"My cotton, due to the use of ultra-wide film planting techniques, has already produced 7-8 bolls per plant. Achieving a single yield of 400 kilograms of seed cotton this year is not an issue," said Hua Chao, a worker from the Twelfth Company of the Sixty-Third Regiment under the Fourth Division of Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps, happily to the reporter on August 9th.
According to reports, the regiment's 60,000 mu (about 4,000 hectares) of cotton fields have been well managed, resulting in moderate cotton plant height and reasonable plant structure, with each plant producing 5-6 bolls. The entire cotton field presents a promising scene of a bountiful harvest.
This year, the regiment planted 60,000 mu of cotton. In order to improve the implementation rate of various conventional technologies and promote new technologies, they formulated the "Implementation Plan for Technical Evaluation of Deputy Agricultural Company Directors, Technicians, and Plant Protection Officers of the Sixty-Third Regiment in 2011." This plan quantitatively evaluated the effectiveness of technical measures during the crop growth management phase, effectively motivating the work enthusiasm of technical personnel. They also extensively promoted quality varieties and increased the application of water-saving drip irrigation, high-density cultivation, ultra-wide film cultivation, and precision sowing technologies. To achieve the goal of "summer bolls filling the waist and autumn bolls covering the top," the regiment implemented measures such as heavy application of flowering fertilizer, scientific pest control, timely topping, and pruning to strengthen the management of the cotton flowering period, promoting early boll formation, more bolls, and larger bolls.
Through the joint efforts of all staff members, the current 60,000 mu of cotton in the regiment exhibits uniform plant height, consistent color, stable growth, and a productive scenario with many bolls and large yields. On average, there are 14,000 plants per mu, with 5-6 bolls per plant, and the total seed cotton production is expected to exceed 20,000 tons.
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