The next day, a village meeting was held at the brigade headquarters.
Villagers came to the venue one after another, and everyone was full of curiosity and anticipation about the development of ginseng cultivation in the village.
Wu Dagang presided over the meeting. He first introduced the village's ideas and plans for developing ginseng cultivation to the villagers, and then invited Zhou Ziwen to come on stage to explain the relevant knowledge about ginseng cultivation to everyone.
Zhou Ziwen walked up to the podium with the prepared materials. He cleared his throat and said, "Hello, fellow villagers. Today I'm going to talk to you about ginseng cultivation."
"Ginseng is a very precious traditional Chinese medicine with a high market value. Our village is considering developing ginseng cultivation. This is a great opportunity to increase everyone's income..."
Zhou Ziwen explained in detail the growth habits of ginseng, planting environment requirements, planting techniques, economic benefit analysis and other contents.
The villagers listened attentively, occasionally raising questions, which Zhou Ziwen patiently answered. After the presentation, the audience erupted in warm applause.
Wu Dagang continued, "Fellow villagers, ginseng cultivation is a long-term industry that requires everyone's joint efforts."
"If everyone is willing to participate, we will organize training to help everyone master planting techniques."
"At the same time, the village will actively address funding, sales, and other issues. Let's work together to develop our village's ginseng planting industry!"
After the meeting, the villagers discussed ginseng planting.
Many villagers have shown great interest in ginseng planting, and they feel it is a good opportunity to change their lives.
Especially because of the previous incident of educated youth stealing ginseng, everyone discovered the ginseng planted by Zhou Ziwen.
The head was big and full, and the quality looked excellent, which caused many villagers to be amazed at it.
Now that they heard that the village was going to grow ginseng on a large scale, they couldn't help but imagine that such ginseng could be grown in their own fields. The profits that would be brought would be quite considerable.
In the following days, the village began to make intensive preparations for ginseng planting.
Wu Dagang and the team leader were busy applying for support funds from the commune and listed the expenditure budget in detail, including the costs of purchasing ginseng seeds, reclaiming land, and building planting facilities.
At the same time, they also actively organized villagers to participate in planting preparations.
Zhou Ziwen went to several places he knew were suitable for growing ginseng for field investigations.
He carefully examined the texture and pH of the soil, analyzed the surrounding climate conditions and light conditions, and finally selected a piece of land close to the mountains, with fertile soil and good drainage as the base for large-scale ginseng cultivation.
After returning to the village, Zhou Ziwen began to train the villagers in planting techniques.
In the open space of the village, he used a combination of real objects and diagrams to explain in an easy-to-understand way the key points of ginseng seed selection, and told everyone how to choose plump and healthy ginseng seeds to ensure the germination rate.
During the seedling cultivation process, he demonstrated in detail how to control temperature and humidity, as well as how to disinfect the soil to prevent pests and diseases from invading the seedlings.
In terms of daily management, Zhou Ziwen emphasized the techniques and precautions for fertilizing, watering, and weeding, and reminded villagers to carry out reasonable management according to the different growth stages of ginseng.
The villagers were enthusiastic about learning and came to the training site early every day to listen carefully to Zhou Ziwen's explanations, and raised their own questions and ideas from time to time.
Some villagers were worried that they could not learn such complicated technology due to their low level of education, but with Zhou Ziwen's patient guidance and encouragement, they gradually built up their confidence.
At the planting base, the villagers worked together to cultivate the land according to what they learned in the training.
They wielded hoes to loosen the soil, remove weeds and stones, and then carefully sowed ginseng seeds at a certain spacing and depth, and covered them with a layer of fine soil.
Throughout the entire process, everyone was extremely attentive, as if they were seeing the beautiful scene of a bumper ginseng harvest in the future.
At the same time, the village is also actively exploring sales channels.
Wu Dagang and the team leader asked around, and with the help of the commune's president, Fu, they contacted some surrounding medicinal material merchants and pharmaceutical factories, and introduced them to the scale and advantages of ginseng cultivation in Dabazi Village.
Some medicinal material dealers showed great interest and came to inspect.
Seeing the ginseng seedlings carefully planted by the villagers and the village's thorough preparations for ginseng cultivation, they were full of anticipation for future cooperation.
Of course, this is all a matter for the future. After all, the ginseng seedlings have just been planted, and it will take several years for them to mature.
This is a gradual process.
However, Zhou Ziwen didn't care much about it. In his plan, he could plant a batch of ginseng seedlings every year. It would only take a few years for the first batch of ginseng seedlings to mature.
After that, it developed step by step.
The profit from ginseng is not low. It is estimated that by then, the ginseng industry alone will be able to bring extremely considerable income to the village, allowing the economy of Dabazi Village to achieve a qualitative leap.
As time goes by, the work at the ginseng planting base is proceeding in an orderly manner.
The villagers have become more meticulous in their daily management and strictly follow the technical points taught by Zhou Ziwen.
They visit the planting site regularly every day to check the soil moisture and water the ginseng according to weather conditions to ensure a suitable environment for growth.
When it comes to fertilization, the villagers also carefully control the amount used, spreading organic fertilizer evenly around the ginseng seedlings to promote their healthy growth.
In order to prevent the invasion of pests and diseases, the villagers also set up some simple insect-proof nets around the planting areas and conduct regular inspections. Once they find signs of pests and diseases, they will promptly ask Zhou Ziwen for advice on how to deal with them.
Zhou Ziwen also often visits the planting base to provide guidance. He carefully observes the growth of the ginseng seedlings and promptly discovers and solves problems.
He will also fine-tune the planting techniques based on actual conditions to adapt to the growth needs of ginseng in different seasons and weather conditions.
During this process, the village also focuses on cultivating villagers' self-management capabilities.
Some villagers with strong sense of responsibility and fast learning ability were selected as team leaders, who were responsible for organizing everyone to carry out daily planting work and promptly convey Zhou Ziwen's technical guidance and relevant requirements of the village.
These team leaders played an active role in their work. Not only were they serious and responsible themselves, they also motivated other villagers and made the entire planting team more united and cooperative.
In addition to the work at the planting base, the village is also considering the subsequent development of the ginseng industry.
On the one hand, it is planned to build a small ginseng processing workshop after the ginseng matures to carry out preliminary processing of the ginseng, such as cleaning, drying, slicing, etc., to increase the added value of ginseng.
On the other hand, we plan to develop some ginseng-related derivative products, such as ginseng wine and ginseng health products, to further expand the market. (End of this chapter)
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