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Chapter 226 A good idea to grow watermelons
"This is a good harvest, it's growing very well!"

Wang Luo exclaimed in admiration when he saw the abundant fruits of various vegetables.

"Of course not. We have invested real money. If we don't produce something, it would be a shame. Come, try this tomato. It's sweet and sour and tastes just as good as the ones sold outside!"

Professor Ma picked a tomato without saying a word, rinsed it with the water pipe beside him, and put it into Wang Luo's hand.

"It's not good for me to eat this, don't you still have to do experiments?"

"Shit, others may not allow it, but you are different. It was you who came up with the greenhouse style. Just eat it. Come on, eat our tomatoes. If you have any good ideas, tell me!"

As soon as Wang Luo took a bite of the tomato, Professor Ma immediately asked him for his ideas.

"Professor Ma, you can't do this. I just ate one of your tomatoes and you asked me to give you some ideas for your profession. What kind of ideas can I give you? I don't know anything about professional agricultural technology. This greenhouse was just something I came up with by chance. Oh, I shouldn't have eaten this tomato. It's too expensive. I was really fooled by you!"

Wang Luo was so scared that he almost spit out the tomato he had bitten in his mouth and stuffed it back into Professor Ma's hand. He didn't care whether you eat it yourself or find a way to stick it on the vine.

"It's a real talent for a blind cat to catch a dead mouse. How come we don't have this talent? Maybe your sudden idea will help us a lot. You've eaten the tomatoes, so you should at least show some appreciation. Think about it carefully, look at it more, and the idea will come to you. It's not easy for you to come here! Besides, you came to beg us, do you still want it, Big White Pig?"

Unexpectedly, Professor Ma was still an old rogue and forced Wang Luo to find a solution.

"Professor Ma, you are on par with the third uncle in our yard. He is a stingy person, and you are a big liar. You are equally matched. To be honest, I really don't know much about agricultural knowledge. How can you tell me? Isn't this embarrassing for me? How about I go back and think about it? As long as I have a good idea, with my personality, can I hide it from you?"

Wang Luo was convinced by Professor Ma and jokingly told him his thoughts.

"Really?"

Professor Ma still didn't believe it and asked, looking him straight in the eyes.

"Really not!"

Wang Luo quickly shook his head.

What he said was true. After all, the planting technology in later generations was almost the same as it is now. In terms of agriculture, the people of Longguo were truly ancient. Even an ordinary old farmer knew how to take care of crops, let alone a professional like Professor Ma.

Except for a small part of planting technology, what is lacking compared to later generations are various high-quality seeds, advanced agricultural facilities, fertilizers and pesticides. These are more professional and more awesome technologies. How can a lazy farmer like Wang Luo, who just plows the land at home, sows seeds, applies fertilizers, waters it and sprays herbicides, understand such advanced things, especially the cultivation of good varieties, which is very troublesome, very troublesome. How can a whitelist like him understand it!

"Hey, I thought you had some good ideas in your head, just like this vegetable greenhouse! Forget it, I'm forcing you. Let's go on and keep going!"

So Professor Ma continued to take Wang Luo along the ridge of the field, introducing things to him as they walked, regardless of whether Wang Luo could understand or not. Wang Luo's mouth was busy anyway, tasting tomatoes, cucumbers and so on.

"What are they planting?" When I walked to a small vegetable garden, I saw several students carefully moving small seedlings from the culture dishes to the ground.

"Watermelons, the watermelons over there are almost ripe. I plan to plant another batch to see what happens if the weather gets colder. Agriculture is like this, continuous research and trial and error. Different seasons may be different due to factors such as temperature and moisture. Now we are using this greenhouse to conduct experiments!"

Professor Ma introduced Wang Luo.

When he heard this, Wang Luo's heart trembled, as if he had thought of something.

"Professor Ma, can you tell me about the process of growing watermelons?"

"Why not? Planting watermelons is very simple. You just need to select good seeds, soak them, and then plant them in a petri dish after they germinate. When they grow a little bigger, you can transplant them to the ground. Then you can fertilize, water them, catch insects, and wait for them to grow. This is how most people do it now!"

Wang Luo nodded after listening. No wonder the watermelons nowadays seem to be very big, but in fact the skin is very thick, and there are many large seeds, which are black and shiny. However, they are really sweet, especially the sandy ones, which are very delicious. It turns out that they are still grown using the old method without grafting technology.

"So you haven't tried grafting technology?"

Wang Luo asked in return, his hometown is full of watermelons, the whole town grows them, and they all use grafting technology. The sweetness may not be as good as the current varieties, but it is sweet enough, with a thin skin and few seeds, which is pretty good.

"Grafting technology? What kind of grafting do you mean?"

Professor Ma asked doubtfully.

"A gourd, the kind used as a water scoop. One is from the Cucurbitaceae family, and the other is from the Cucurbitaceae family, and they are relatives. They each have their own disadvantages and advantages. Why not use them? In addition to gourds, pumpkins seem to work too!"

Wang Luo told Professor Ma about the watermelon planting techniques he had seen.

In fact, it’s not that Professor Ma didn’t want to do it, but that the technology didn’t exist at all. He seemed to have heard his father talk about it in his previous life, and it seemed that the research on this technology started in Changle County, Shandong Province after the 70s.

"Hey, that's interesting. You said you didn't have any good ideas, but this is it. Tell me what's going on."

Professor Ma was immediately excited. After all, he was a professional researcher. After thinking about it, he felt that there was a way, and immediately pulled Wang Luo to start a discussion.

"I don't know if it will work. It may fail miserably due to the seeds or management. I'll just tell you my idea. When both are seedlings, use the gourd as the rootstock, leaving only the two bottom leaves. Drill a small hole between them, remove the roots of the watermelon seedling with a blade, cut the neck into a point and insert it into the small hole, secure it with a rope, and wait until it grows into a piece, then remove the rope and let it grow freely. Isn't it difficult? I just don't know what it looks like. How about you try it?"

"Haha, good idea, good idea, why are you being so polite? Who is it? Leave me a watermelon seedling and find the tools Wang Luo mentioned. I'm going to give it a try!"

Without saying a word, he started shouting, took the watermelon seedlings and ran to the gourd planting area with Wang Luo and started working.

(End of this chapter)