Alpine Orchard

Chapter 178 Sensory Index of Watermelon

130 acres of watermelons, 30 acres of muskmelons...

And more than [-] acres of netted melons with shelves.

All the organic fertilizers were applied once, and there was not much to do after that.It is to regularly clean up the newly grown vines and water them.

With Ye Zhi, Chen Chen, and Tang Xun here to help, everything can go smoothly.

The melons and fruits in the fields are growing day by day.

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On the production team's side, the mangoes have already bloomed.

The pomegranate has also grown new leaves, flower buds...

Ye Mo poured more than a ton of spiritual spring into the reservoir last year. After entering March, all the orchards need to be irrigated.By the way, the spiritual spring of the reservoir also entered the orchards of every household...

One ton of Lingquan is diluted to the entire reservoir, and then the fruit trees are watered.

Ye Mo felt that the fruit trees in the village were growing very gratifyingly.Last year, everyone applied organic fertilizer to the fruit trees. This year... under the arrangement of the village committee, the orchard at the foot of the mountain was also irrigated with water and fertilizer.

It is understandable that the fruit trees grow well, and it is not all due to Lingquan.Even, Lingquan's contribution should not be particularly great.

After all, too few spiritual springs were given to the reservoir.

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Busy time flies by so fast.

In a blink of an eye, it's April.

Gaoshanping watermelons have all been finalized, that is, they will no longer grow up and enter the mature stage.

The earliest watermelon planted is almost ripe.

The watermelons are all set, and the rest is just waiting, waiting for it to ripen.

Ye Mo has taken root in the melon field now, even if he is not working, he still runs to the melon field several times a day.

The watermelon in the greenhouse has also stopped expanding, even if it continues to water the Lingquan... the super-large watermelon has also taken shape, but it has not yet matured.

Ye Mo dialed Zhang Yuanqiao's video call: "Mr. Zhang, how are you doing?"

On the phone, Zhang Yuanqiao smiled and said, "The business has been pretty good recently. By the way, are you going to sell your crayfish? I have some old customers here, and they are still talking about your crayfish."

"The number of crayfish is not very large, and they are all kept for breeding. The crayfish here are estimated to be sold in July and August." Ye Mo said.

"I see." Zhang Yuanqiao nodded with a smile, "Let me see the big watermelon."

Ye Mo switched the camera and said, "These big watermelons are generally over two hundred catties in size."

"The biggest one weighs."

"The one with the largest weight was 267 catties two days ago." Ye Mo said: "The watermelon has stopped expanding, and when it is ripe and watery, it can gain some weight. But it must not exceed [-] catties."

"It's a pity. Three hundred catties is a cut-off point. If it can exceed three hundred catties..."

Ye Mo smiled: "It's too difficult to raise a watermelon weighing more than [-] catties. I guess it's possible in summer. I'm planning to plant a batch of big watermelons here, and try to see if I can grow more than [-] catties of watermelons." of."

"Okay. If it's more than 10 catties, the price is still the same as before, 30 yuan each." Zhang Yuanqiao said with a smile: "I have built a greenhouse here in the resort, which contains the watermelon seeds you gave and other large varieties. ...Never mind, the seeds you gave are really good, and all 89 seeds have survived. The largest watermelon weighs [-] catties, but it is probably a hollow melon."

Winter watermelons are really difficult to grow, especially large watermelons.

Zhang Yuanqiao specializes in cultivating large-scale watermelons, the largest of which weighs more than 100 catties. You don't need to open it to know that it is hollow.

The smallest watermelon planted by Ye Mo has grown to more than 50 catties.As long as it is not particularly large, it is not hollow.But those watermelons are not ripe yet...

"Mr. Zhang, I want to ask you something." Ye Mo said.

"Say."

"What's the price of the watermelon now?"

