To prepare the raw cherries, select varieties with bright skin, small and short pits, uniform size, sweet flavor, and low juice content. Remove any moldy or unripe fruits, then trim off the stems. Place the cherries in a basket and rinse them under running water in a sink or basin two to three times to remove dirt and impurities thoroughly.
Next, perform an alkali leaching process to reduce drying time. Soak the cherries in a solution of 0.2% to 0.3% boiling lye for a short period, then rinse them well in clean water to remove all traces of lye. After rinsing, place the cherries in a basket and let them drain for 5 to 10 minutes to reduce excess moisture.
For sulfur smoking, place the cherries on a baking tray and transfer them to a sulfur chamber. Add sulfur powder (typically 2–3 kg per ton of fruit) along with wood chips to assist in the burning process. Light the sulfur and close the chamber door. Allow the cherries to be smoked for approximately one hour to achieve the desired color and preservation effect.
After smoking, spread the cherries evenly on a baking tray and move them to a drying room. Start the drying process at around 60°C. Once the cherries are slightly dry, increase the temperature to 75°C–80°C. Dry for 8 to 12 hours, then remove and inspect. Any under-dried cherries should be placed on another tray for further drying. If the weather is favorable, you can also sun-dry them to enhance flavor and texture.
To ensure even moisture distribution and a soft texture, transfer the dried cherries into a wooden box and allow them to rest for 2 to 3 days. This step helps improve the overall quality and consistency of the product.
Finally, sort the cherries into two grades based on quality standards. Grade 1 cherries should have dark red stems, while Grade 2 may have dark red with some light red stems. Pack the cherries accordingly into cartons, ensuring proper labeling and sealing for safe transportation and storage.
Organic Fertilizer
1. Organic fertilizers are fertilizers that are naturally produced.
[1] Fertilizers are materials that can be added to soil or plants, in order to provide nutrients and sustain growth. Typical organic fertilizers include all animal waste including meat processing waste, manure, slurry, and guano; plus plant based fertilizers such as compost; and biosolids.
[2] Inorganic "organic fertilizers" include minerals and ash. Organic refers to the Principles of Organic Agriculture, which determines whether a fertilizer can be used for commercial organic agriculture, not whether the fertilizer consists of organic compounds.
2. Farming application：
[1] Plant:Processed organic fertilizers include compost, liquid plant manures, humic acid, grain meal, amino acids, and seaweed extracts. Other examples are natural enzyme-digested proteins. Decomposing crop residue (green manure) from prior years is another source of fertility.
[2] Compost provides little in the means of nutrients to plants, but it does provide soil stability through increasing organic matter. Compost does help microorganisms proliferate which in turn breaks down decaying plant material into substantial bio-available nutrients for plant to easily assimilate. Compost does not need to be fully plant-based: it is often made with a mix of carbon-rich plant waste and nitrogen-rich animal waste including human excreta as a means to remove pathogens and odor from the latter.
[3] Grain meals can be made of corn gluten, alfalfa, cottonseed, or soybean. Most supply nitrogen and potassium, but soybean meal provides nitrogen and phosphorus.When initially spread they can cause an increase in ammonia within the soil and burn seeds, it is recommended to use these after plants have developed, to ensure crop success.
[4] Other ARS studies have found that algae used to capture nitrogen and phosphorus runoff from agricultural fields can not only prevent water contamination of these nutrients, but also can be used as an organic fertilizer. ARS scientists originally developed the "algal turf scrubber" to reduce nutrient runoff and increase quality of water flowing into streams, rivers, and lakes. They found that this nutrient-rich algae, once dried, can be applied to cucumber and corn seedlings and result in growth comparable to that seen using synthetic fertilizers
[5] Ash produced by plant combustion is also an important K fertilizer.
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