be lost.