"The watermelons in this time period are relatively expensive. The purchase price here is 4.8 yuan per catty." Zhang Yuanqiao said: "The goods I bought from Lao Gao are second-grade melons. The demand for watermelons on my side is not It is very big, and it takes several days to purchase more than 1000 catties at a time. Is your watermelon ripe?"

"In the next few days, we will be able to pick them." Ye Mo said.

Ye Mo said: "I cut a watermelon just now, and the flesh is already turning red."

"how is the taste?"

"It's pretty sweet."

"The market for watermelons this year is not bad. I heard that the greenhouses have lost melons, and the current purchase price is 7 yuan per catty."

The two chatted for a while, then hung up the phone.

In fact, Ye Mo had already contacted Boss Gao to come to see the goods, the same Boss Gao introduced by Tang Xun last year.

The price of watermelon is one day, and the price is only given after seeing the melons in the field.

Now the quantity of watermelon is small, and the price is high.

The second-grade watermelon mentioned by Zhang Yuanqiao is the second-grade watermelon sensory index classification.

Dropping melons in the greenhouse is basically the first level.

Watermelons have not yet been launched in large quantities, so the price of watermelons is high and they are still in demand.

It's just a matter of price, there is no such thing as unsellable.

The sensory index of watermelon includes melon shape, melon color, melon flesh, maturity and melon surface, which are used for evaluation.

Melon shape:

Extra-grade, with the shape and shape that this variety should have, regular appearance, fresh and clean, no peculiar smell, with storage and transportation resistance and maturity required by the market.

Grade [-]: It has the shape and shape that this variety should have, and it can meet the requirements of special grade, and it has the maturity required by the market for storage and transportation.

Second-class: It has the shape and appearance that this variety should have, and it can be inferior to the requirements of the first-class...

Melon color:

Special grade, with the skin color that this breed should have, without yin and yang.

Grade [-], with the skin color that this breed should have, without yin and yang.

Grade [-]: It has the skin color that this breed should have, with a slight shade.

Melon pulp:

Special grade, with the flesh color and flavor that this variety should have when mature, uniform, no hard lumps, no white veins, no hollow...

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Peel: special grade, less than and equal to 1.2 cm.Level 1.3, less than and equal to 1.4 cm.Class II, less than and equal to [-] cm.

There are better, more complex indices.

For small melon farmers, these indexes are useless.But for big melon farmers, these indexes are very useful.Special grade, first grade, second grade...the price difference is quite large.

Generally speaking, it is not easy for watermelons in the field to reach the sensory index of super grade and first grade.But in the greenhouse, the watermelon on the shelf, the watermelon grows in the air, the melon shape, melon color, melon surface, etc. It is easier to achieve perfection.

As for the watermelons in the field, there are usually more second-grade watermelons.First-class comparisons, premium rarities...

"Didi..." The sound of a car horn came from the other side of the house.

Afterwards, Ye Mo's cell phone rang: "Hello, Mr. Gao... I'm at the melon field, okay..."

Ye Mo waited here for a while, when an SUV drove over.

"Mr. Gao, Mr. Guo." Ye Mo walked over and handed two cigarettes.

Gao Yuan, the fruit wholesaler.

Mr. Guo, the owner of the online fruit shop.Mr. Guo's company has Gao Yuan as a shareholder, and the two are partners.

"Hey, this endless watermelon is growing very well." Gao Yuan lit a cigarette, looked at the melon field, and said with a smile.

The watermelon leaves in the melon field are still green and look very tender.This kind of melon field, one can tell at a glance that the management is very good, and it is a melon field that will grow two or three crops...

If the early-maturing melons are well managed, watering and fertilizing them once after the watermelons are picked can awaken the vitality of the melons and vines, allowing them to bloom and bear fruit again.That is to say, overripe watermelon, like cutting leeks, harvests one crop after another.

But such melon fields are mostly in greenhouses.

"My batch of watermelons are very good. In terms of appearance, they are no worse than the hanging melons in the greenhouse." Ye Mo also smiled and made an invitation gesture.

(End of this chapter)