After returning to the countryside to farm, I brought the whole village to become rich

Chapter 213
At the end of February, a spring rain came.

The light rain fell all day, drenching the ground.

After a spring rain, spring is full, and there is a vibrant scene everywhere.

The planting of passionflower is also on the agenda.

Shen Qiuqiu specially invited technicians from the Agricultural Science Station to the village to explain to the villagers how to plant passionflower and related precautions.

Lin Hongxi yelled through the loudspeaker, and the villagers all came to listen with great interest, and the meeting room of the village committee was full.

The technician who gave the lecture this time was a little girl named Lin Manhua. She just graduated from the Agricultural University last year, and her graduation thesis was to study passion fruit cultivation.

That batch of passion fruit was so well grown that her homework was stolen and she almost failed to graduate.

Hearing that the villagers in Qinghe Village planned to grow passionflower, the little girl volunteered to teach the villagers her experience.

Considering the cost of planting, Lin Manhua suggested that the villagers grow seedlings by cutting themselves.

The price of a passionflower seedling is 4 yuan. If 150 seedlings are planted per mu of land, the cost per mu of land can be saved by 600 yuan.

In addition, passionflower has strong disease resistance and basically does not use pesticides; there is no rent for the land of the house, so the cost of planting can be controlled within 1000 yuan.

After hearing Lin Manhua's analysis, the villagers who were still waiting and watching were eager to try.

"One mu of land costs 1000 yuan, and the cost of growing passionflower is not very high...how about I plant two mu of land and try?"

"It can be planted, but I'm afraid it won't be sold at that time."

"Old Shen's family is not afraid of planting dozens of acres, what have we to be afraid of?!"

"Hey, I'm not afraid. I'm going to try planting five acres of land. The granddaughter of the old Shen's family is a rich man, so she can grow whatever she wants, and this passionflower will definitely succeed."

The villagers sat below and whispered.

On the stage, Lin Manhua explained in detail how to grow passionflower seedlings by cuttings.

First, take the vigorous and upward-growing passionflower branches, cut them into branches with 2 to 3 bud eyes, cut off 1/2 of the leaves of the cuttings, put the cuttings in sandy loam seedbeds or seedling bags, and cover them with film for cultivation. It can take root and become seedlings in 25 days.

Lin Manhua explained in great detail, and the villagers were old-fashioned in farming, so they understood it as soon as they heard it.

In the next few days, the villagers of Qinghe Village went up the mountain with sickles to cut passionflower branches and came back to plant cuttings and grow seedlings.

Shen Qiuqiu's house remained silent.

It's not that they are lazy, but they are really too busy; there are only a few laborers in the family, and they are too busy just taking care of the strawberry and grape fields.

For the 26 mu of wasteland at Qingshuitang, 150 seedlings are needed based on the calculation of 3900 seedlings planted per mu of land.

It is really a huge project.

Shen Qiuqiu thought about it and decided to buy seedlings directly.

She didn't plan to find a seedling supplier to buy it, but planned to buy it in the village.

Anyway, it doesn't matter who you buy from, it's better to let the villagers earn the money.

And compared to the improved passionflower varieties on the market, she prefers the old local variety of golden passionflower.

As soon as the news got out, many villagers took the initiative to come to the door.

Some came to sell seedlings, and some came to help.

Several families with good relationships, such as Wang Weidong and Zhou Dingwei, even volunteered to help with cuttings and raising seedlings for free.

The number of seedlings needed by the family is huge, and it will take a lot of time and energy. Shen Qiuqiu doesn't like to owe favors, so she politely declined their kindness.

In the end, Shen Qiuqiu ordered 4 passionflower seedlings from the villagers at a price of 4000 yuan per plant.

(End of this chapter)