A kilo can sell for 80 yuan. It's really "berry" without soil

         It was another year when strawberry was tasted in greenhouse. At about 10 a.m. on December 2, the reporter came to the strawberry planting agricultural characteristic industrial park in Weijia village, Liushan Town, Linqu County and saw that red strawberries were hidden among green leaves and white flowers in neat and uniform solar greenhouses. Su Chen, 32, keenly seized the business opportunities, devoted himself to agriculture and introduced vertical soilless cultivation technology. By controlling the time of flower bud differentiation through temperature, he overcame the low temperature weather in winter and achieved the first listing of strawberries, with a maximum price of 80 yuan per kilogram.

Vertical soilless cultivation

It was launched in 70 days

"This is the first crop of strawberries. It has been on the market for more than 20 days. Many merchants from Tai'an and Laiwu have come to order, and the supply is in short supply." Su Chen told reporters that the "Japanese sweet treasure" strawberries he planted overcame the cold weather in winter and achieved the first listing by controlling the time of flower bud differentiation through temperature. "When they first appeared on the market, they sold for up to 80 yuan a catty. With the change of the market, they are basically maintained at 60 yuan a catty."

The reporter saw that the little bees in the greenhouse are busy pollinating. Rows of soilless cultivation tanks are arranged orderly and erected on a steel frame about 1 meter above the ground. The cultivation tanks are equipped with advanced water and fertilizer integration equipment. Every few meters, there is a hanging spray above. Drip irrigation is used to accurately water and fertilize the delicate strawberries, which is convenient for management.

Different from the way of planting strawberries on the ground, strawberries grown in vertical soilless cultivation tank have more advantages. Su Chen introduced that taking a strawberry as an example, it grows on the ground and produces up to three or four fruits per crop. The light is uneven, the skin is easy to get dirty, the ground temperature can not be artificially controlled, and the time of strawberry listing is slow. The strawberries grown in the vertical soilless cultivation tank are not limited by space. One plant can bear up to five or six fruits. As long as the temperature is evenly controlled at 25 ℃ and the humidity is maintained at about 40%, the growth of strawberries can be controlled without pests and tastes sweeter. Therefore, Su Chen planted in September this year and went on the market in 70 days.

Resign and return home to start a business

The annual net income per mu is 150000 yuan

Su Chen, 32, lives in Xinzhai street, Linqu County. After graduating from high school, he has engaged in a variety of jobs in other places. While working in an agricultural technology company in Qingdao, he was exposed to many agricultural planting technologies, which laid the foundation for entrepreneurship.

In 2019, Su Chen learned from his brother that the economic benefits of planting strawberries were very considerable, so he saw the business opportunities and began to return home to start a business. "I know planting technology and can raise seedlings. I just want to try. Small strawberries will realize my entrepreneurial dream." After contracting the greenhouse, Su Chen specially planted strawberries.

In the first year, Su Chen was particularly serious and threw himself into the shed. Although the greenhouse was only 15 minutes away from home, he did not dare to slack off and moved his "home" here. In order to improve his planting skills, he went to Linyi, Qingdao and other places as long as he had time. For the first time, a 5 mu greenhouse was planted, with an annual output of about 30000 kg. After careful care, it was listed and sold around the Spring Festival, with an annual net income of 200000 yuan. Having tasted the sweetness, he expanded the planting scale.

In 2020, Su Chen introduced vertical soilless cultivation technology. He roughly calculated an account for the reporter. The cost of a greenhouse per mu is about 30000 yuan. According to the yield of 6000 kg per mu and selling 30 yuan per kg after large-scale maturity, the annual net income is 150000 yuan, and the 6-mu greenhouse is 900000 yuan, which is very considerable, four times the original ground planting method. "After strawberries were listed, a large number of customers bought them at home and sent them to the fresh supermarkets in Linqu. They don't worry about selling at all." Su Chen said.

Su Chen hired three local planters. At about 7 o'clock every morning, they began to put on curtains, pick, package and deliver goods. They were responsible for daily management. They were busy for eight hours a day, which was relatively easy. "I work here and don't have to ask my children for money. My family supports me very much." Ms. Li, a villager, said that she learned the planting technology. After a month, she still had an income of more than 3000 yuan, and her life was better.

Strawberry Industrial Park in Liushan town needs to be expanded

108 Mu shed rental or contracting

In recent years, Liushan Town, Linqu County has given full play to its regional advantages and planned to build an agricultural characteristic industrial park for strawberry planting, so as to improve the industrial economic benefits and drive the surrounding growers to increase their income.

Liushan town has continuously increased the construction of modern agricultural parks in accordance with the requirements of "high yield, high quality and high efficiency" and "variety, quality and brand". At present, the park has built a strawberry planting area of 70 mu, with a good mass planting foundation.

Next, the strawberry planting agricultural characteristic Park plans to build a 108 Mu strawberry greenhouse. After completion, the benefits are in three aspects: first, rent or contract to the surrounding people, the rent per mu is 7000 yuan, the annual rent can be 1.2 million yuan, and the annual rate of return on the rent is about 10%.

Second, it is contracted to large operators and professional cooperatives, and vertical soilless cultivation is adopted. The economic benefit per mu can reach more than 150000 yuan. With the benefit of seedling raising, the annual economic benefit of the park can reach 18 million yuan.

Third, further radiate the masses of surrounding villages and develop 1000 mu of strawberry planting and sightseeing agriculture. Relying on the overall resource advantages and characteristics of the town, efficiently allocate various production factors to further reduce the sales cost, independently complete the standardized control of the whole production process, provide guarantee for high-quality production of products, and drive the surrounding people to increase their income by more than 50 million yuan.