Red Net Moment July 16 news (correspondent He Shaozhi Cheng Huan) washed seed melon is one of the local specialties of Dao County, Dao County has been planting seed melons for more than 200 years of history, since the 1980s, the planting area has been stable at about 20,000 mu, mainly concentrated in Dao County's Qingtang, Qiao Dam, Zhenzhangtang and other places, especially in Qingtang Town, washing seed melons are the most well-known to the public.
In the seed-washing melon planting base in Jiangjia Village, Qingtang Town, Daoxian County, melon farmers are busy picking, framing and collecting red melon seeds, and everyone's face is full of harvest joy.
Washed seed melon is a famous specialty of Daoxian County, the fruit skin is smooth, green without pattern, the fruit is juicy white, light yellow or red, the melon is clear and fragrant, has the effect of clearing heat, quenching thirst, reducing fire, detoxification, diuresis, etc., is a veritable anti-summer holy product. As the name suggests, the seed wash melon is to eat the melon, and the melon seeds inside can be washed out and left to be eaten alone. Farmers smash the melon when washing the seeds and harvesting them, take out the seeds and rub them in a basket, wash the seeds several times, and then dry them to become red melon seeds. Red melon seeds are rich in protein, fat and vitamins, diuretic, digestive and other functions.
"Generally this weather, so good sun to four or five hours of almost, if the sun is too long, this melon seed is not easy to peel, do not move before drying, move this melon seed is not so good-looking." Cheng Haiyu, a villager in Jiangjia Village in Qingtang Town, said.
Jiangjia Village, Qingtang Town, Daoxian County, takes advantage of its unique geographical location and superior natural environment to vigorously develop the characteristic fruit industry represented by washed seed melons. Nowadays, the Daozhou red melon seeds processed from washed seed melons have become a good product for entertaining relatives and friends during the New Year's Festival and wedding celebrations, and the products are exported to Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan and Southeast Asia.
"Through the development and expansion of the specialty fruit industry, the annual output value of washed seed melons in our village has increased from 1 million in 2017 to 3 million yuan in 2020, and the income of farmers has quadrupled." Jiang Xiangrong, deputy branch secretary of Jiang Jia Village in Qingtang Town, said so.
In recent years, Daoxian is committed to making the special fruit industry such as larger, stronger and better washed seed melon, through government guidance and policy support, driving farmers' enthusiasm for planting washed seed melon, and actively carrying out research and promotion of comprehensive technologies such as fine seed breeding, regional planting, formula fertilization, green prevention and control and brand creation of washed seed melon, and continuously accelerating the construction of "high-end, standardization, marketization and specialization" to achieve industrial transformation and upgrading and sustainable development.