Camellia oleifera was planted for three years before it began to bear fruit. On this farm, a group of "left-behind women" are picking Camellia oleifera fruits. Their children all went out to work, and the land was transferred to this farm. They work on this farm all the year round and earn one or two thousand yuan a year. Camellia oleifera on this farm is planted in batches, and most of them have not yet borne fruit, nor have they reached the high-yield period. Asked the farmers, said it would take three years for Camellia oleifera to bear fruit. So how can we continue to operate without any income in these three years?
The farmer said that raising chickens in the oil tea garden can raise four batches of native chickens a year. In addition, there is a small reservoir of 20 mu at the foot of the mountain to raise some fish. All the 400,000 saved from working outside the home was invested, and the government subsidized loans to help the poor. You can interplant watermelon, rape, wheat and other crops in the first three years of oil tea garden. The net income per mu of Camellia oleifera at full fruit stage is about 1 10,000 yuan. It takes three years to grow camellia oleifera.
There are three different varieties of Camellia oleifera fruits planted in this farm, yellow, green and red, and they are mixed. Farmers said that planting different varieties together is beneficial to pollination, improving the fruit setting rate and preventing the degradation of camellia oleifera. It was no good to plant camellia oleifera before, that is, after a few years, the output of camellia oleifera declined and the fruit did not hang. Cultivating different varieties together is beneficial to wind power and bee colony pollination. Camellia oleifera cultivation does not use pesticides. Raising chickens in the garden can catch insects and weeds. Intercropping crop stalks can be spread under camellia oleifera, which can keep moisture and keep warm. Straw rot can increase soil organic matter and soften soil. Camellia oleifera is suitable for planting on hilly slopes in Shan Ye, and can be fertilized in spring, summer, autumn and winter. Apply farm organic fertilizer in autumn and winter, 4000 kg/year per mu, cake fertilizer 100 kg/mu. Top-dressing NPK compound fertilizer 20 kg/mu and calcium superphosphate 20 kg in spring and summer. Camellia oleifera planting should be green, environmentally friendly and organic.