Puxian Tobacco Leaves

Puxian Tobacco Leaves

　　Puxian Tobacco Leaves

　　Puxian is actively developing modern agriculture by promoting floating seedling technology in tobacco cultivation, intensifying efforts to boost the industry through science and technology, and supporting the growth and strengthening of the tobacco planting sector.

　　At the Puxian Loess Tobacco Small Arch-Shed Floating Seedling Base, technicians from the agricultural supply center are explaining floating seedling technology to tobacco farmers. This is the first tobacco seedling planting technique promoted and used in our province. This method not only saves time and labor but also achieves a high survival rate for the seedlings.

　　It is currently the tobacco seedling cultivation season. To grow strong seedlings and improve their survival rate, the agricultural supply center has introduced advanced floating seedling technology and provided on-site guidance at various tobacco planting bases to teach farmers about the management techniques of floating seedling cultivation. Now that the seedling inspection period has begun, three points should be noted: first, prevent high-temperature damage to seedlings by pruning leaves; second, monitor seedling health during water cutoff; third, apply pesticides to prevent diseases and control aphids.

　　Puxian is one of the major tobacco-growing counties in the province. For many years, traditional soil and wooden bed seedling methods have been used. Compared to conventional methods, the introduction of floating seedling technology offers advantages such as reducing transplanting labor, saving space for seedling cultivation, and facilitating the management of tobacco seedlings.

　　Wang Baoping, a technician from the Puxian Agricultural Supply Center, explained that floating seedling cultivation is a form of soilless farming that uses water to deliver nutrients for the growth of tobacco seedlings. It solves the issues of traditional nutrient bag seedling methods, which take up more space, require more labor, and have lower survival rates. It is currently a practical and advanced seedling cultivation method.

　　To promote the adoption of floating seedling technology, technicians from the agricultural supply center have provided detailed explanations to tobacco farmers on seedling management through training sessions, on-site guidance, and follow-up services, allowing farmers across the county to benefit from the advantages of science-based farming.

　　Tobacco farmer Wang Changjiang said, “In previous years, we used traditional seedling methods, but this year we’re using floating seedlings. The floating seedlings are ready 20 days earlier than traditional ones, the seedlings are stronger, the root systems are more developed, the field transplanting period is shorter, and the survival rate is 100%.”

　　It is understood that this year, our county has provided strong policy and technical support to tobacco farmers, guiding them toward science-based farming, improving tobacco leaf quality and survival rates, fully motivating farmers’ enthusiasm for planting, and laying a solid foundation for a bountiful harvest.