Alpine Orchard

Chapter 368 Flowering, Pollination
Ye Mo recorded the daily temperature and the growth of the melon vines.

The continuous sunny days after the cold wave created perfect external conditions for watermelon flowering.

The watermelons in the seed greenhouse have bloomed one after another, and artificial pollination has also been carried out.One plant, one vine and one melon, the pollination was successful, and the watermelon expanded rapidly after fruit setting.The golden beauty and the unicorn melon are the size of goose eggs.The little golden phoenix and the little bee are both as big as eggs.

The spiritual spring was only watered last night.

For the watermelon that has been planted, it is necessary to allow the watermelon to stay on the vine for as long as possible, and also to delay the ripening time of the watermelon.Otherwise, the flesh of the watermelon is red, and the watermelon seeds inside have not yet developed well.

In continuous sunny days, the 30-acre watermelon greenhouses are also blooming one after another.

At dawn, Ye Mo went downstairs to cook Chaoshou, then called Master Liu and the others, and came to the shed at seven o'clock.

Master Liu and the others went into the greenhouse and started working.

Jin Meiren, one plant has two vines, and the main vine has two melons.Paravine one or two melons...

Little Golden Phoenix and Little Bee Watermelon, one plant with three vines and two melons on the main vine.Vice vine, one melon or two melons.

The melons and vines are all neatly fixed on the shelf, leaving gaps between each other, which are easy to distinguish.It took a lot of time to comb the melon vines...

The benefits of carefully combing the melon vines are also revealed now.Handy for pollinating watermelon...

"All the female flowers are pollinated." Ye Mo said: "Everyone, move faster."

Deflowering for pollination, one male flower pollinates two female flowers.

"It's all started." Tang Xun walked in and said.

"Did the heater turn on last night?" Chen Chen followed behind and asked.

Ye Mo let out an 'hmm'.

Ye Mo had told them how to pollinate watermelons and what to pay attention to.

"The watermelon over there hasn't bloomed yet?" Ye Mo said.

"It's blooming." Tang Xun said: "Yesterday, watermelons bloomed. The amount of flowering is very small, unlike the large number of flowering on your side."

"It's the same over there." Chen Chen said: "My newly cultivated seedlings have just been grafted, and they haven't been planted yet... The watermelon here has bloomed, and it feels a bit messy to continue planting."

"Who told you not to take good care of it?"

"I read on the Internet that when pollinating a watermelon, breaking the second section of the tip of the watermelon can improve the success rate of pollination." Tang Xun said.

"The success rate of pollination here is very good, there is no need." Ye Mo shrugged: "You guys came here to talk about this?"

"Watermelon pollination has entered the expansion period, should water and fertilizer management be carried out?" Tang Xun asked.

"Yeah." Ye Mo nodded.

"I want to borrow a plastic water tower from you. We will move to Niubei Mountain to make water and fertilizer conveniently." Tang Xun said.

"The plastic water towers on my side are all fixed."

"You used the spare water tower in the big warehouse," Tang Xun said.

"Put it in the back of the villa." A plastic water tower with a capacity of 50 tons, the water for the sauna, swimming pool and swimming pool is put from the water tower.

Ye Mo scratched his head and said, "Why don't we tear down a water tower for you guys."

Tang Xun waved his hand: "I have a 30-ton water tower over there, and it is very good when it is used. If you want to dismantle it, go back and dismantle the one at my house."

"You guys should buy one." Ye Mo said, "Urge the merchant to deliver the goods quickly, and it will arrive in four or five days."

"also."

Ye Mo stared at the work and went.

Watermelon pollination is a race against time...

The ideal pollination time should be from [-]:[-] to [-]:[-], when the pollen is most vigorous.

Ye Mo and the others entered the shed at [-]:[-].

There is temperature regulation in the greenhouse, and it is good to enter the greenhouse at this time.

The flowering period of watermelon is very short, only a few hours.It is usually opened in the morning and closed in the afternoon.The time to pollinate watermelons is very short.

Of course, there are also individual watermelon flowers that bloom in the afternoon.

After sending Tang Xun and the others away, Ye Mo went into the shed to see everyone's work, and then stood in a row, picking male flowers to pollinate the female flowers.

Pollination is simple.

The trouble is figuring out the female flowers.

This is not to say that it is difficult to distinguish female flowers...if there are small melons under the petals, that is a female flower.If there is no small melon, it is male flower.

Finding the female flowers is the most time consuming.

Fortunately, the watermelon runs neatly along the shelf...following the melon vine, the female flower can be found at a glance if it is fast, but it will take ten or twenty seconds if it is slow.

Concentrate on pollinating the watermelon, the speed is still very fast.

Just as he was fully devoting himself to it, someone beside him suddenly said 'Hey', and Ye Mo's body trembled in fright.

Seeing that it was Li Xuebin, Ye Mo was immediately speechless: "Scare me, why did you come here?"

Li Xuebin smiled and said, "Come over and have a look. I'm too busy."

Ye Mo nodded: "It's okay."

"I'll stop by to have a look, didn't you catch crayfish today?"

"I'm too busy here. Later, Zhang Wenyuan and the others will come over and unload the cage by themselves," Ye Mo said.

"Your business is fine. Customers can fish by themselves." Li Xuebin smiled and said, "What time will they come over? I'll catch some crayfish and eat them later."

Ye Mo looked at the time: "It should be soon."

Li Xuebin and Ye Mo were chatting and helping pollination: "The durians that you sold here before have all been sold out."

"It's almost mid-November, and those durians are sold out?"

"It's expensive. It's hundreds of catties..." Li Xuebin said, "If the durians on your side grow again next year and have the same taste and taste as this year, we can work hard and sell them at a high price."

"How does it work?"

"Don't sell them all at once. Leave it alone and sell it slowly." Li Xuebin said: "I also have a low-temperature warehouse over there, which has not been used much. Slow down the sales, I estimate...the price on my side can reach 150 yuan 1 catties, and some of them are A grade or B grade. For your durians, the yield rate of some A grade fruits is not as high as that of inferior fruits..."

Ye Mo chuckled, and the phone rang: "Hey... okay... You guys get out of the cage yourself, and weigh yourself after you catch it... Our old friend, whether you believe it or not, okay."

"Zhang Wenyuan is here." Li Xuebin said.

Ye Mo nodded...

Li Xuebin looked at the time and said, "I'll go and watch the crayfish catchers, and I'll weigh some to take back later."

"What do you call it? You also go to the ground cage and catch it yourself." Ye Mo said with a smile.

"This is so bad."

"living comfortably without anybody's help……"

"Hahaha, that's fine, I'll catch it myself. I haven't eaten your crayfish for a long time, so I'm panicking."

At 08:30, the artificial pollination of the six greenhouses was completed.

This speed is neither slow nor fast.

"Come on, hey." Ye Mo shouted loudly.

"It's very soon."

"My two arms are like Hot Wheels..."

The flowering period of watermelon is very short, just a few hours.The best pollination time is usually two or three hours.In the afternoon, the petals close...

After the petals are closed, it does not mean that pollination cannot be done, but the success rate of pollination will be greatly reduced.

(End of this chapter)