happy apocalypse

Chapter 148 'Drip irrigation' the most water-efficient watering method

The turmoil of the new virus is still going on, and something that worries the villagers has happened.

Due to the high temperature and the sun's exposure, the water level of the river next to the village has dropped a lot. It seems that if it is still sunny in a few days, the riverbed will dry up.

The villagers began to panic. The rice in their fields will not mature until two months later. If there is no water at this time, the rice in that field will die of drought.

Although everyone uses sunscreens for rice, it only slows down the evaporation of water and cannot completely retain the water in the paddy fields. Therefore, the water in the paddy fields will still decrease.

Our family is fine. Seeing that the rice is about to mature, it can be harvested in half a month at most.

Now is the period of rice heading and fruiting, and it is also a critical period for the growth of rice grains and ensuring production.

A few days ago, my uncle organized everyone to apply fertilizer to the rice fields for the last time in the morning and evening, saying that it would make the rice grains grow white and fat.

Moreover, there is no need to constantly irrigate the paddy fields. According to the book and combined with the actual situation, intermittent irrigation has been implemented in the paddy fields.That is to say, after filling the water once, wait for the water in the field to dry up before filling it for the second time.This not only saves water, but also increases the air permeability of the soil, improves the photosynthesis of the leaves, accelerates the speed of grouting, promotes the maturity of rice grains, improves the maturity, and achieves high-yield effects.

The villagers were very envious when they saw our rice fields gradually turning yellow.In the current drought situation, even if there is really no water for irrigation, we can still harvest some food, and we can't starve to death. All the rice fields that look at our house are a little jealous.But now they are even more worried about their own fields. If they are not afraid of the new virus, they would like to grow in the rice fields and look at the water on the ground.

At such a time, Chen Ming and Qin Hanbin came to our family with a bottle of self-brewed liquor after dinner.

I saw how many drinks it was for. As a hostess, I had to entertain warmly, so I brought our chef Jiang Zhi into the kitchen, cooked up a few dishes, and asked them to have a good drink.

A fried peanut, a salted edamame made from edamame just picked from the field in the morning, a plate of beef in sauce, a plate of pork head meat with garlic, a large plate of cold dishes, and a few leftover meat dishes from our evening meal, We are really in a hurry, and there is no time for us to do it again, so we just deal with it and bring it up.

The two young men looked at a table of good dishes, and the halazi was about to flow onto the table.

The men were eating vegetables while drinking wine. After drinking three rounds of dishes and eating five flavors, Chen Ming asked Jiang Zhi with a playful smile: "Brother Jiang, the small river next to our village that is used to irrigate the paddy fields is about to close. It’s dry, what do you think it’s going to do, won’t all the rice in the field die due to drought?”

It turned out that the two brothers came together for a purpose, and they wanted Jiang Zhi to advise them on this matter.

Jiang Zhi took a sip of the wine and said nothing.

Li Cheng took up the conversation and said: "What can we do about this, our village has been living by this river all these years, if it dries up, no one can make it grow water again, unless it rains heavily in the past few days. "

Qin Hanbin sighed and said: "Hey, isn't it? Our village has always lived on this river flowing down from the mountain. It has never dried up. It seems that the end of the world has really arrived. Withered, this is no way for people to live."

"Brother Jiang, Brother Jiang, don't be silent, you can find a way for us, I know you are the most capable, if you also say that there is no way, then we really have nothing to look forward to." Chen Ming licked again Grinding Jiang Zhi forward on his face.

"What skills do I have? I'm just a common man who lives by farming just like you." Jiang Zhi couldn't help smiling when he heard him say that.

Chen Ming saw that the flattery was quite successful, Jiang Zhi finally spoke, and continued to say: "Brother Jiang, don't be humble, we have understood these days, and your family's actions these days are not simple. Ah. Those who want a house, freeze ice, grow rice, open up wasteland, and shade sunscreens are not ordinary people.”

I listened to what he said at the beginning and it was fine, but why did he get worse and worse.I couldn't help interrupting him, and asked him: "You mean to praise us, right?" I saw that Chen Ming nodded, and then said: "But the more I listen to this, the worse I become. Your level of education is too high, and you can't say anything good."

