Text, map/Yangcheng Evening News All-media reporter Li Qiuling
Durian, the king of fruit, is loved by many people and is one of the most popular imported fruits on the market at present. The first batch of durians in Hainan has successfully borne fruit. It is expected that the news that they will be listed in May will make the "foodies" excited and inspire many people to plant durian trees at home to realize their dream of "durian freedom".
"Guangdong can also plant durian", "Grafted durian seedlings can be planted in the north and south" and "When planted in the same year, the fruit will bear fruit in the same year" … Since the beginning of this year, the topic of durian has been incessant, and many merchants have been advocating it on various online platforms, speculating seedlings vigorously to attract growers to buy durian seedlings.
In this regard, fruit tree experts stressed in an interview with Yangcheng Evening News that durian is a tropical fruit. If the temperature difference is too large or the temperature is lower than 6 degrees, it will cause serious freezing damage. If it is planted, it will either die or fail to blossom and bear fruit. At present, only a few cities and counties in Hainan have successfully borne fruit after planting.
Experts stressed that it is a difficult problem to grow durian in Guangdong, but it is nonsense to grow durian in the north. In order to sell seedlings, some merchants give sweet words, but the service they give is "no reason to return them for 7 days" and "no compensation for planting death". According to industry insiders, what they have laid is an "irresponsible" seedling selling scam.
At present, durian is mainly imported on the market.
Merchants boast:
Can be planted in the north and south, and the same year will bear fruit?
The reporter searched on a video network platform and found that there are quite a few merchants selling durian seedlings. In their promotional videos, durian trees are "knotted" with dense and golden durians.
The words of these videos are often similar-
"Is durian expensive? Plant a tree until you vomit, and the golden pillow durian medium seedling was planted in the same year. "
"I don’t pick the climate, don’t pick the soil, don’t need grafting, and the results are fast."
"Improved durian seedlings can be planted in the north and south, with soil balls bearing fruit in the same year, cold-resistant and freeze-resistant, and can live by watering, and can also be planted in the northeast."
"A new variety of durian has a delicate and sweet taste. No matter whether it is planted in potted plants or in the fields, it can thrive at any time …"
"To realize durian freedom, start with me."
Many people have a hot mind and started to grow durian, and they have bought durian seedlings online.
On the Internet, the attention, comments and sales of durian seedling merchants are good. A merchant has nearly 200,000 fans. There are more than 2,000 comments under the video of "The Results of Durian Seedlings Planted in the Same Year", and many people have asked how to buy seedlings.
[Reporter’s investigation]
The price difference is big, and netizens report that seedlings are hard to live.
Yesterday, Yangcheng Evening News searched for "durian seedlings" on the online platform, and found that the price of durian seedlings varied greatly, ranging from 20 to one in 40 yuan, and most of them ranged from 100 yuan to 400 yuan. Some merchants also claimed to have bought a durian fruit that year, with a price of 2000-5000 yuan. According to industry insiders, the profit of durian seedlings is several times that of ordinary seedlings, even dozens or hundreds of times.
However, the reporter checked the sales comments and found that many consumers said: "There is no kind of work at all."
In order to sell seedlings, merchants brag about the results of planting in the same year.
"Grafted durian seedlings, 60-80 cm high, with soil and leaves delivered at 206 yuan a plant." A merchant on the Internet told the reporter that the fruit seedlings that are more than three years old will bear fruit the next year, and if the conditions are not suitable, it will be one year later. However, the customer service said that after the purchase, "there is no reason to return the goods for 7 days".
The reporter checked the buyer’s evaluation in the store and noticed that there were many bad reviews. After 81 days of purchase, a customer commented: "The survival rate after purchase is 0, and it costs more than 200 yuan to buy two, all of them are dead."
Another consumer bought it for 22 days and followed it up: "I can’t keep it alive. When I received the goods, I found that there were dark purple spots 5 cm above the marriage interface. After three days, the leaves fell, and in less than ten days, the marriage interface was dry."
Someone even left a message: "It’s a seedling, and it can’t be raised at all. I’m also a small fruit farmer, but this kind of durian is not alive. Don’t be deceived."
"Because durian is getting more and more expensive, I want to buy a durian tree in the hope of being self-sufficient. I bought a fake single seedling twice, but the third time I bought it here was still fake. The leaves grew round and died soon …" Some netizens left a message in a durian seedling merchant.
Some netizens reported that Miao was sent from the north, without leaves, but bare. Many people also said that they spent thousands of dollars to buy seedlings, but they couldn’t keep them alive, feeling that they had been wronged. Some netizens in Guangxi sent a video saying that it took more than 2,000 yuan to buy durian seedlings and plant them. It didn’t take long for them to "commit suicide" by dropping their leaves.
It is difficult to tell the truth from the truth, and the Miao situation is not optimistic.
Jackfruit trees, green trees, smiling seedlings, litchi seedlings, chestnut seedlings, olive seedlings, jujube seedlings, mulberry seedlings, pomegranate seedlings … Yangcheng Evening News reporters found that many people planted durian seedlings with hope, only to find that the goods were not the right version, and they bought all kinds of seedlings, but they were not durian seedlings.
"I planted it happily. Take good care of it and drench it every day. Three years later, the durian tree actually grew a bunch of small red flowers. "
Some claimed to be planted, only to find that it was mulberry and ginkgo.
A friend from the north communicated with people online and said, "His durian tree has grown fruit with a five-pointed star. Then ask, is durian a five-pointed star? "
The netizen replied: "You are not a durian. You know it is a carambola with your eyes closed."
It’s okay to buy a carambola, at least it’s an edible fruit. Some people even said that they bought a grass, and after identification, they found it was a five-fingered peach.
