Autumn Equinox + Chinese farmers Harvest Festival

The Autumn Equinox is the 16th solar term of the 24 solar terms and the fourth solar term of autumn. The arrival of the autumnal equinox means that the days are getting shorter and the nights are getting longer. So there is a proverb that says: "An autumn rain a cold", "white dew autumn equinox night, a cold night". Autumn also has another meaning, "fen" is "equal", "half" meaning, in addition to referring to the day and night, there is another meaning of equal autumn. After the autumn equinox, the temperature difference between day and night increases, and the temperature drops day by day. The arrival of the autumn equinox makes the leaves no longer green, the weather will become cooler and cooler.

Why was the Autumn Equinox set as a harvest festival for Chinese farmers?

The Chinese Farmers' Harvest Festival, the first national festival dedicated to farmers, was established in 2018 and falls on the "Autumn Equinox" every year. The establishment of this festival will greatly mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of hundreds of millions of farmers, and enhance the sense of honor, happiness and sense of gain of hundreds of millions of farmers. At the same time, it also shows the Chinese tradition of taking agriculture as the foundation since ancient times. Farmers are the largest majority of China's population. The establishment of the "Chinese Farmers Harvest Festival" is in line with the new requirements and expectations of the new era. It will greatly mobilize the enthusiasm, initiative and creativity of hundreds of millions of farmers, enhance their sense of honor, happiness and gain, and bring together poverty alleviation, building a moderately prosperous society in all respects, and implementing the strategy of rural revitalization. A mighty force for accelerating the modernization of agriculture and rural areas.

The Autumn equinox is conducive to vegetable production management:

Facility vegetable management and harvesting

The greenhouse and sunlight greenhouse vegetables planted in autumn are the busiest time for field management, and the appropriate temperature, light and water should be adjusted. Timely watering, topdressing, pruning, thinning flowers and fruit, but also do a good job of pest control. It is also necessary to harvest in time to prevent the fruit from falling on the seedlings and affecting the continued results.

Autumn and winter vegetable planting in solar greenhouse

Good thermal insulation performance of solar greenhouse tomatoes, eggplant, peppers, cucumbers and other warm crops are suitable for planting, winter growth supply New Year's Day, Spring Festival and the next spring market. It is necessary to do a good job of disinfection of the shed and the agricultural film in advance, prepare and fertilize the land 15 days before planting, and settle in the afternoon on a sunny day, so that the depth is consistent and the density is reasonable.