Yunxi, Hubei: Forsythia suspensa opens the door to wealth

On March 17, at the Forsythia suspensa base in Wuyuping Village, Shangjin Town, Yunxi County, Shiyan City, Hubei Province, forsythia suspensa cuttings were neatly arranged, and farmers were busy digging ditches, Mulching, watering, cuttings. This is Mingruilian’s newly built 30-acre seedling base. Different from the past, in addition to looking for excellent local varieties with large fruit particles and large fruit yields, she also introduced the \”Luqiao No. 3\” variety from Lushi, Henan, to conduct comparative experiments.

Ming Ruilian is a major local grower. It has developed the forsythia industry since 2016, with a planting area of ​​more than 300 acres. Last year, it sold more than 500,000 kilograms of forsythia fruits and 800,000 seedlings, generating income More than 1 million yuan. \”The purchaser drives the car directly to the door of his house, and he buys and sells now. He can sell it for 35 yuan per catty. During the peak period, 43 people were employed, and the maximum sales were 60,000 yuan in one day.\” Ming Ruilian said.

The forsythia is pretty and the crowd laughs. Mingruilian also adopted the \”cooperative + base + farmer\” model, which led to the development of more than 600 acres of forsythia in the whole village. Villager Nan Rongli developed more than 10 acres of forsythia, which was pollinated the year before last. Last year, it bore fruit for the first time, with an income of nearly 10,000 yuan. This year, he built another 7 acres. \”Judging from the flowering situation, we are confident that we will have a bumper harvest this year. It is expected that the income after fruiting will be about 120,000 yuan.\” Nan Rongli said that the cooperative not only provides seedlings, but also provides training technology, so there is no worries, and the month-long picking period will not last long. Delay in the development of other industries.

Yunxi County is located in the remnants of the Qinling Mountains on the north-south climate dividing line. It has four distinct seasons and abundant rainfall. It is rich in wild forsythia resources. It grows in ravines, valleys, barren mountains and cliffs, and has good adaptability. and resource base. In recent years, Yunxi County has promoted the combination of planting and processing through policy incentives and scientific and technological support, guided farmers to develop and utilize dormant resources such as mountains, rivers, ditches, and in front of and behind houses, and jointly developed the ditch economy, courtyard economy, and order economy, and promoted the \” Cultivation of characteristic Chinese medicinal materials for “one village, one product” will expand the scale of forsythia cultivation.

Seeds are agricultural \”chips\”, and seedlings are the basis of medicinal materials. Yunxi County has selected excellent Forsythia suspensa plants from deep in the mountains, cultivated them through grafting and cuttings, and then planted them in fields. This has led to the cultivation of wild Forsythia suspensa medicinal materials that are more suitable for local growth and are favored by drug dealers.

“Forsythia is cross-pollinated, and long styles and short styles are cross-matched to achieve flowering and fruiting. While grafting, the proportion of main planting varieties and pollinating varieties is set to increase the flowering and fruiting rate through cross-pollination. ” In Hejiajing Village, Sanguandong Forest District, workers are being organized to carry out forsythia spp. Wang Shihua, who works on grafting seedlings, said that experts from scientific research institutions such as Hubei University of Medicine were invited to explore the artificial cultivation of forsythia and the planting technology of special-shaped flowers, and developed a forsythia nursery of more than 15 acres. The germination survival rate reached 96%, and high-quality products can be provided after one year. 1.25 million seedlings can be planted, which can increase the development base by more than 10,000 acres.

Sanguandong Forest District vigorously develops the traditional Chinese medicine industry, mainly forsythia, and unites five local forsythia professional cooperatives to optimize the business environment and establish Hubei Xinnong Ecological Medicinal Materials Co., Ltd. In the five aspects of production standards, processing technology, brand building, promotion and marketing,In terms of aspects, we will establish a standardized system, implement unified management, and develop as a team. A total of more than 10,000 acres of forsythia bases have been developed with an output value of more than 20 million yuan. More than 1,200 local households and more than 4,000 people have lived a \”sweet\” life relying on \”bitter\” forsythia.

Grow medicinal materials and make money from medicine. At present, Yunxi County has developed more than 30 varieties of Chinese medicinal materials such as Forsythia suspensa, Eucommia ulmoides, Atractylodes lancea, Schisandra chinensis, mugwort leaves, Polygonatum odorifera, etc., covering an area of ​​179,000 acres, with an output of 100,000 tons and an output value of 1.13 billion yuan, helping more than 60,000 people to increase their income and become rich. . (Zou Jinggen, Gan Xiaoyan)