forest kingdom

Chapter 27 Pea Germination 2
"Have those peas sprouted?"

Lawrence thought about the peas. He had been busy with many things every day recently and had long forgotten about the peas.

Sofia would never forget these things, and Sofia nodded quickly.

"I'm not lying. The peas I planted in the soil have sprouted. I go to see them every morning, every day!"

Lawrence smiled and said: "I didn't doubt your meaning. All the peas in the field have sprouted? How long did it take for these peas to sprout?"

Sofia was a little overwhelmed and said honestly: "I saw many sprouting together, and we have the most in the field."

As for the specific number of days it took to germinate, Sofia couldn't remember.

She didn't specifically record it. Few people would record and summarize something like this that would definitely happen.

In rural areas where there is no paper and pen, people rely on experience to pass down agricultural technology and experience. Sometimes the experience summarized by the predecessors is interrupted due to problems in the subsequent generation. This is a very normal thing.

Memory is unreliable most of the time, and many people tend to misremember and count things incorrectly when they are trying to remember. If they find it troublesome, they will not remember.

Lawrence did not ask Sophia to record these things. Sophia had so many things going on every day, so naturally she had no such awareness.

Some things, if you are not aware of them, you are not aware of them.

Lawrence himself had forgotten this kind of thing, and after recalling it for a while, he roughly came up with a figure that was not very accurate.

"It's been about seven or eight days. I'll go take a look."

Lawrence said and walked outside, and Sofia followed.

Sophia walked on the dirt path outside the house, jumping for joy beside the grass, looking up at Lawrence and saying:
"We'll have peas soon!"

Lawrence said: "Not so fast. This land is the land we rent from Andrew. After harvesting, we will give Andrew a part. Next year, we will open up farmland on the mountain and grow some oats and vegetables."

Sofia felt something was missing, "Not growing wheat and peas?"

Lawrence explained: "The land on the mountain may not be suitable. I observed it for a while and there were only some big trees there that were not very tall."

"It's not just a few trees that are suitable for growing crops. Growing crops requires a piece of land. Those places on the mountains are only suitable for pasture and vegetables."

Sofia was a little disappointed, but quickly and wisely made a suggestion, "Then why don't we go directly to the bottom of the mountain?"

Lawrence shook his head, "We haven't adapted to this place yet, and we haven't officially gotten to know the people in the village yet. It will take a while to get used to it. We will choose to continue on the mountain or go down the mountain according to the situation next year."

Wheat can actually be grown on mountains, but the terrain needs to be modified. If a mountain can be flattened, there will really be no place that is not suitable.

Before there is a stable income, farming is the only way to ensure food and clothing.

Lawrence came to the farmland and squatted down. A few sparse green seedlings had appeared in the seemingly barren black soil.

These green seedlings just popped up today, and the tallest one is only about one centimeter. Many of them can't be found at all if you don't look carefully.

Lawrence noticed that almost all the seeds that sprouted were optimized seeds on his side. The seeds that Andrew sowed randomly seemed to take a while to catch up before they showed up.

Just when Lawrence and Sophia were so happy, Salil came over.

The movements between the two have attracted much attention. Salil is now with Sophia every day, but Sophia is like a pet dog. No matter how well she gets along with Salil, once she sees Lawrence, she will run over to greet him regardless. Owner.

Sariel was not used to being alone and came over to join the conversation.

"Lawrence, you'd better not be so happy, or it will turn into a deeper sadness in the winter."

Lawrence looked at Salil, "Why?"

Salil looked at the peas sprouting in the ground, and explained to Lawrence: "I have warned you long ago that the cold winter has come, and these peas that should have been sleeping underground will be born early and will only freeze to death in the cold winter wind and snow. "Maybe tomorrow, maybe today, once the wind and snow appear, it will bring a winter that will tear apart the hands and feet. It is impossible for these peas to survive."

Lawrence was aware of his problem, but initially ignored it because he saw Andrew also growing peas.

"What will happen to the rest of the peas in the field?" Lawrence looked at the rest of the peas. It was not his suggestion to plant peas, he just selected some peas.

Salil said calmly: "Once these peas that have not sprouted yet encounter a cold winter, they will stay in the soil and wait until spring to sprout again."

Lawrence frowned and thought about what went wrong.

water! !

By the way, it's water!
Lawrence recalled how he soaked the seeds in water when he first selected the seeds. At that time, he chose seeds with full particles that could sink into the water.

The purpose is to select good seeds, but the reality is that these good seeds that have absorbed enough water develop early!
Compared with those dry hard seeds, the starting line of these seeds is much higher, and even after entering the soil, they are watered and moistened like other seeds, and they are consciously provided with a large enough space for nutrients. , naturally develop faster.

But at this time, there is no need for such a fast growth rate.

Lawrence breathed the cool air that he was used to, and wandered around the mountains all the time, but ignored the threat of winter.

Seeing that Lawrence must have realized his mistake, Sariel said softly: "Fortunately, only this patch of seeds has sprouted. We can plant radish seeds here in a few days."

These four square meters of pea seedlings have been listed as an elimination area by Salil.

Lawrence defended: "I used to mainly grow wheat and vegetables in autumn. How long is the winter here usually?"

"It's not that long." It seemed that Salil couldn't answer this question specifically.

Lawrence said helplessly: "Then let's do this for now. If these pea shoots can't survive, we can use them as vegetables."

Sariel suddenly realized that this was a good idea.

"As long as it's not wasted, I have no problem with it."

Lawrence took the initiative and said: "Then I will make some tools and go down the mountain to exchange for some food later to make up for the loss of this land."

Sariel felt that Lawrence was very unscrupulous, but then she thought about her rejection of him, and she was embarrassed to say anything else about not going out to others at this time.

"OK then."

Lawrence temporarily solved the problem of pea shoots, but he refused to give up so easily.

What the temperature is here, what the soil quality is, whether the peas can survive, and whether it is suitable or not, cannot be determined by just looking at the mouth.

Regional differences, as well as various agricultural techniques and experiences, must be experienced by yourself to find out the environment that is best for you and these peas.

Lawrence had planted peas before, and peas are cold-tolerant but not heat-resistant. Although the peas will freeze to death in winter, they are not destined to die.

Even wheat cannot survive 100% under the snow, and mortality and mortality are not the same thing.

Winter seems lifeless, but mosquito larvae, plant seeds, and small animals are all developing latently, and there is no such thing as certain death.

Maybe it’s really not suitable for the preferred seeds, maybe his experience is not suitable here, but Lawrence still wants to give it a try.

It's just these four square meters of land. Even if they are all dead, I can hunt or do other things to compensate Andrew's family.

Lawrence decided to record his experience. Only by recording every operation in writing can he learn lessons from it and summarize the rules.

If you don’t have a photographic memory, you’ll have to use your hands!

(End of this chapter)