I build an oasis in the northwest

Chapter 85 The role of Mongolian almond kernels

Although it is August [-]th and it is still summer, the temperature in Qingzhou Province has begun to cool down.

Just like today.

The highest temperature during the day is only 28°C, and the lowest temperature at night has dropped to 15°C.

So apart from being exposed to the sun and shaving my face in the wind and sand, the temperature is very comfortable.

Chen Mu took protective measures, picked up a hoe, and began to continue the previous work of plowing and loosening the Mongolian almonds.

Next to him, Lao Yang was working with him.

Qian Wei only weeded at the Elaeagnus sativa forest because his hands were inconvenient.

After the two worked together to turn half an acre of land, Chen Mu stopped, looked at his work efficiency, and fell into deep thought.

After a while, he asked a question: "Old Yang, should we buy a small scarifier, or rely solely on manpower, and the speed is really slow."

After finishing speaking, he added another sentence: "Or rent an agricultural scarifier to loosen the soil on a large scale?"

Before planting, the soil will be plowed and loosened in advance for the vigorous growth of the plants.

In order to increase soil fertility, some will press green soil one year in advance.

If the soil is not loosened for a long time, the soil will agglomerate and harden, seriously affecting the air permeability of the roots of the planted plants.

Air and water permeability are also important for microbial activity and nutrient transformation in the soil.

Plants in such soil are like in a closed space, the air permeability and water permeability of the roots are weakened, and the respiratory function is reduced. After a long time, it will also affect the absorption of nutrients such as phosphorus, potassium, and calcium by the roots, reducing the Soil fertility affects plant growth.

Eventually, the plants will grow slowly, and in severe cases, the plants will become sick and withered.

Chen Mu was calculating the score in his mind.

"The peach kernels of Mongolian almonds can be used as medicine instead of "Yu Liren", and are collected by pharmaceutical factories and wine factories."

The almonds of Mongolian almonds can improve the treatment of beriberi, edema, and dry stools, and can also moisturize the intestines and diuresis. They are more popular in pharmaceutical factories and wineries.

"There is also an oil mill that harvests peach kernels..."

Mongolian almond is one of the important oil tree species. The oil content of the peach kernel is 40%. The oil extracted is delicious and fragrant. It is an oil extracted by oil pressing plants.

"So, do you want to change what you thought before, just to solve the hidden dangers that may be caused by a single species, so you only plant ten acres of land and change it to large-scale planting like sand dates?"

“Otherwise, if you don’t plant enough, you won’t be able to get much money when you sell it later.”

He put his hand on the top of the hoe handle, put his chin on it, looked into the distance, and kept thinking about it, calculating whether it was worth planting after subtracting the fertilizer, seeds, and the profits from investing in these projects in the early stage.

Hearing this, Lao Yang also stopped his movements, thought for a while, glanced at the ten catties of Mongolian almond seeds sent by the forestry company, and thought about it in his mind.

Although he wanted to nod directly, but when he spoke, he answered in accordance with the usual style shown by his store manager.

He said: "Store manager, if you plan to plant these ten kilograms of seeds, it will only be less than six acres of land. We can plant it in a few days. Renting a machine is a waste of money and is unnecessary."

Mongolian almond is a shrub family, which does not require high spacing between trees. According to the terrain and soil limits, 330-440 trees can be planted per mu.

Chen Mu made a special calculation before.

Because of the abundant groundwater here, although the soil fertility is insufficient, with the addition of fertilizers, his woodland can plant about 380 trees per mu.

Mongolian almonds are large seeds, and there are about 1200 seeds per catty.

When planting, only 5-6 seeds need to be placed in each tree pit.

Calculated, the ten catties of seeds he bought can plant about six mu of land.

The few employees employed by the forest farm have been dealing with the land all year round and are very familiar with the work on the ground. It only takes three or four days for one person to complete an acre of land.

