Headquarters reporter Liu Wenjie: Now everyone can see that there are blooming flowers all around me. At this moment, I am immersed in a sea of flowers. On the shelf next to me is the gerbera just picked. This is the gerbera seedling breeding and research and development base. These flowers are grown in the greenhouse. Speaking of this greenhouse is not simple, it can achieve full intelligent integrated control. For example, if the temperature in the greenhouse is high, the spray equipment will be automatically started to cool down; the sun is too strong, and the equipment can be shaded in time; the flowers need to be watered and nutrient solutions need to be supplemented, and they are all automated.
Speaking of watering, we also have an interesting content to introduce to you, that is, there is no soil here, because these flowers are cultivated without soil. Without soil, how to keep water and nutrition? Let’s take a look. Next to this flowerpot, there is a white tube like this, which can deliver water or nutrient solution to the flowerpot as needed. There is a detection device inside the flowerpot to detect the moisture in the "soil". In addition, the recovery device can collect the water or nutrient solution dripping out of the flowerpot, which can be reused. The computer monitors and records the growth cycle of flowers, and automatically irrigates according to demand, which can save more than 90% of water and fertilizer compared with traditional planting modes. And this whole set of system also creates a microclimate suitable for the cultivation and growth of flowers. This perfect space allows the value of flowers to be continuously improved.
The greenhouse where I am now has an area of more than 20 acres, which is equivalent to two football fields. There are now more than 20,000 pots of different varieties of gerbera planted in it. These gerberas were planted 3 years ago. According to experts, the growth cycle of gerberas here is between 3 to 4 years. However, we now see that they are still growing very well. On average, each pot can pick one flower per day, and the entire greenhouse can pick about 20,000 flowers. The price of each flower varies from 1 yuan to 5 depending on the season. Yuan between.
In addition, there is another feature of this greenhouse. There are 20 to 30 varieties in it. This kind of planting method solves the problem of high incidence of plant diseases and insect pests of a single variety in a greenhouse. Of course, the main task here is the research and development and breeding of seedlings. The introduced varieties can be planted on a large scale in other places after trial planting and variety improvement here.
