Why not grow blueberries for old age? Let’s talk about the hidden specialties of the Yangtze River Delta | There is a slang saying here: raising children for old age
Blueberries are known as the "King of Berries" and are one of the five most healthy foods for humans.
This sweet and sour little fruit is native to Canada and the United States, but today we can easily eat high-quality domestic blueberries. Among them, Huaining County, Anqing City, Anhui Province is one of the major producing areas.
Twenty years ago, an expert from the Anhui Academy of Agricultural Sciences came to a small mountain village in Huaining County and tried to plant several blueberry seedlings.
Today, Huaining County, Anqing City, Anhui Province has become the largest county-level blueberry growing area in the Yangtze River Delta. Here’s a new slang: “It’s better to grow blueberries than grow blueberries to protect yourself from old age!”
There are 85,000 acres of blueberry planting area here, with more than 200 blueberry planting companies gathered and more than 10 blueberry deep processing companies cultivated. Around the small blueberries, an industrial chain integrating breeding of fine varieties, large-scale planting, food processing, and leisure picking has been formed, with an annual output value of over 5 billion yuan.
In recent years, Huaining County has chosen to plant varieties such as "Lexi" and "Misty" that mature early, have high quality and high price, and promote the large-scale planting of blueberries.
At present, the county has developed more than 200 contiguous planting companies, 7 companies with planting areas of more than 1,000 acres, and created 11 top ten blueberry demonstration bases and boutique demonstration gardens.
The blueberries here also take the black technology route. Anhui's first "5G Blueberry" base was born in Huaining County. Blueberry cultivation here does not use soil, but a complete matrix with precise proportions of nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium and other nutrients. The pots are connected by thin plastic tubes, and micro-sprinkler irrigation with water and fertilizer can be carried out at any time. Each blueberry plant The growth trend can be presented with specific data.
The prerequisite for rural revitalization is industrial revitalization. The small blueberry helps 11,000 farmers in the county find jobs nearby every year, which can increase the per capita income by more than 8,000 yuan per year, and the average village collective income can increase by 150,000 yuan, realizing the transformation of the village collective economy from weak to strong.
Looking forward to Blueberry’s “new journey” in the future!
