Building infrastructure in the wizard world

Chapter 330 Beets
Just when Shitou had a lot of fun deceiving Han Mapang and others.

Shi Hao was sitting around the cultivation center with Shan Chengzhou, Yang Yan, Yang Yuyan and others.

"It seems that neither fish nor beef can add any strength to Bada butterfly and Molu moth. They don't eat at all." Shan Chengzhou shook his head, saying that everyone's breeding plan failed.

"Rice, purple sweet potatoes, corn, potatoes, etc. They don't eat them, or very few of them eat them, and they don't work at all." Yang Fable also shook his head. He who can see the values ​​clearly feels that Ba Da Butterflies and Moru moths, etc. have not changed at all.

So the way of using food to nourish the body has no effect on the insect-type elves?

How can it be?

Shi Hao was the first to deny this line of thought, and said, "Have you tried honey on them?"

Honey?
Shi Hao's words were not shocking and endless, which made the people present stunned for a while.

"Yes, honey! It is a kind of sugar brewed by bees from collecting nectar. They come from the nectary of the flower or the nectary of the plant. Because they come from different nectar plants, they are divided into those that are based on the flowering period of a certain plant. All kinds of single-flower honey, such as linden tree honey, milk vetch honey, rapeseed honey, etc." Shi Hao said.

"Of course we know what kind of honey it is." Yang Yan said hastily, "But, whether it's the Big Needle Bee or the Three Bees, who dares to mess with them?"

A group of people come as soon as they come, and no one can afford to provoke them.

Moreover, the honey produced by these two kinds of elves is also very small, after all, there are too many elves spying on them, and the weather is hot.The honey of these elves will not survive at all.

"Since honey doesn't work, what about other crops? For example, sugar beet." Shi Hao said in a flash of inspiration.

"Beets?" Shan Chengzhou asked blankly as if he had heard something great again.

Yes, beets.

One is the amaranth family.

Sugar beet is a biennial herb with conical to spindle-shaped roots and juicy.The stem is erect, the basal leaves are oblong, long petiole, the upper part is wrinkled and uneven, and the lower part has thick and protruding leaf veins, the margin is entire or slightly wavy, the petiole is strong, the cauline leaves are alternate, smaller, and the flowers are clustered.

Its perianth lobes are strip-shaped or narrowly oblong, and the upper part of the utricle is slightly fleshy.

The seeds are lenticular, reddish-brown, bloom in May-June, and bear fruit in July.

A cunning flashed across Shan Chengzhou's eyes.

Is it time to see the magic of the director again?

"I didn't ask you what is beet, I just asked what is it for?" Shan Chengzhou is a pragmatist.

"Beet is an important economic crop and one of the main sugar crops.

Of course, in addition to being used for sugar production, the by-products of sugar beet also have high comprehensive utilization value.

For example, molasses can be fermented or chemically treated to produce methanol, ethanol, butanol, glycerin, monosodium glutamate, and acetone.

In addition, it can be used as a raw material for preparing many pharmaceutical and light industrial products such as adenosine triphosphate, aureomycin, vitamin B complex, protein yeast and citric acid.

The filter mud after sugar refining is rich in calcium and other nutrients, which can be used as fertilizer and neutralize free acid in the soil.

Beet stems and leaves, green heads, tail roots, and beet meal can be used as raw materials for brewing, extracting betaine, etc., and are high-quality juicy feed. "

Shi Hao briefly introduced the uses of some beets, which made Shan Chengzhou amazed again and again.

"Then what are you waiting for? Take it out quickly." Shan Chengzhou said anxiously.

Shi Hao was not in a hurry, he knew very well that even if he took it out now, Shan Chengzhou would not be able to grow these things, and had to wait for someone to come.

After a while, Tu Xing, Shui Gu and others who received Shi Hao's order came quickly, followed by Kong Wenhua and others.

"How do you grow beets?" Mizutani was straightforward, without any nonsense at all.

Shi Hao didn’t know much about farming, but fortunately Kong Wenhua answered Shuigu’s question: “Beets like warm crops, but they are more resistant to cold. The soil has high fertility, deep soil layers, good structure, strong fertilizer and water retention capacity, and convenient irrigation conditions. Get a high-yielding, high-sugar base. Sugar beet grows well on deep, loose soil rich in organic matter."

That means more water!

Mizutani understood what Kong Wenhua meant.

Because of the fertile land of the camp, there is no doubt about it.

"Anything else? For example, where do the seeds come from? How long does it take to sow? Have you thinned out the seedlings? Are there other things?" Mizutani asked.

These few questions, Kong Wenhua tried to answer Mizutani by analogy.

"In the selection of sugar beet seeds, it is necessary to use high-quality sugar beet seeds that have been approved. For high-yield varieties whose quality reaches the second-level standard or above, use polyploid varieties with high quality, high yield, strong resistance to stress, good commerciality, and high sugar content.

The beet should be sun-dried for one day before sowing to increase the germination rate, and treated with chemicals. Add 1 kg of methylthiolane and 50 kg of water to make a medicinal solution, soak 50 kg of seeds, and soak for 24 hours.

As for the time of sowing.The sugar beet planting land has been planted for two or three consecutive days, and the average ground temperature of the 5 cm soil layer is stable. It can be sown when the temperature exceeds 20 degrees Celsius, and the seeding rate is 15 kg per [-] mu.

Maybe because the beet seed bulbs are small, the quality of sowing must be strictly controlled under fine soil preparation conditions, so that the soil cover after sowing is tight and the depth is consistent. Try to use precise on-demand sowing, uniform grain spacing, and suppress after sowing. The sowing depth is 3-5 cm.The distance between plants is 25 to 28 cm, and 5.25 to 6 seedlings are preserved per [-] mu. "

Kong Wenhua paused, and continued to explain how to grow beets.

“甜菜间苗和定苗也不复杂。只要把甜菜沟播平铺的基本上可以做到放苗、定苗一次完成，株距18到20厘米，切忌留双苗。留苗密度为肥地5000到5500株，中等地5500到6000株。”

"As for its weeding, it should be done before planting.

However, if the seedlings encounter rain or low temperature weather, they should be plowed once a week.It is very important to promote the growth of sugar beet and prevent the occurrence of blight.The quality of the land requires that the surface soil is loose and broken, no seedlings are buried, pressed, injured, missed tillage, and no weeds in the field.

Of course, we may not have had rain here in years.

You don't have to worry about this. "

In the end, it is the harvest.

"I don't know the exact harvest of beets. But the harvest in our camp must not be too bad.

However, as long as the temperature does not exceed 30 degrees and the sugar content is stable above 16%, it is the suitable harvesting period for sugar beets.Harvesting too early will reduce the yield of the tubers and reduce the sugar content, and harvesting too late will make the beet vulnerable to freezing damage and the sugar content will decrease.

There are two types of sugar beet harvesting: manual harvesting and mechanical harvesting. When harvesting, you must adhere to the five methods of harvesting, that is, digging, picking up, cutting, stacking, transporting, and digging, picking up, peeling, packing, and transporting. We Prevent sun exposure, frost and deterioration on the way. "

After Kong Wenhua finished speaking, looking at the adoring eyes of the audience, he felt for the first time that knowledge is power, and knowledge can also become an extremely powerful force.

(End of this chapter)