I build an oasis in the northwest

Chapter 68 Flower sticks and Mongolian almonds

"Let's take a look again!" Father Chen suppressed the entanglement in his heart, and replied casually.

Without much persuasion, Chen Mu bent down and dragged the cut Populus euphratica branches out of the Populus euphratica forest, spread them out on the sand beside them to dry, and waited for them to dry completely before using them as fuel for the bonfire in the oasis.

The main one is not to waste.

After that, the father and son cooperated tacitly. Father Chen pruned the branches and leaves, and Chen Mu picked up the branches and leaves very quickly. Before the last ray of sunset, more than 200 Populus euphratica trees were pruned.

Taking advantage of the moonlight, the father and son walked slowly towards the store.

On the way, Dad Chen babbled as he walked: "Tomorrow, we will stop planting trees and making grass grids first, and we must hurry up to clear the fallen leaves under the sand jujube forest. Just have to come.”

Chen Mu nodded: "Okay, everything is up to Dad."

"And Haloxylon ammodendron, you watered too much. You watered the saplings when you planted them. Then you only need to water less once every one or two months. Don't water them in between to avoid root rot."

Just passing by a Haloxylon plant, Father Chen dug up the soil, beckoned Chen Mu to come over: "Look, this is the bubble root." Then he buried the soil and stepped on it with his feet.

Chen Mu continued to nod: "Okay, I'll trouble Dad to tell them about it."

Father Chen rolled his eyes at him and said nothing. He just continued to talk about his shortcomings: "The vegetation in your forest farm is too single now, and theoretically there are certain risks, so you have to continue to plant other trees to enrich the species to hedge against the single tree planting." risks of."

This time, Chen Mu didn't nod, but was dumbfounded.

Vegetation is too simple?

He thought about the Haloxylon planted in the forest farm, Elaeagnus euphratica, Populus euphratica, Salix, seabuckthorn and a small amount of arborvitae, poplar, and willow, except for cedar trees that are afraid of wind, like fertilizer, and are afraid of saline-alkali soil, and ginkgo. The saplings are drought-tolerant but like moist and well-drained soil, and there are already many other varieties.

Listing the types of saplings currently available in the forest farm one by one, Chen Mu asked suspiciously: "Dad, we have planted seven or eight kinds of saplings, isn't that enough?"

"Not enough!" Dad Chen nodded: "The saplings you planted are all Arboraceae except seabuckthorn, which is a shrub family. plants, such as flower sticks, Mongolian almonds and Nitraria."

Chen Mu was a little unhappy.

The subsidy per mu for arbor forest is [-], and the subsidy for shrub forest is only [-] per mu.

If it weren't for the fact that those camels like to eat seabuckthorn, and the tourists also like to watch the camels eat this kind of thorny thing, which is called "relaxing stress", otherwise, except for the nursery ground, he would not have planted seabuckthorn in his territory at all.

Seeing Chen Mu's displeasure, Father Chen smiled.

After looking around at the saplings planted in the forest farm just now, he discovered that his son really wanted to make money by planting trees. He only planted trees that could create profits, and there were not many trees that could not make money.

"Okay, for the sake of ornamental value, you even planted the useless Populus euphratica, and these shrubs are also good for ornamental purposes."

"But the subsidy for Populus euphratica is high!" Chen Mu muttered.

However, after thinking about the beauty of flower sticks and Mongolian almonds, as well as their respective uses, the unhappiness in my heart dissipated a little.

After the flower stick grows and matures, many small flowers will bloom on the branches. The initial color of the flowers is pink and purple. When they mature, they will completely turn purple. When the wind blows, the beautiful pink and purple flowers will be Floating with the wind.

Moreover, the branches have low water content and high oil content, which makes them flammable and can be used as fuel. They are very resistant to burning.

Mongolian almonds will bloom pink flowers in spring, and after being picked in autumn, they can be eaten directly, or the almond kernels can be made into almond paste and almond milk. Unfortunately, the production is not much, so the economic benefits are average.

By the way, almonds can also be used for cooking and making soups.

Before it is ripe, it has a sour taste. When stewed with chicken, the chicken soup and chicken will have a slightly sour and sweet taste.When cooking, cut into shreds and stir-fry over high heat for a few times before serving. Add chili peppers and no need to add vinegar. The texture is similar to the spicy and sour potato shreds that have been stir-fried until softer, but it has a more fruity flavor than potato shreds.

Thinking about it, Chen Mu suddenly missed the taste of almonds, couldn't help but saliva, and the last trace of reluctance in his heart completely dissipated.

"Understood, next time I order seedlings, I will remember to order some flower sticks and Mongolian almonds."

Father Chen didn't know that his son's mind was full of food, and his mind was full of thoughts about making money and not making money, but after hearing the other party's obedient obedience and no refutation, he was more convinced of his determination to seriously plant trees some.

So next, he explained the various problems of planting trees in more detail until he reached the last place - the newly planned seedling land.

"I've looked at all the seedlings. The seedlings given to you by Green Forest are all very good. After a little maintenance, you can start cutting branches and planting seedlings to raise seedlings. However, I looked at the fertilizer and there is no rooting fertilizer. You have to add it quickly, otherwise If the root does not grow well, the sapling will not survive.”

Rooting fertilizer can improve soil properties, increase soil fertility, encourage plants to take root early, take more roots, and take root deeply. At the same time, it can enhance the absorption of water and nutrients by new roots of plants, and improve the ability of plants to resist drought, cold, and pathogens.

Because the seedlings are raised by cuttings from branches, they do not have enough time to take root like seeds. In order to ensure the rooting rate and survival rate of the seedlings in the early stage of cutting, rooting fertilizer is essential.

Chen Mu nodded again, and skillfully pushed the work to Dad Chen: "Dad, I don't know much about this root fertilizer, so you should do it!"

There are nine types of rooting fertilizers, and each sapling is also different according to its habits, just like Elaeoptera and Haloxylon because of their different resistance to pathogens, the fertilizers used are different.

People who don't understand suddenly buy it, and they will really get confused and buy the wrong fertilizer.

Father Chen didn't refuse, but nodded in agreement.

After watching the planted saplings, the father and son walked slowly towards the store.

During this process, Chen Mu was not idle and kept asking questions he encountered during the tree planting process, and Chen's father answered them one by one.

One of the most asked questions is how to increase the survival rate of saplings of various varieties.

Even with the plug-in of vitality value, the survival rate of the planted saplings is only about 95%. Although this figure is much higher than the general survival rate of 80%-85% in the market, it is still lower than Chen Mu's. Expected in my heart.

After all, after obtaining the permission of the water area map, most of the planting sites he selected were located in locations with rich groundwater, which already constituted a good living environment.

And he is very willing to fertilize, so the soil nutrition and external nutrients are also very sufficient, and there will never be a problem of lack of nutrition.

Coupled with the vitality value that can increase plant vitality, the survival rate must be 100% even if it is not 99%.

It shouldn't be as low as 95%.

Therefore, taking this opportunity, Chen Mu asked this question: "Dad, why didn't I apply less fertilizer and water enough, and the death rate of the saplings is still so high?"

(End of this chapter)