East China’s Jiangsu province will be hit by snow and sleet in the next 12 hours as cold weather will hit central and eastern China in the coming days, bringing snow, rain and a drop in temperatures,
the National Meteorological Center forecast Monday. Jiangsu will see temperatures drop by 10 to 12 degrees Celsius from Tuesday to Thursday.
In order to cope with the freezing damage caused by low temperature weather to crops, regional governments have strengthened preventive measures to ensure that the crops and vegetables will not be affected.
In a seedling shed in Zouqu Town, Changzhou City, workers are adding an inner shed for vegetable seedlings to ensure the seedling survival rate.
The farm has also prepared electric heating equipment in advance. Once the temperature drops sharply, the staff will immediately lay electric heating wires on the surface to ensure proper temperature for the growth of crops by artificial heating.
Also in Zouqu Town, workers are busy harvesting the last batch of croissant melons this year.
With its planting temperature varying from 20 to 30 degrees Celsius, croissant melon is now served in winter, thanks to earth shed, the special greenhouse introduced in recent years.
Jiang Hongfang, Worker of Changzhou Wangpo Agricultural Development Co., Ltd.
In the daytime
the shed absorbs the heat of the sun
and at night
after the quilt is put down
the heat in the soil wall slowly radiates
After the cold wave comes
the temperature outside may be
as high as about zero degrees
and more than 20 degrees Celsius
in the greenhouse
In a strawberry picking farm in Taizhou City, agricultural technicians are busy supporting the greenhouse with steel pipes to deal with the coming rain, snow and cold weather
Yang Xiancun, Owner of the Strawberry Farm
We have installed 14 to 15 iron pillars
in each shed to reinforce the shed
so as to prevent the shed
from being crushed by snow
Local agricultural and rural affairs departments have instructed farmers to reinforce greenhouses, get ready to clear snow, add windshields, increase surface temperature, and at the same time instruct farmers to spray growing agents to ensure that wheat will overspend the winter.
