Alpine Orchard

Chapter 183 Watermelon Seeds
After taking a shower and changing clothes, Ye Mo drove to his second uncle's house.

There is still about an acre of work here, and they are working overtime.

"Picking watermelon tomorrow?" Tang Xun asked as he sat on the side of the road, smoking a cigarette.

"Look at the watermelons tomorrow morning and decide on the date of picking," Ye Mo said.

"Picking watermelon is another tough battle." The third uncle said with a smile beside him.

Ye Mo shrugged with a smile.

After sitting on the side of the road for a while, Ye Mo and the others went to the second uncle's house, and the dinner was ready, waiting for Ye Ran and the others to come back from work and start dinner.

"Third Uncle, are you free later?" Ye Mo asked.

"I'm free." The third uncle smiled and said, "Don't worry, the third uncle will definitely support you in the future."

Seeing Ye Mo look over, Tang Xun said, "Crayfish is enough."

"I want it."

Everyone laughed...

Tang Xun said again: "How old are the crayfish in the reservoir?"

"The average weight is more than one or two. Now it's not a crayfish, it's a big lobster." Ye Mo said with a smile, the crayfish in winter did not completely stop their activities, but grew slowly and were not fed.

The crayfish in the reservoir have been around for more than half a year, and the average weight is more than one tael, which is normal.

Male lobsters generally exceed one or two.Female lobsters are smaller.Until now, those crayfish are still green shells.But there are signs of redness...

"A tael of crayfish is delicious," Chen Chen said.

"You have to hug our crayfish this summer." Tang Xun said.

"No problem." Ye Mo said with a smile: "I don't sell those crayfish, I keep them for eating."

Talking and laughing, after dinner, and sitting here for a while, Ye Mo said: "Second Uncle, Dad... we are going back."

"Hey." The second uncle nodded.

Lin Xiaomian also said goodbye, and the two went out and sat in the car.

"Do you still plant the watermelon seeds you planted last year?" Lin Xiaomian asked.

"Plant dozens of plants." Ye Mo looked at Lin Xiaomian: "Straight planting, the kind that doesn't manage much. Take it easy in the second half of the year, don't be so tired."

Direct planting is to sow the seeds directly into the soil, without raising seedlings or grafting, and let it grow by itself.Ye Mo wants to see the effect of direct seeding...

"My aunt wants to grow watermelons, so I want you to recommend varieties. There were a lot of watermelon seeds last year. If you don't plant them, plant them for me." Lin Xiaomian said with puffed cheeks.

"Okay. How much?"

"7 points of mountainous land, how much can be planted?"

"It looks like 520 plants." Ye Mo said: "This is a large density. Small density, more than 100 plants."

There were more than 2000 seeds left last year.

"My seeds are enough to plant several acres. Is there no other land for the lady?" Ye Mo asked.

"There are more than one mu of paddy fields, and the paddy fields need to grow rice..." Lin Xiaomian said, "Let me ask her."

There is no need to hide those big watermelons planted by Ye Mo.The big watermelons are all on sale, and the seeds in the big watermelons are also fully mature seeds...

Passing the door of the eldest lady, Ye Mo stopped, got off the car with Lin Xiaomian, and went to the eldest lady's house.

"Miss." Lin Xiaomian shouted.

"Hey." Yun Xiuzhi heard the voice, and responded: "It's so late, why are you here?"

"Didn't you say you wanted to grow watermelons before? Ye Mo still has some watermelon seeds here. They are the seeds of very large watermelons..." Lin Xiaomian said: "If you want to grow watermelons, it is also good to grow large watermelons. They are big and have high yields. .”

"The kind that can grow more than 200 catties?"

"It's a bit difficult to grow to more than 200 kilograms. With normal management, it's not a big problem if it grows to forty or fifty kilograms." Ye Mo said.

"Is such a big watermelon easy to sell?" Yun Xiuzhi hesitated.

