Farmers busy raising chili pepper seedlings
2025-02-14
Kuang Helin, head of Daxi Vegetable Farmers’ Professional Cooperative in Shigaitang Subdistrict of Beihu District, began the work at the vegetable greenhouse with other workers early in the morning of February 6. The chili seeds sowed before the Spring Festival have already sprouted.
“People come to buy seedlings around 6:00 a.m, and so we start our work early. We resumed work just like those who work in the city,” said Kuang Helin.
The base of the Daxi Vegetable Professional Cooperative covers an area of 550 mu (36.67 hectares), forming a new industrial chain through “seedling cultivation plus planting plus store sales”.
Currently, there are four seedling greenhouses in the base, with an area of more than 10 mu (0.667 hectares). It is also the largest vegetable seedling base around the urban area of Chenzhou.
February is the best time to raise chili seedlings.
“The base cultivates five to six varieties of chili pepper seedlings. This is the favorite wrinkled skinned chili peppers of the locals,” Kuang Helin said as he looked at the arm-long chili seedlings.
Last year, the base built an intelligent seedling greenhouse with an automated spray temperature control system. This effectively improved work efficiency, and could more accurately control the growth environment of seedlings.
The annual output in the base jumped from 2 million to 6 million seedlings.
Kuang Helin asked for the cooperative to plow the land. He planned to grow Rorippa indica here. It will go on sale in May, with a price of 10 yuan per kilogram.
Kuang Helin has no worries about the sales of his vegetables for the good quality. The vegetables are labeled with Xiangjiangyuan regional public brand logo and sent to the Guangdong-Hong Kong -Macao Greater Bay Area.
Last year, the vegetable sales of the base exceeded 10 million yuan.
Chinese source: czxww
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