Why do black dates smell of smoke?

Black dates, also called black dates, have a smoky smell due to smoking processing, and are mature fruits of persimmon shrubs or small trees and wooden boats.

China is the main producer of black dates, and the main varieties are black dates from Beixiang, Nanxiang, Maya and Hebei. Every year, it ripens ten days before the Millennium solar term, that is, it is harvested in the "crisp ripe period" (when the jujube skin turns from blue to red and the meat is crisp), and it is made through the processes of jujube selection, jujube boiling and jujube smoking.

Shandong, Liaoning, Henan, Hebei, Shanxi, Shaanxi, Gansu, Jiangsu, Zhejiang, Anhui, Jiangxi, Hunan, Hubei, Guizhou, Sichuan, Yunnan and Tibet.

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Breeding adopts sowing method. After the fruit is ripe, it is picked on the plants with good dry shape and regular tree shape, spread out, dried in a cool and dry place, then the seeds are taken out, washed and dried, and stored in a clean cloth bag.

At the end of March of the following year, soak the seeds in warm water at 40℃ for two days, and sow after the seeds swell. The seedbed should be in a sunny and well-drained place. After sowing, cover the soil by 0.5 cm, and immediately water it by immersion irrigation. After 30 days, you can choose cloudy thinning and then topdressing nitrogen fertilizer.

During seedling raising, basic work such as water and fertilizer management, pest control, weeding and loosening soil should be strengthened. Transplanting can be carried out in the spring of the second year and the second transplanting can be carried out in the third year. The row spacing of planting plants is 4m× 6m.