Yangjiadian Village, Taoyang: Small Diaodong Fruit

Bi Man Ling Frost Lies on Soft Sand, Eating Watermelon Everywhere Throughout the Year. “This is the fruity summer in Tang and Song poetry, and the correct way to open midsummer. In the hot summer, the small cantaloupes in Yangjiadian Village, Taoyang ushered in a mature picking period, and the round green flowers formed a pleasant harvest picture. In recent years, Taoyang has taken industrial revitalization as an important starting point to promote agricultural modernization. It has made efforts on “local specialties”, vigorously developed characteristic agricultural projects, increased the “golden key” for farmers to become rich, and spared no effort to empower rural revitalization.

As soon as we walked into the greenhouse, the sweet aroma of melons rushed towards us. Among the rows of green vine leaves, there were rows of dark green striped small hanging melons, evenly sized and brightly colored, making them particularly attractive. Yang Chunyang is a large Vegetable farming family in Yangjiadian Village, and he is also a person who boldly tries to introduce watermelon planting in the village. After more than three years of trial, exploration and improvement, he has accumulated a lot of experience in greenhouse watermelon planting.

“Although the melon is small, it is’ valuable ‘. The wholesale price of one kilogram can reach 4-5 yuan, and one kilogram can sell for 15 yuan. What is condensed is the essence embodied in it vividly.” Yang Chunyang wiped the sweat on his forehead, while introducing the growth of watermelon, his words revealed his joy.

Yangjiadian Village is located in the Tao River Valley, with advantages such as flat terrain and sufficient water sources, providing unique conditions for the development of the vegetable industry in the village. As of 2019, more than 100 households in the village have successively built 98 vegetable greenhouses.

To revitalize rural areas, industry is the foundation. In order to make the large-scale facility vegetable industry “new”, from 2019, Taoyang guided Yangjiadian Village to make great efforts in the development of rural characteristic industries in accordance with the industrial development model of “one village, one product”, and finally decided to introduce watermelon planting to lead the masses to become rich after holding multiple rounds of mass meetings and market surveys.

“The final say to decide what to do.” If you want to earn money, you can’t plant watermelons “according to the routine”. Taoyang has organized villagers to go out for study for many times, and actively introduced the planting technology of small hanging melons. Taoyang Agricultural Technology Station has sent technicians to provide “nanny style” services throughout the whole process until benefits are seen.

I have been growing watermelons since 2019. I have never seen watermelons before, but after multiple explorations and studies, I have successfully grown watermelons. This type of cantaloupe is suitable in size and can be eaten by a family without waste. It has a high sweetness and can reach up to 12%, “Yang Chunyang said.

The sweet ‘taste’ cannot be separated from bold attempts. The cultivation of watermelons adopts high-tech techniques such as hanging vine cultivation, artificial pollination, and drip irrigation under mulch, breaking the traditional practice of lying on the ground and allowing watermelons to grow and bear fruit in the air. This planting method not only prevents watermelon from getting sick in contact with the ground, but also improves land use efficiency, ensures ventilation and transparency, and improves the quality of watermelon, making it easier to pick.

In recent years, Taoyang has closely focused on rural construction and the transformation and development of modern agriculture, and promoted the creation of beautiful villages and the development of characteristic agriculture at a high starting point, high standard construction, and high level. Relying on the construction project of a municipal demonstration village in rural construction, the town and village have made a drastic renovation of the residential environment of Yangjiadian Village. In 2022, 26 new double steel framed greenhouses were built in the village, comprehensively transforming and upgrading the existing facility vegetable industry.

Today, Yangjiadian Village has a new look and a clean and tidy appearance, with a strong industrial momentum and a peaceful and prosperous life for the people. In the next step, Taoyang will be based on reality, adapt measures to local conditions, implement policies according to the village, focus on rural revitalization, focus on the development of efficient agriculture and characteristic industries, and take the development of efficient agriculture and the promotion of farmers’ income as the starting point and foothold, so that “local specialty” can grow into an industry that enriches the people.