Many fruit farmers have dried out the durian seedlings they bought. A closer look shows that the seedlings are real seedlings, but they are seedlings. Insiders said: "Such seedlings may not bear fruit in ten or twenty years."
A seedling of 1980 yuan, the merchant said that it would not be compensated if it died.
Some stores sell a durian fruit tree that is not cheap, but the merchants bluntly say that "it will not be compensated if it dies", and consumers may not get after-sales after purchasing it.
"The fourth generation of domestic durian was grafted with fruit trees, and the fruit was 1980 yuan each" … On an online video platform, a fruit tree distributor advertised this, and the reporter chatted with the sales staff and asked if it could be planted in Meizhou.
The customer service did not respond positively, only said: "I will buy it if I plant it, and I will not pay for it if I die." The reporter asked again: "Do you have a look at the pictures of fruit trees with results?" The customer service replied: "No, only sell seedlings." Such a service attitude, nearly 2000 yuan a tree, shows that 97 people have placed orders.
Deng Yuqiang, a grower in Maoming, Guangdong Province, began to try to grow durian in 2018. He told reporters: "There are indeed many scammers selling fake seedlings online. Since 2018, they have also bought many fake seedlings." He admits that it is not easy to grow durian, and only a few places can grow durian. This year is his sixth year of planting durian, and many seedlings have lived, but they still have no fruit.
[exploration]
Why do businesses dare to sell fake durian seedlings?
Durian seedlings bear fake fruit, and the big trees without fruit in the base are also selling seedlings, while other fruit trees pretend to be durian seedlings … The reporter learned that the current market for selling durian seedlings online is chaotic, and merchants have made "odd" moves in order to sell durian seedlings.
Insiders pointed out that the fruit of durian ranged from five to six years to more than ten years. It was difficult for netizens to tell the truth after buying the seedlings. After a few years of planting, it was found to be a fake seedling. The boss only had to say that the employee made a mistake and returned the goods, or after the after-sales period, there was no way to complain.
Some people have successfully switched to real durian seedlings and can feed them, but they also buy seedlings that will take more than ten or twenty years to blossom and bear fruit.
Why are seedlings not good? Insiders said that they used a durian seed many years ago to send out seedlings, and now they have grown into durian trees without grafting improvement, and they have borne fruit. However, the peel is thick, rough and mottled, and each pulp is only two thumbs big, and the taste is particularly poor.
"Usually, this seedling is cold-resistant and can grow in some areas, but there are few flowers and fruits, and the fruits are very deformed and difficult to swallow." The person told the truth.
The insider also said: "You can’t hang fruit or the taste after hanging fruit is very poor, and most of them are seedlings."
Fruit expert:
"I planted several batches of durian seedlings in Zhanjiang, and I couldn’t grow them at all."
"At present, only cities and counties such as Sanya and Ledong Li in Hainan are planted on a small scale, and durian with a good sense of export is planted by some merchants in Guangdong, but it has not been successful." Professor Chen Jiezhong, doctoral supervisor of Horticulture College of South China Agricultural University, said in an interview with Yangcheng Evening News reporter that the arguments advocated by merchants, such as "Guangdong can also plant durian", "grafted durian seedlings can be planted in the north and south" and "fruit bearing in the same year", may all be aimed at selling and frying seedlings.
Durian is not cold-tolerant, so it is difficult to grow.
Chen Jiezhong has studied the popularization and application of high-quality fruit trees at home and abroad for decades, and he is very concerned about whether durian can be planted in Guangdong and practices it personally. He told reporters that he has a fruit tree research and planting base in Yangqing Town, Suixi County, Zhanjiang. In the past few years, he has bought several batches of durian seedlings to plant, but in winter, even if he covered the film and did warm work, none of them survived. "All of them were frozen to death and could not grow at all."
"The climate in Zhanjiang should be somewhat similar to that in Hainan, where jackfruit grows well, but durian is still unsuccessful." Chen Jiezhong said.
In this regard, he popularizes that durian is a tropical fruit, and its cold tolerance is much worse than that of jackfruit. When the temperature in winter is as low as 6 degrees, serious freezing damage will occur. If there is no hotter climate than Hainan, it is impossible to grow durian in the outdoor environment.
These net red fruit trees are suitable for popularization and planting.
Insiders pointed out that at present, except for small-scale commercial planting in Hainan, other regions want to plant it, but it has not been successful. In fact, ordinary people don’t have to worry about spending money to grow durian. Powerful planting companies can try to improve high-quality domestic durian varieties, but this is a long process.
Professor Chen Jiezhong also said in the interview that there are many kinds of fruits that can be planted in Guangdong with excellent quality. He and his team experimented with more than 70 kinds of fruit trees in Zhanjiang base, and he promoted the following net red fruit trees suitable for planting in the south to growers:
1. White persimmon/ice cream fruit
Originally from Mexico. The peel is thin, the edible rate is high, the flesh is yellow and white, sweet and refreshing, and it melts in the mouth like ice cream. It can be stored for one year at MINUS 20 degrees, and it is not resistant to water damage, while it is at MINUS 4 degrees. It can be planted in deep, loose and fertile soil.
2, topaz (gold) fruit
Native to the upper reaches of the Amazon River. The height of the tree is more than 10 meters, the fruit is round or oval, the skin is smooth, the maturity period is mainly in July-August, and it can blossom and bear fruit many times; High yield, not cold-resistant, some brands will be damaged by freezing at 5 degrees, which can be planted in Zhanjiang and Maoming.
3. Kamgo/Kamme
Originally from Peru. The tree is 3 meters high, and the fruit looks like a grape. The VC content is 60 times that of citrus and 6 times that of Rosa roxburghii, which is the highest VC content plant on the earth.
