Influenced by "Watermelon **" Daxing watermelon sales dropped sharply

Yesterday, in Panggezhuang, Daxing District, before a watermelon stall, the melon farmers chatted. Affected by the “watermelon explosion” incident, the sales volume of watermelon dropped sharply. Newspaper reporter Yang Jie photo The newspaper “swelling agent watermelon” caused poor sales of watermelons in Panzhihua, Sichuan, etc. In Beijing, watermelons dominated the characteristic industries in Panggezhuang Town of Daxing District. The greenhouse watermelons were not listed for a long time, but “bulking agents” "The impact on sales has already begun to appear.

The melon stall sells up to 4 melons a day. Yesterday afternoon, on both sides of the Panggezhuang section of the Beijing-Kaikou Expressway, colorful banners are displayed to remind passers-by. The 23rd Beijing Daxing Watermelon Festival kicks off and the “West Melon Match” and “Industrial Union Conference” It will also be unveiled; and on the nursery road beside the expressway, there are few patrons who have put up a row of melon stalls in front of the melon field.

“As early as nine o'clock in the stall, one melon did not sell.” At 5 pm, a female melon farmer in the village of Panggezhuang in the nursery stalls said that in previous years, she sold on average every day. At least 25 kg. The neighboring stalls also sold only one, dozen of melon stalls interviewed, sold up to four melons.

Most melon farmers said they did not sell well in previous years. And Panggezhuang some of the larger West Melon sales center, patrons are few.

When customers come to buy guarana, they first ask about the reasons for the decline in the sales volume of watermelons. These melon farmers purportedly pointed out that the “large watermelon watermelon” rumors. A female melon farmer said that several customers he received on the day almost all asked me if there were any additives for the watermelons. In order to quell customers questioning, she cut a few watermelons for the customers to taste. "Only after the original taste is eaten, the customer will buy it." Female melon farmers said that the original customer is less, and free tasting increases the cost of selling melon.

"I haven't heard of swelling agents for 20 years," said Mr. Zhao.

Chicken manure "cultivation" without ripening Mr. Zhao said that they planted melon, is based on the application of chicken manure, up to a small amount of potassium to increase sweetness.

He drew chicken manure from his own Guadi trench to prove the use of natural fertilizer. He said that chicken manure was purchased from a nearby chicken farm, and an average of one car of chicken manure per acre was used.

Mr. Zhao introduced that the watermelons in the greenhouses around Panggezhuang contained seedlings in mid-March each year, pollination and fruit setting on April 12 and 40 days later. “We have to wash our sauna in the shed every day. The mature period of 40 days is about 10 days longer than that of other watermelons to ensure quality.” Mr. Zhao said that there was no artificial ripening of Pangengzhuang watermelon planting.

The reporter learned from many parties that the current sale of greenhouse watermelons is only half a month. Unicorn watermelon is about 6 yuan per kilogram. Jingxin and 2K are 4 yuan and 10 yuan per kilogram. By the end of June, watermelons will be listed in large quantities in the market and the price will drop. To 5 to 8 corners.

“Immediately affected by the swelling agent.” The melon farmer with an output of about 10,000 metric tons per mu is concerned that the villages of Panggezhuang watermelons have been actively pulled up by customers and did not accumulate too many customer resources. Once there is unsalable sales, watermelon is not easy to store and it is very easy to rot. in.