How to grow vegetables well? Take root in the soil and cultivate with dedication

In Fangying Village, Wangcun Township, Wolong District, Nanyang City, at the Jinfengyuan Vegetable Planting Professional Cooperative, 56-year-old farmer Zhang Jun is working in the fields.

"I came to Fangying Village in 2012 to contract land for vegetable planting. So far I have invested nearly 10 million yuan and built more than 200 greenhouses, totaling more than 200 mu. There are two crops a year, in spring and autumn, mainly growing more than 20 varieties including bitter melon, tomatoes, peppers, and cucumbers."

Zhang Jun is Zhang Qi's fifth uncle, a true Henan farmer. After learning that his nephew wanted to expand into large-scale planting, he took root in these fields without a second thought, handling operations and managing cultivation, and working the land himself during busy farming seasons.

"Only farmyard manure is applied, no pesticides are used, insect-proof nets are installed in the greenhouses, and weeding is done by hand." When Zhang Jun talked about farming, his pride was evident in his words.