Alpine Orchard

Chapter 176 Using sweat

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19 people, responsible for about 200 acres of melon vines.

Ye Mo bought two boxes of bees outside, put them on the side of the hillside, and built a shed for the bees.

After pruning the vines, it's March.

The watermelons in the fields are blooming one after another.

With bees helping to pollinate, Ye Mo and the others can finally rest for a few days.But it's not a complete rest, it can only be said to be relaxed for a while.

The watermelon in the greenhouse is expanding at a speed that is almost visible to the naked eye.The watermelons in the greenhouse are watered by Ye Mo once a week...the roots of the watermelons are super developed.

Ye Mo would check these watermelons every day.

The expansion period of watermelon is counted from the beginning of fruit setting.Small watermelon, the expansion period is only [-] days, and it will enter the ripening period after [-] days...

Different watermelon varieties, as well as different management, have different expansion periods.For large melons, the expansion period can exceed 40 days, more than 45 days.

Ye Mo moved the scale into the shed, and together with Tang Xun lifted a large melon and weighed it.

"Cowhide, my boss." Tang Xun looked at the weight, 111 catties, and gave Ye Mo a thumbs up: "Can these watermelons continue to grow?"

"It will definitely work." Ye Mo said: "These are large melons, and the swelling period is about fifty days, or even longer."

The spiritual spring has been watered, and the expansion period of these watermelons can last for a long time.

Last year's big watermelon, the expansion period lasted for two months, and then it was fully finalized.

Generally, the larger the watermelon, the less flavorful it will be.Small watermelons taste better... Think about those watermelons weighing more than 200 catties. Under normal circumstances, it usually takes no more than 50 days from fruit setting to finalization (expansion introduction).

The watermelon expands, but the flesh inside will also grow rapidly.If it doesn't grow fast enough, it will be hollow inside.However, if the growth is too fast, the cells and fibers of the melon flesh will be very thick, which will affect the taste.

But Ye Mo's big watermelon is big and tastes good.The ability to grow to more than 200 kg is entirely due to the long growth time.

Ye Mo took out his mobile phone, set up the selfie stick, took a video and sent it to Zhang Yuanqiao, and then made a video call: "Mr. Zhang, my watermelons weigh more than 100 catties." These melons are not yet ripe... If they are ripe, The same size, but also a lot heavier.

"It seems that if it grows to two hundred catties, it's not a big problem." Zhang Yuanqiao said.

"It shouldn't be a big problem. How about your watermelon?" Ye Mo said.

"Not as big as yours." Zhang Yuanqiao said, "What did you use for those watermelons to grow so big?"

"Use sweat." Ye Mo said with a smile.

Zhang Yuanqiao nodded with a smile: "Okay, I look forward to three hundred catties of super-large watermelons."

After hanging up the phone, Ye Mo looked at Tang Xun and said, "Let's go over later, you find an excuse, and I will tell you about the salary. You have worked on these watermelons all the way up to now, and you really can't do it for nothing."

"What excuse are you looking for?" Tang Xun said.

"Wait and play by ear," Ye Mo said.There is still a lot of work ahead. After the new year, everyone has been in the melon fields, and they are all tired.

Parents and the others are all on the netted melon side, pruning the melon vines.

Before, I wanted to keep three melons for one plant of three vines.

The planting density is high, and the Lingquan is not enough. Just one plant with two vines and two melons.

"How much does the watermelon in the greenhouse weigh?" Dad asked.

"It's basically more than one hundred catties." Ye Mo said.

"That's okay. At least, it should be able to grow to more than 150 catties..." said the third uncle.

"If it weighs more than 150 catties, it's not a big problem." Ye Mo went over and took a pair of scissors, and joined the team of pruning melons and vines.

Netted melon, the top one is the main vine, and the bottom one.Both vines grow to the right...

Except for the two main vines, all the newly grown sub-vines were cut off, and the extended vines were fixed.

"How much can a melon be sold for if it grows to more than 150 catties?" Tang Ming asked.

"I had an oral contract with a boss before, 150-230 catties, 2 yuan each." Ye Mo said: "More than 230 catties, 3 yuan each."

"So expensive? Those 80 melons cost 160 million." Tang Ming said in shock.

"If we can sell all of them, it will indeed be 160 million. But we only signed 30 big watermelons..." Ye Mo continued: "Cultivating these big watermelons is very troublesome, especially this season... If the price is not good, I'm not going to breed these big watermelons either."

"Oral contract, what if the other party backs out at that time." Uncle Xiao Mian said.

"The other party has paid a deposit of 10 yuan. If you go back on it, it shouldn't be... Even if you go back on it, I won't suffer. Anyway, I have already accepted 10 yuan."

"That's right."

Tang Xun passed a cigarette to his uncle and the others, came to Ye Mo, and said with a smile: "It's so hot now, look at my wife, she's all tanned... If you can sell all your big watermelons, Don't forget our hard work."

Ye Mo smiled and said loudly: "When the watermelon is sold, I will give you a big red envelope."

"Tell me." Tang Xun asked with a smile, "How big is the red envelope?"

"A very big red envelope."

During the period of raising melon seedlings, life was relatively easy.Go out to invite people, within 300 yuan a day, you can definitely hire people.

But the work after that is more tiring.

Especially now, in March, the daytime temperature has already exceeded [-] degrees Celsius.The sun is big, hot, and sunny...

Now it costs at least 350 yuan to hire someone to work in the fields.

Last year, Ye Mo hired people to open up wasteland, and it cost more than 300 yuan a day.In addition, last year the production team fertilized, and some families also invited people to help, and the cost was basically more than 1 yuan.

After 1.1 vines were pruned, it was only after four o'clock in the afternoon. Father Ye asked, "Is there still work?"

"No more." Ye Mo said.

The watermelons are setting fruit.

The vines on the melon side have also been pruned...

"There will be less work in the future. I will start combing the fruit tomorrow, and I will only have one morning's work." Ye Mo said.

"Okay, go fishing." Tang Ming roared, and said, "Let's go, go fishing."

"Go fishing now, can you catch it?" Ye Mo said.

"The water level has dropped several meters, so we can definitely catch it," Tang Ming said.

"You only joined the air force yesterday." Ye Ran said with a smile.

"Yesterday was yesterday, and today is today." Wang Hao said, "Yesterday the air force will definitely catch fish today. Just wait and eat fish tonight."

After the watermelon vines were sorted out, they were not particularly busy, and they were able to receive early work every day.Dad and the others closed work at about this point yesterday afternoon, and they went to the reservoir to go to the air force.

"Brother Ye Mo, our mango orchard is going to be watered and fertilized, go over and help me carry the fertilizer." Chen Chen said.

Ye Mo finished the work at hand and said, "Wait for me to go back and take a shower."

"We also need water and fertilizer in our orchard..." Ye Zhi looked at Ye Mo and raised his eyebrows.

"Just get water and fertilizer, what a big deal." Ye Mo said, "Our mango orchard also needs to make water and fertilizer... Hahaha, let's do it together."

(End of this chapter)