Pampered Tian's Wife: The Little Weaver Girl in the Farmhouse

Chapter 336 Cotton Planting Techniques

At the end of the first lunar month, every household in Muyang has already started to prepare the fields for farming, and cattle can be seen working in the fields everywhere, and the people are also busy.

Many kinds of crops will be planted on the Zhuangzi. The wheat was sown years ago, and it has already begun to turn green at this time.As for other crops, it is time to plan and arrange them carefully.Liu Zhuangtou had already made plans for the land in Zhuangzi. Except for Qiaoyun who wanted to grow cotton, the rest of the land had been arranged by himself.

But this newly bought land, Liu Zhuangtou didn't know what Qiaoyun wanted to plant, so he came to ask for instructions.After thinking about it, Qiaoyun decided to set aside [-] mu for direct planting of cotton, and the remaining [-] mu for mixed planting of cotton and watermelon.

Mixed crops are more beneficial than monoculture.One is to effectively use the land. According to the different needs of the crops for sunlight and nutrients, the reasonable mixed planting can realize the maximum value on the effective land.On the other hand, it is reflected in the prevention and control of diseases and insect pests. The mixed crops are not easy to cause large-scale outbreaks of diseases and insect pests.

Cotton can be regarded as a newly introduced crop, but it does not mean that there will be no pests and diseases.On the contrary, because it has just been introduced, people are not yet familiar with it, and if they encounter pests and diseases, it will be more difficult to control.Therefore, it is more necessary to mix with other crops to avoid large-scale pests and diseases.

"Uncle Liu, remember to plant some rapeseed in the cotton field." Qiaoyun suddenly remembered this, and reminded her again.

Cotton aphids are prone to occur in cotton fields. If winter rapeseed is planted in spring and mixed in cotton fields, many aphids and cabbage caterpillars will grow on the rapeseed.In this way, a large number of predatory and parasitic natural enemies are attracted and reproduced, such as spiders, lacewings, aphids, and small flower bugs, etc., which can effectively control cotton aphids and even eliminate aphids.It played a very good role in the management of the early cotton fields.

Cotton is a new species, and Liu Zhuangtou has never taken care of it before, and he has to obey Qiaoyun's orders. Since Qiaoyun said so, of course he will not object.It just so happens that sowing small rapeseed can also solve part of the problem of eating vegetables in spring, which can be regarded as killing two birds with one stone.

In addition to these, Qiaoyun also asked Liu Zhuangtou to take the skilled women in the village to weave some small nutritional bowls out of wheat straw.This is used to raise cotton seedlings in advance so that they can be transplanted into wheat fields later.Wheat and cotton have a certain symbiotic period. In order to effectively solve this problem and minimize the symbiotic time, cotton can be raised separately in advance and transplanted later.

Of course, this field is only used for mixed wheat and cotton, and the rest can be directly sown with cotton seeds in the field.Qiaoyun asked people to prepare as many nutrient bowls as possible, so as to ensure the survival rate of transplanting.

The people in Zhuangzi are serious farmers, and to them, these are nothing. Qiaoyun only told Liu Zhuangtou once, and Liu Zhuangtou almost understood everything. "Don't worry, girl, it's not difficult. We've never grown cotton before. As long as we plant it this year, we'll be fine next year."

"Uncle Liu, I will leave all these things to you. We have a lot of land now. If you are too busy, Uncle Liu will tell you in advance that I will buy some people if I can't do it." Qiao Yun was afraid that there would be too much land. , the people in Zhuangzi are very busy, so they asked this question.

"No, no, hurry up, don't worry, girl. There are so many people in our village, but it's only about a thousand acres of land, so we'll get here quickly. There's no need to buy people anymore, and those who bought them from outside don't know the truth. , it will be bad if something happens at that time." Liu Zhuangtou waved his hand and said.

Qiaoyun was actually just asking. Logically speaking, it's not too difficult for there to be [-] or [-] families in Zhuangzi with a thousand mu of land.Ordinary people's families wish they could grow more land. If any family has [-] or [-] mu of land to cultivate, they wish they could grow it every day.

Of course, these people on Zhuangzi do not have personal freedom, and they are regarded as appendages of the land.However, these people have enough land to cultivate. In addition to being used and sold by the owner's family, there is still a lot left over for food every year.Compared with normal farmers farming and paying rent, the calculations are similar.

Furthermore, Qiaoyun is generous to others, and has already told these people that if the farmer's production is good, some rewards will be given to the farmers in the future, and they will not be made to work in vain.With Qiaoyun's words, all the village households worked hard and energetically.

After listening to Liu Zhuangtou's words, Qiaoyun felt that it made sense.Especially for this cotton, at present, the planting technology and so on are still being explored, and it is indeed not suitable for outsiders to know. "That's good too. Uncle Liu told everyone in Zhuangzi that it must be tiring to have an extra three hundred acres of land, but I will definitely not treat everyone badly when the time comes."

Qiaoyun's main purpose is cotton, and the rest are secondary. As long as Zhuangzi's production is enough to pay taxes, the rest can actually be arranged at will.She doesn't need a lot of expenses, and she has other income, so there is really no need to treat these farmers harshly.

When Liu Zhuangtou heard this, his eyes narrowed as he laughed immediately.Don't look at how long Zhuangzi has returned to Qiaoyun, but he can also see that Qiaoyun's master is much better than before.Since Qiao Yun said so, it must be correct. "Miss Xie, the little one will definitely watch them work carefully, so don't worry, miss."

Liu Zhuangtou happily left the meeting room, and Qiaoyun here was relieved.Although Qiaoyun knew a little about farming issues, many of them were memories from her previous life.At that time, all production was mechanized, and there were various pesticides and fertilizers, which was very worry-free.When it came to the front, it was pointing at the person's hands. To be honest, there were many things that Qiao Yun needed to explore slowly.

When Chu Ruifeng came to Zhuangzi, one was to heal his injuries, and the other was to learn something, so he usually didn't interrupt and just listened quietly.Seeing that Qiao Yun looked quite tired, he cut off the tea and brought it to Qiao Yun, "Drink some water to moisten your throat, you've talked to them so much this morning, your throat will probably be smoky gone."

Needless to say, Qiaoyun's mouth is really dry right now, so she doesn't care about that, she took the teacup, and drank the tea with a gulp. "Siyuan, thank you. This morning really exhausted me. But it's worth it. As long as you can grow cotton, you can do whatever you want."

Chu Ruifeng smiled, "I really didn't expect you to know so much about farming. By the way, I have something strange. There is no cotton in Daliao. How do you know that this thing is useful?" ?Also, how did you know how to grow?"

Qiao Yun was stopped by Chu Ruifeng's question, what should she say about this? "Didn't I tell you? When I was in the village, I met a strange man. He often told me some strange stories. There is something in it." There is no way, Qiaoyun can only make excuses prevaricate.

(End of this chapter)