today's equinox

Beijing time on September 23 at 9:40

Usher in the autumn equinox

It's cold and summer, day and night

Then the nights get longer and the days get shorter

Autumn is the harvest season, the rice is fragrant and the grain is abundant

Autumn harvest is busy everywhere in the world

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Autumn Equinox · Folklore

eat autumn vegetables

There is also a seasonal food on the autumn equinox, called Qiu Cai, which is a wild amaranth that grows in the Lingnan area, also called Qiu Bihao. On the autumn equinox, fresh and green autumn vegetables and fish fillets are picked for soup, which is called "autumn soup". As the saying goes: "The autumn soup fills the dirty and washes the liver and intestines. It is safe and healthy for the whole family, young and old."

Celebrating the autumn harvest

The autumn equinox is also the "Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival". At this time, the melons and fruits are fragrant, the rice grains are returned to the warehouse, and the autumn harvest pictures are spread everywhere, which is a lively harvest scene. "Do what you do in March and April, and you will have your own answer in August and September." A bumper harvest is the best reward that time gives to every hard worker.

The autumn equinox is beneficial to vegetable production management:

Vegetables in greenhouses and solar greenhouses planted in autumn are the busiest time for field management. It is necessary to adjust the appropriate temperature, light and moisture; timely watering, top dressing, pruning and fork, flower and fruit thinning, and pest control work are also required. , focusing on the control of tomato yellow leaf curl virus and cucumber downy mildew, as well as whitefly, red spider, tea yellow mites and other pests. It should be harvested in time to prevent the fruit from falling off the seedlings and affecting the continued results.

Adjustment of suitable growth environmental conditions Temperature, light and indoor air humidity are important environmental conditions for the growth and development of crops. Entering the autumnal equinox, the temperature changes frequently, and the temperature difference between day and night is large. It is necessary to adjust the indoor temperature in time by opening and closing the air outlet with the change of the external temperature.