The yield of walnut trees per mu can reach more than 800 kilograms

3,000 acres of thin-skinned walnuts in Jiaozhou have entered the harvest season

Qingdao Morning News 2014.10.19

In the morning news, the walnut trees are full of fruits. If you peel off the outer skin of the green fruits, you will find that the walnuts wrapped inside are ripe. Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Jiaozhou Forestry Bureau that more than 3,000 acres of thin-skinned walnuts planted in Jiaozhou have reached harvest season. This year's good weather has allowed for a bumper harvest of walnuts. The total output is expected to reach more than 500,000 kilograms. By early November, these fresh walnuts that have been dried can be Listed. ?

Walnut trees have entered the fruiting period?

Yesterday, the reporter came to the planting base of Wujia Walnut Professional Cooperative in Jiaolai Town, Jiaozhou City and saw that large walnut trees were covered with walnut trees. It is full of walnuts the size of eggs, and many workers in the base are picking them in bamboo baskets. The reporter noticed that the skin of the walnut fruit was green, like immature tomatoes. Peel off the outer green peel to reveal the walnuts. "Now the walnut fruits in the base are basically mature, and most of the fruits have been picked. At present, this year's walnut production is the largest ever." Wu Zhanjia, head of the Wujia Walnut Professional Cooperative, told reporters that their base has more than 300 acres of walnuts planted. The walnut tree, which is in its fourth year this year, has entered its fruiting period. ?

Can you earn tens of thousands of yuan per mu of land?

Wu Zhanjia said that now seventy or eighty walnut trees are planted per mu of land, and based on the average harvest of 10 kilograms of walnuts per tree, The yield per mu of land can reach more than 800 kilograms, which is twice as high as last year. Secondly, last year the price of walnuts was less than 15 yuan per catty, but this year it has increased to more than 20 yuan per catty. After careful calculation, excluding various costs, this year the profit per mu is tens of thousands of yuan. "Under this good situation, I am planning to continue to expand planting next year." Wu Zhanjia said that most of the land for planting walnut trees is "thin land". Now it seems that the income of planting walnuts is much higher than planting poplars and crops. Walnut trees have entered their prime. The output will continue to increase every year after the fruiting period, so he plans to attract more farmers to join the cooperative to plant walnut trees next year.

Will fresh walnuts be on the market in November?

Yesterday, the reporter learned from the Jiaozhou City Forestry Department that thin-shell walnuts have excellent characteristics such as low planting cost, good economic benefits and storage resistance. Therefore, In recent years, they have actively developed economic tree species such as thin-shell walnuts, introduced high-quality thin-shell walnut varieties, and distributed free saplings to growers of a certain scale. Today, more than 3,000 acres of thin-shell walnut trees have been planted in Jiaozhou City, and the total output is expected to exceed 500,000 kilograms. After more than half a month of drying, these fresh walnuts will be available on the market in early November. "The economic benefits of walnuts have been reflected. We will continue to increase farmers' enthusiasm for planting walnut trees in the future. We will also invite experts to the planting bases to teach farmers planting techniques and help farmers increase their income." Staff of Jiaozhou Forestry Bureau explain. ?