"Should be able to sell, but it's cheaper." Ye Mo said: "But the output is high, and it should be more profitable than cultivating small habits..."

"Okay, let's try." Yun Xiuzhi nodded: "We have seventy percent of the mountain land, are there enough seeds?"

"The remaining planting in my place is enough to plant several acres." Ye Mo said: "If you can find land, you can take all those seeds."

"I'll see if I can find enough land."

"When you can find the land, let me know. I'll go over and dig it for you." Lin Xiaomian said.

"Hey." Yun Xiuzhi nodded with a smile: "By the way, when will your watermelons be picked?"

"The picking time will be determined tomorrow. It is estimated that picking will start in the afternoon."

"Tell me when you're picking, we'll go over and help."

Back home, Ye Mo found the seeds of the big watermelon, separated out [-] seeds, picked up the rest and gave them to Lin Xiaomian.

These are the seeds of watermelon cultivated by Lingquan, and in terms of the algebra of the seeds, they belong to one generation.In the future, if there is no water from the spiritual spring, the seeds will definitely degenerate...Maybe after two or three generations, they will turn back to ordinary seeds.

Some of the watermelons, muskmelons, netted melons, and Ye Mo planted this year will be selected and reserved for seeds.The melon and fruit seeds cultivated by Lingquan are indeed better.

Before Ye Mo gave Zhang Yuanqiao some big watermelons to grow, and he could grow more than 100 catties of watermelons.

During the video call with Zhang Yuanqiao, Zhang Yuanqiao took Ye Mo to see his greenhouse over there. The watermelon seeds that Ye Mo gave were very conspicuous in his greenhouse.

Of the 200 seeds left by Ye Mo, Zhang Yuanqiao wanted [-].

The second uncle, the third uncle, and Tang Xun shared some, as well as the third uncle Li and the fourth uncle Zhang in the village.All they want is to plant a few plants in the yard and eat them by themselves.

"Does big watermelon have management skills?" Lin Xiaomian asked: "Can a big watermelon of one or two hundred catties be planted in batches?"

"Batch planting can't grow so big." Ye Mo said: "The cost of super-large watermelons is very high, and the requirements for technology are also very high."

"Didn't you work as a part-time worker before? Why do you know how to grow big watermelons?"

"I like to grow some flowers and plants, and plant some fruits and vegetables. I used to grow more than 80 catties of watermelons in the rented house..." Ye Mo said casually: "Growing large watermelons is very troublesome. Different stages, management It's different, if one link is wrong, the nutrition of the watermelon can't keep up, and it's easy to be hollow. Let Madam and the others manage it like an ordinary watermelon..."

"Yeah." Lin Xiaomian nodded: "1 mu, how many plants do you need to plant?"

"500 plants are fine, 700 plants are also fine. One plant, one melon..." Ye Mo kept several watermelons in each plant, because there is a spiritual spring.

"know."

Went back upstairs and took a shower.

Lin Xiaomian lay in Ye Mo's arms and said, "One vine, one vine, if each weighs about 50 jin, 700 plants per mu...that's 3?"

Ye Mo rubbed Lin Xiaomian's head, smiled, and said, "It should be possible."

"If my aunt grows watermelons and makes money, there should be many people looking for you to buy seeds in the future. At that time, you can specialize in selling seeds..."

Like a single large watermelon of tens of catties, according to the soil fat and thin.If the soil is fertile, 208 plants per mu are almost enough.Or more than 300 plants.The big watermelon has lush vines, and it is particularly fierce to eat fertilizer.

However, 700 plants per mu, 500 plants per mu... can also be planted.Sufficient fertilizer needs to be given in advance, and topdressing should be done in time during the growth of watermelon.

Of course, when the planting density is high, a watermelon that could have grown to fifty catties could only grow to forty or thirty catties, maybe a dozen or twenty catties, or even a few catties. possible.

(End of this chapter)