Aksu City: Dry sowing and wet planting of cotton save water and increase production and enjoy happiness
Since the beginning of summer, as the temperature has gradually risen, cotton in Aksu City, Xinjiang has gradually entered the emergence stage and is growing well.
On May 18, in Serike Kelqin Village, Karatal Town, Aksu City, cotton farmer Zhu Dong and technicians from the Agricultural Technology Extension Center came to the cotton field early in the morning to check the cotton seedling situation. The tender green cotton seedlings have broken out of the ground and are growing well.
Cotton farmer Zhu Dong said: “In the past, when cotton was sown in the traditional way, the emergence rate would be good if it could reach 80%. This year, with the ‘dry sowing and wet seeding’ sowing technology, the cotton seedling emergence rate has reached over 90%. This new sowing technology Technology is really a blessing to our cotton farmers.”
In 2023, the Aksu region plans to promote “dry sowing and wet out” sowing crops to a planting area of 2.5 million acres. In order to save water resources and reduce planting costs, the “dry sowing and wet out” sowing technology is used to grow cotton, which is not only completed ahead of schedule The sowing task was completed, and the seedling emergence rate reached more than 90%, achieving “all seedlings in one sowing”.
“Through field surveys, the emergence rate of cotton grown using the ‘dry sowing and wet seeding’ sowing technology has been significantly improved compared to previous years. In the future, technical guidance and services will be further strengthened to strive to enable growers to master this planting technique. technology,” said Dai Lu, director of the Aksu Regional Agricultural Technology Center Extension Station.
It is understood that the cotton “dry sowing and wet seeding” sowing technology uses drip irrigation belts to introduce moisture to promote early emergence of cotton seedlings without winter irrigation and spring irrigation. The goals of Qi, Miao Zhuang and Miao Yun.
Cotton farmer Zhu Dong said: “In addition to saving water and energy, the biggest effect is to increase production. Based on the experimental comparisons in the past few years, the ‘dry sowing and wet planting’ planting method has increased the yield by 50 kilograms per mu compared with the traditional planting method. At present, cotton, The overall growth is very good, and field management will be strengthened in the later period to strive for a bumper harvest.”
Relevant agricultural technology departments in Aksu counties (cities) will continue to promote cotton field pest control, drip fertilization, comprehensive plant protection and other aspects of work, further strengthen scientific management, promote high-quality and efficient development of the cotton industry, and achieve cotton yields,Quality“Double improvement”.
“We will give full play to the advantages of technical resources, continuously strengthen agricultural technical service guidance in the process of cotton planting and management, and provide full-process mechanized technical services for cotton farmers in land preparation, sowing, plant protection, and harvesting, so as to achieve agricultural scale, planting mechanization, and Intensified management can effectively increase the income of cotton farmers and improve the quality and efficiency of the cotton industry,” Dai Lu said.
In recent years, in accordance with the general requirements of “reduce area, optimize layout, increase unit yield, save water, increase efficiency, and stabilize total output”, the Aksu region has optimized the cotton planting layout while promoting the “one main and one auxiliary” seed use model. , actively promote the “dry sowing and wet planting” cotton sowing technology to lay a solid foundation for farmers to increase production and income.
Dai Lu said: “In recent years, with the vigorous promotion of high-standard farmland construction, agricultural water-saving technology and agricultural water price reform in Aksu region have continued to innovate, and farmers’ awareness of water-saving is increasing. We have tried wheat and corn drying on a small scale. The sowing and wet planting technology has been extended to the field of cotton planting. The ‘dry and wet’ sowing technology can not only suppress land salinization and alleviate seasonal water problems, but also reduce plowing, harrowing and other links, saving production. The cost has laid a solid foundation for high and stable cotton yields. Now the technology is very mature and will be promoted on a wider scale in the future.”
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