Chen Mu rubbed his chin, did not answer, just continued to bend down and waved the hoe.

Another half hour passed.

"Gollum..."

After breakfast, the stomach without any food supplement protested.

Chen Mu rubbed his empty stomach, and after explaining to Yang Shu, he wandered back to the store and began to search for the refrigerator.

In the end, because he really didn't want to cook on fire, he had no choice but to pick up the only remaining Northwest steamed bun that had been air-dried because it wasn't sealed.

Because it was tasteless, he found a green onion, peeled off the skin, bit the steamed bun in his mouth, and squatted next to the water pipe to wash the onion.

It's windy in the northwest. Although we haven't entered the windy period of autumn yet, the wind on ordinary days has not stopped.

Chen Mu turned around, turned his back to the wind, then ate the onion and gnawed on the steamed bun.

While eating, he looked at the wind blowing on the road in front of him, recalled the large bags of grass seeds and fertilizers that had not been removed from the trunk of the car, and fell into deep thought.

After thinking about it, he took out his phone and searched for today's weather forecast.

Today's temperature: 15℃-28℃, northwest wind level [-], light rain.

Light rain!
After making up his mind, he directly opened the system map and started planning.

Although it has already rained a while ago, since the weather forecast has rain, the next rain will only be talked about, and it will not be too eye-catching.

In this case, the opportunity is rare, so it is better to take advantage of this opportunity to carry out aerial sowing of grass seeds.

After all, it doesn’t rain very often in the northwest here a few times a year.

However, manual watering is time-consuming and labor-intensive, and he really does not have enough manpower.

If you just want to take a chance on life, you have to wait.

Just do it.

Put the last mouthful of steamed buns into his mouth, then clapped his hands, went to the store warehouse, moved out the old-fashioned scales that had accumulated dust for many years, and put a bucket on it, ready to be used as the next weighing of seeds and fertilizers Heavy.

After taking the seeds and fertilizers out of the car, he began to delineate the range of aerial sowing on the map.

This afforestation system is very good in every aspect, and the functions and medicines it provides are also very powerful, but the autonomy and helping the host to worry about it are very poor.

Every time something needs to be done, he has to do it himself.

It's not as caring as described in other novels.

like now.

Although when redeemed for a drone, the drone also comes with a seed storage box and also has the function of flying seeds and fertilizing.

But if he really wants to sow with a drone, he has to manually set the flight route, flight trajectory, operation method, seed sowing quantity, fertilizer fertilizer and other things manually.

That's a trivial trouble!
After setting these things, Chen Mu began to calculate the ratio of seeds and fertilizers,
Only in this way can the soil be maintained and the grass seeds take root and germinate.

then.

When Chen Mu opened the organic fertilizer bag, the smell of fermentation hit his nose, and Chen Mu was so smoked that he almost spit out the dried buns he just ate.

"Scared, it stinks!"

"vomit……"

But the stink came after him, he still had to pinch his nose, suppress the desire to gag in his chest, weigh the fertilizer, and then mix the fertilizer and seeds evenly.

In the place he rented, 80% of the land was formed because the soil lost the protective effect of surface plants, lost root attachment, coupled with rainfall, heavy wind and sand, lack of water in the soil particles, decreased cohesion, and dispersed particles. Severely desertified land.

If it is just ordinary aerial sowing, the soil fertility is small and the particles are large, and the grass seeds cannot take root at all.

However, organic fertilizers can improve soil physical properties, increase aggregate soil structure, enhance soil fertility and air permeability, and help grass seeds take root.

Therefore, before aerial sowing, for the survival rate, the seeds and fertilizers must be mixed in proportion.

After everything was done, Chen Mu let the drone fly.

The drone started to fly according to the previously planned route. The grass seeds fluttered from the sky and fell to the ground. When the wind blew, a thin layer of sand covered it to avoid direct sunlight.

At this moment, the system electronic sound suddenly sounded in my mind.

(End of this chapter)