A full rundown of fruit fortune scams: farmers, beware of being duped
In order to make use of limited land resources and earn more money, farmers always hope to grow fruits with higher economic value and bring in bigger returns.
Because farmers have relatively few channels for getting information, generally only through watching TV, and lacking proper guidance, they often turn to any remedy in desperation and end up with the opposite result, suffering losses and paying a painful economic price.
When advertising on TV, everyone claims this fruit is easy to grow and the returns are excellent. But there is one thing they never mention: many fruits, or other cash crops, have relatively high requirements for the region's temperature and rainfall. Fruits suited to growing in the south, once taken to the north to plant, will die or taste bitter and astringent, a complete failure.
Below, Lao San gives everyone a rundown of the currently popular fruit fortune scams, to help farmers avoid being fooled by others.
Jabuticaba
The complete guide to fruit fortune scams: farmers, be careful not to become the sucker
Jabuticaba, because it looks like a grape, is sometimes also called tree grape. This fruit originates from Brazil and is very expensive. In some places it even sells for 400 or 500 yuan per jin.
At first hearing, it seems like growing this fruit could make big money, but it has very high temperature requirements and needs a growing environment of 22-35°C. The north is simply not suitable for growing it.
It is also not easy to store and is highly prone to fermentation, rotting and similar problems.
2. Red ginseng fruit
The complete guide to fruit fortune scams: farmers, be careful not to become the sucker
In rural areas right now, some people are touting the cultivation of a fruit called red ginseng fruit, also known as red fragrant fruit, red honey fruit, etc. This perennial vine with a perennial root, originally from South America and India, has a unique honey-like flavor and excellent taste, and can be eaten seeds and flesh together, both fragrant and sweet, never tiring no matter how much you eat. It is billed as the number one strange fruit in the world.
The red ginseng fruit contains 20 kinds of amino acids essential to the human body, as well as rich minerals and multiple trace elements. It can regulate the blood, lower blood sugar, blood lipids and cholesterol, help digestion, regulate the stomach and intestines, clear the liver and remove toxins, and effectively prevent facial acne and spots. It is a natural health fruit for beauty and skincare.
The problem is that red ginseng fruit is a foreign variety, and there are no standards for introduced seeds and cultivation techniques. Some farmers bought seeds and planted them but got no fruit. Another issue is that this fruit is not currently recognized by the market. Many people do not know it, so promoting it would be very difficult, and farmers who grow it may still be unable to sell it.
3. Indian gooseberry
The complete guide to fruit fortune scams: farmers, be careful not to become the sucker
Indian gooseberry is also known as niugan fruit, oil gan fruit, and also called "oil gold." It tastes bitter and sour, then turns sweet and cool afterward, and is considered very wholesome. Currently on the market there are two kinds: wild niugan fruit and fruit-type niugan fruit. Compared with wild niugan fruit, fruit-type niugan fruit has the characteristics of larger fruit, thicker flesh, less fiber, rich nutrition, high yield and good returns, and it tastes even sweeter and more refreshing.
It also has the effects of moistening the lungs and reducing phlegm, lowering blood pressure, and treating laryngitis and hepatitis B. Niugan fruit can be eaten raw, bitter first and sweet afterward, and can also be made into preserved fruit and candied fruit, and has even been developed into health capsules.
If it is promoted for cultivation in the south, that is normal, but misleading farmers in the north into growing niugan fruit to get rich can only be considered a trap. This is because niugan fruit has extremely high requirements for temperature and rainfall, and open-air planting in the north is unlikely to succeed.
4. Pomelo
The complete guide to fruit fortune scams: farmers, be careful not to become the sucker
Many people may know the fruit pomelo, and certainly many have eaten it, but only people in specific regions grow it. After seeing its good returns, many friends in the north think about growing some themselves.
When seeing the advertisements on TV, everyone claims this pomelo is easy to grow and the returns are excellent. But there is one thing they never mention, and for friends north of the Yangtze River this point is extremely fatal. That is because pomelo cultivation is very unsuited to the climate north of the Yangtze River.
Pomelo is a subtropical plant, and under conditions of too-low temperature it easily freezes to death or fails to bear fruit.
Now many unscrupulous people specifically sell fruit seedlings, and as long as they can sell them they will even boast to the point of promising to buy back the fruit. Only people from the place of origin understand this best: only when grown in specific regions does it have that delicious flavor. People say one region's water and soil nurture one region's people, and it can also be understood as one region's water and soil grow one region's fruit.