Tumushuk: The weather affects the growth of cotton and the boll formation is not as good as in previous years
Since August, the temperature difference between day and night in Tumushuke City of the Third Division of the Xinjiang Production and Construction Corps has been large. The daytime temperature is around 33 degrees Celsius, but the nighttime temperature has dropped to about 20 degrees Celsius. Compared with the night temperature in the same period last year A temperature drop of 5-8 degrees Celsius will have a great impact on cotton growth.
It is understood that in previous years, the number of cotton bolls in most cotton fields in early August was around 10, but this year only 20% of the cotton fields had around 10 bolls, and the remaining 65% of the cotton fields had around 7 bolls. . Local cotton farmers said that there are three main reasons for the decline in the number of bolls. First, due to the impact of strong winds, heavy rains, hail and other disasters in the early stage, some cotton was replanted and replanted. In addition, the dusty weather continued in the later period and the temperature rose slowly, resulting in cotton The growth process has slowed down; secondly, after several heavy rains in June this year, the temperature has remained at around 20 degrees Celsius, which is 10 degrees lower than in previous years, which is not conducive to cotton setting peaches and bolls; thirdly, August is the golden month for cotton to grow rapidly. period, but due to large changes in local temperatures, it is expected that this year’s cotton picking time will be delayed by about 15 days. At present, the maintenance work of local divisions and regiments’ ginning plants is being stepped up, and it is expected that all equipment maintenance will be completed before August 20.
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