CATDOLL : CATDOLL:How to grow cicadas?

Plant it in autumn and winter, bury it about 1 meter underground, and it will grow up in half a year.

1. The general process is to breed cicada eggs in autumn and winter, and to hatch and breed cicadas during the Spring Festival. The eggs can be hatched from March to July every year.

2. When planting, dig a trench about 1 meter away from the roots of the trees. The trench should be 30-50 cm deep and 20 cm wide.

3. Half a year, the overwintering eggs begin to hatch in mid-May of the following year. The peak hatching period is from late May to early June, and the hatching activity ends in late June. Under natural conditions, cicadas generally complete the growth of one generation in 3-5 years.

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Technical skills for breeding cicadas:

1. The technical requirements for cicada breeding are very strict. For example, during the incubation period of cicada eggs, the temperature and humidity of the incubation must be strictly controlled. The temperature fluctuations can easily cause the death of cicada eggs.

Humidity is also an important factor that restricts the hatching of cicada eggs. Too dry will cause a significant reduction in the hatching rate of cicada eggs, while too wet will cause the cicada eggs to suffocate and die, resulting in a significant reduction in production or even a total loss of harvest.

2. It is unscientific to say that cicadas no longer need to be managed after they hatch until they hatch.

There is still a lot of work to do after the breeding of cicadas is completed. For example, in winter, the breeding area must be covered with gray crop straw to allow the cicada larvae to overwinter safely.

Reference: Baidu Encyclopedia - Golden Cicada

Golden cicada breeding technology and artificial breeding methods Due to the high nutritional value and unique good taste of golden cicada, as well as its various nourishing and medicinal functions for the human body, people put the nutritious "golden cicada" on the table and call it "Tang Monk meat". Although it is artificially bred, it is still growing naturally. Artificial breeding only shortens the incubation time. Its taste, flavor, color and nutritional value have not changed at all. When it comes to the breeding of golden cicada, it is different from other animals. It is planted in the ground by hand. Then it is collected manually after being unearthed. This is called artificial breeding of golden cicada.

The breeding process of golden cicada egg branches

1. Collection and storage of cicada egg branches: Cicada eggs are collected after the cicada lays eggs in autumn, usually around August. Cicadas use the small ovipositor at the tail to penetrate into young branches within one to two years old and lay eggs in the branches. Most of them are juicy and tender branches of white wax fruit trees and poplars. After laying eggs, most branches will dry up and die within two hours, so most branches with dry treetops basically have cicada eggs. We have learned to distinguish egg branches with eggs, so we can collect branches and store them for use next year.

2. Post-harvest processing and storage: After collecting the branches with cicada eggs, remove the dry leaves, remove the two ends, trim 100 branches, bundle them into a bundle, and store them in a dark and humid room for hatching in May of the following year. You can collect some egg-laying branches in the wild from the end of September to June of the following year, and observe them under a microscope. In May of the following year, put the bundled branches upright in a pot, keep the temperature at about 32 degrees, keep the humidity moist, spray them when they are dry, and keep them ventilated. Use a sprayer to spray the branches evenly until they are soaked.

3. Hatching: The larvae will hatch in about 35 days. If you observe carefully, you will see some larvae crawling out on the branches. At this time, you should pay attention to the number of larvae that have hatched. Generally, within 4-5 days, you should spread the sand in the pot and the collected larvae next to the tree.

4. When breeding cicadas, you must be careful not to bury the egg branches, cicada ants or cicada eggs. This is completely against the laws of nature and is unscientific. Only after the cicada ants are hatched in the natural state can they find the cracks in the ground and grow underground. Cicada eggs will not move before they become cicada ants, and it is even more impossible for them to move underground to find roots. Without the temperature and humidity of nature, cicada eggs will die quickly, not to mention that larvae can be hatched in the soil, which is simply a fantasy!

5. Harvesting: According to the many years of experience of farmers, they will wrap a circle of transparent tape on the tree. The height of this layer of tape is about 1.5 meters. If it is too low, the cicada catcher will bend over frequently and feel uncomfortable in the waist. It should not be too high, because the tape is very slippery, the cicada cannot climb up, and can only circle back and forth under the tape. This makes it very easy to catch.

6. Tips: Cicada eggs are collected mainly from white wax, poplar and fruit tree branches. Cicada egg larvae feed on the juice of plant roots, so when placing egg branches, you can use the hanging branch method, the cutting branch method, or scatter cicada ants. Each branch contains about 100 cicada eggs, so there are about 3000-3500 branches per acre. This method of breeding can advance the original growth cycle by 2 to 5 years. Generally, artificial breeding can be unearthed in three years. The survival rate during the incubation period is also increased to about 80%. So it is very suitable for breeding in rural areas.

Nowadays, the price of golden cicadas has been rising, and golden cicadas have been served as delicacies on the tables of restaurants of all sizes. The prospects are promising. The survival rate of breeding with this method has been greatly improved. Based on the minimum survival rate of 50% per acre, about 10,000 cicadas can survive.

First, gather the cultivated cicada egg branches indoors to promote hatching. Hatching method: In a plastic basin 70 cm long, 40 cm wide and 20 cm high, spread 5 to 10 cm thick fine dry sand at the bottom, place the egg branches in bundles vertically or horizontally on it, and spray mist with a small sprayer to maintain high humidity around the cicada egg branches, so that excess water droplets are absorbed in the fine sand at the bottom. During the hatching period, the hatching status of the cicada eggs should be checked continuously. When a small number of cicada larvae are found to be active, the branches can be placed in the breeding site together with the fine sand for planting.

Planting time is generally from May to July or from September to October. Dig regular narrow trenches about 10 to 30 cm deep about 1 meter away from the base of the trunk, such as ring, square, triangle, parallel or radial shapes, for the purpose of later digging and harvesting. Cover the soil and compact it after "planting", and keep records of the time, quantity, "planting" trench shape and depth. It should be sunny and frost-proof, with soft, fertile and pollution-free soil; it should not be too dry, nor should it have too high water content or water accumulation, to ensure the normal growth and development of the host plant root system, and the young and tender plants should be developed and juicy. In winter, wheat straw, rice straw, corn straw, etc. should be covered in the planting area to maintain ground temperature.

It is planted once a year, in June of the Gregorian calendar.

The method of burying seeds has been eliminated. The new technology we are practicing now only needs to be planted on the surface to achieve a high survival rate, thus saving a lot of labor, avoiding damage to the tree roots, and other advantages.'''''

Our current shortest growth period has been compressed to two years.

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