However, the vegetable we are talking about today is very distinctive, and its growth period is particularly short. Farmer friends can plant a crop in spring and autumn and peel it off and eat it raw. Crispy and sweet, like eating fruit. Of course, it can also be fried or made into soup, or it can be cold with garlic juice.
However, its greatest value is not fresh food, but dehydrated vegetables. At present, the field purchase price is 18 yuan/kg, and the yield per mu (dehydrated vegetables) is about 260 kg. In this way, the benefit per mu can reach more than 4500 yuan, and the income of two crops is nearly 10 thousand yuan. Most importantly, this crop can't be planted anywhere. Without suitable soil and climate, its quality will be greatly reduced.
This interesting vegetable is dried moss, also known as tribute vegetables and loud vegetables. Local rural people are commonly known as dried moss. Many friends may not be familiar with dried moss. From the appearance, it is the easiest to think that it is not lettuce. Indeed, it looks like the twin brother of lettuce except that it is thinner than lettuce. If you see dry moss in the growing period in the field, many friends will mistake it for oil wheat vegetables. Yes, its leaves are very similar.
For this kind of dried moss, which is both like lettuce and oily wheat, the yield is so low and the requirements for climate and soil are so harsh. No wonder the economic benefits are so high, and there is no reason for all parts of the country to rush to plant them. Next, please follow the author, go deep into the front line of dry moss planting and watch the lively scene of farmers harvesting and processing dry moss.
Shatu Town, Bozhou City, Anhui Province is one of the main producing areas of local dried moss. In the home of Meng Xianling, a dried moss grower in Wuzhuang Village, he is pushing a cart of freshly harvested dried moss out of the field. In the open space in front of the house, the family is busy sorting out and processing dried moss. As the sun sets, farmers' friends hang the joy of harvest on their faces. The agricultural products market is good, and everyone is particularly energetic. Even their old mother, who is nearly ninety years old, came to help, and her granddaughter, who has not yet started school, is full of energy.
According to Meng Shu:? At present, the land price of dried moss is 18 yuan Jin, which is almost the same as last year. Our growers are very satisfied. If it can be stored in winter and then sold in cities, its value will usually more than double. But for our growers, this is somewhat unrealistic, especially in spring, dry moss can't be stored at all. If it is not sold in time, it is easy to produce sugar and change color, because the dried moss has high sugar content and is not refrigerated.
Although dry moss is easy to grow, harvesting and processing is a complicated process. After harvesting from the ground, smooth the leaves (leaving only the tender tips), then scrape the skin to expose the pulp, then cut it into four pieces with a blade and hang it in the sun to dry. If the skin is not clean, dry moss will suffer, so every job should be done very carefully.
If processing dried moss is difficult, I haven't got to the point yet. This kind of dried moss processing has a characteristic, that is, it must be hung in the sun to dry in time after peeling. If it is not ventilated in time to see the sun, it will change color. The dried moss is so dark and dull that it can't be sold at all. So everyone gets up early in the morning to process dried moss. When the sun came out, the head of the village was covered with freshly processed dry moss. Therefore, some young people also said that it doesn't matter if you are tired of doing farm work. If they stay up late, they can't stand it at all.
I want to know more about a crop, go deep into the fields and find an experienced grower like Uncle Meng, which has benefited a lot. Now, let's go back to the beginning. What kind of vegetable is dried moss? Why does it look like lettuce and oily wheat? Is there any necessary connection between them?
It should be emphasized that dried moss, lettuce and lettuce are very similar in appearance, and even easily confused with lettuce, because they all belong to lettuce crops in Compositae, which is not difficult to explain. A family can't speak two languages and looks very similar.