"The white dew hits walnuts, and the autumn equinox picks peppers." Why wait until the Millennium harvests walnuts?

The industrious and intelligent working people have summed up many agricultural proverbs in their long-term production practice, including the agricultural laws obtained through long-term observation, which have been passed down from mouth to mouth all over the country. Among many agricultural proverbs, there is a saying that "walnuts are beaten in the white dew and peppers are picked in the autumn equinox". Why wait until the white dew hits walnuts?

Why wait until the Millennium to beat walnuts?

Why wait until the Millennium to beat walnuts? Because September, where the Millennium solar terms are located, is the maturity of walnuts. Another proverb says, "White dew and white dew, walnuts burst their bellies". When walnuts grow to the season of white dew, their skins turn from green to yellow, and individual walnuts will crack at the top, which is a sign of walnut maturity.

In the Millennium, walnuts are full in growth period, full in seeds and fragrant in taste, and the harvest is just in time. For eating walnuts, now is the most mature time to grow walnuts, commonly known as "ten ripe". There is an agricultural proverb that says: "White dew comes, bamboo sticks shake, and small walnuts run all over the ground." At this time, it is also the time for walnut growers to collect walnuts, which is generally called "playing walnuts".

It is not easy for white deer to beat walnuts.

"Beating walnuts" can be said to be a hard and dangerous job, because it needs to climb trees to operate, especially hickory trees, how long they can grow on steep mountains with changeable terrain, and the highest can be more than ten meters. When playing walnuts, every step requires long-term experience and great courage. In the harvest season of walnuts, there are also some unfortunate cases of falling, being injured or even unfortunate because of "hitting walnuts", which is regrettable.

In addition to strength and courage, playing walnuts requires skill and experience. Under this year's walnut fruit, there will actually be buds next year. Inexperienced people beat walnuts for a while, but the fruit fell off, but the bud broke, which would affect the next year's harvest. Therefore, experienced farmers only aim at walnut fruit without hitting branches, and they must hit it accurately so as not to hit the bud.

In addition, experienced farmers generally pull out the grass under the tree before hitting walnuts, so that their feet will not slip, secondly, they can drive away mosquitoes and snakes, and thirdly, they can see the fallen walnuts clearly. Before playing walnuts on the tree, you should also wrap yourself tightly to prevent mosquito bites. Some people will prepare pesticides before playing walnuts on the mountain and spray them around to drive away the insects.

When you hit walnuts on the tree, you should avoid being rubbed by insects on the back of the leaves. This insect is commonly known as "filariasis". I wrapped it as soon as I touched it. It hurt and itched. The swelling will subside for more than one day, and it will be fine in four or five days. After picking walnuts, there is a thick layer of cattail shell outside, which will dye people's hands brown and it is difficult to wash them off.