"Sister-in-law, I'm just a junior high school student. What level do you want me to be? I just don't have the level, so I came to Jiang Ge for advice." After he finished speaking, he seemed to think there was something wrong with what he said, and then repeated Said: "No, I don't mean that Brother Jiang is not good. I mean, Brother Jiang, your level is much higher than mine, and your idea must be a hundred times better than mine. We can discuss it Well, we will follow your footsteps from now on, whatever you do, we will follow, that’s right. If we all follow you to plant rice early this time, don’t we need to worry now.”

After he finished speaking, he turned to look at Qin Hanbin and asked, "Is what I said okay this time?"

Qin Hanbin gave the sky a thumbs up.He felt relieved and turned to look at Jiang Zhi again.

We are extremely amused by his behavior.

"Don't worry, our family has not only one paddy field, but also 26 acres of newly opened land waiting for us to figure out how to do it." Jiang Zhi said the land we are worrying about now.

"That's right, Brother Jiang, we just want to ask you, how do you plan to irrigate your 26 acres of land." Chen Ming seemed to have finally seen the sun, and looked at Jiang Zhi with sparkling eyes.

"Really want to know?" Jiang Zhi asked him.

"I really want to know." Chen Ming nodded affirmatively.

"Then you just wait, I haven't made up my mind yet." After Jiang Zhi finished speaking, he picked up the chopsticks again, and started to pick up vegetables.

Chen Ming was taken aback for a moment, then dejectedly picked up his chopsticks and started to eat.

Seeing his slumped head, I glared at Jiang Zhi and said, "Don't tease him, he's enough to get angry."

As soon as Chen Ming heard what I said, he immediately regained his energy. This time he changed his goal and acted like a baby to me.

"Sister-in-law, it's still better. You see, I've been on fire these days. I can't eat or sleep. Brother Jiang still teases me. Sister-in-law, you are the best, just tell me, what do you have? What can I do?"

"Well, we have thought of a way, but it is only for our wastelands, and we don't know if it will work, so if you want to learn, you have to think clearly, it may not be easy to use, maybe for you It's just a waste of time." I have to explain to them in advance that there is nothing we can do about it.

"It's okay, just tell me, you'll know if you can succeed in the test."

"I don't know if you have watched the agricultural channel before. We have seen a water-saving irrigation method called 'drip irrigation' on TV before. We plan to use this irrigation method on those newly opened wastelands." I said Seeing that Chen Ming and Qin Hanbin were a little confused, I had to explain to them what drip irrigation is and its benefits.

"Drip irrigation is a very water-saving irrigation method. I have been dripping, it is somewhat similar to dripping. It mainly moistens the soil around the root system of the plant, which can effectively reduce the ineffective evaporation of soil moisture, and because It only wets that area, and the rest is still dry, so it can also effectively prevent the growth of weeds.

Since the water does not move in the air when it irrigates, does not wet the pages, and does not evaporate large areas of the soil surface, it directly wastes the least amount of water on evaporation.

In short, if it is made into drip irrigation, it should be an irrigation method that saves water and labor, increases production and income, and is most suitable for the current dry weather. "I try to speak the written language as plain as possible, and I don't know if they can understand it.

"Well, it sounds very good, so how to do this drip irrigation." After hearing this, Chen Ming and Qin Hanbin's eyes sparkled, Qin Hanbin nodded and said.

"Now the conditions are limited, and we are not professionals. We only know the basic theory and have not practiced it. Therefore, we plan to use the tools we can find at hand to make a simple drip irrigation system. If there is a better alternative in the future We are constantly improving the tools." I said the words high-soundingly, but in fact I just haven't done it, and I'm not very good at it.

"Yes, as long as it's simple and usable." Chen Ming's requirements are very low.

"We plan to use a big plastic bucket as a water container. We don't have so many rubber tubes for the time being, so we use bamboo instead of the water delivery tube. As for the dripper, I used the thicker and harder pine needles from the mountain." Jiang Zhi said Explained to them the tools used in our simple drip irrigation system.

"A few days ago I tried to make a ridge of land. I will test it tomorrow to see if it works. If it works, I will teach you how to do it. Also, your sister-in-law just said that this method is for those of us For normal crops, crops that require a lot of water like rice may not be suitable.” Jiang Zhi reiterated to them that this irrigation method may not be suitable for rice cultivation.

"It's okay. If you don't do anything, the rice in the field will definitely die. If you do it, there may be a chance of survival. It's just that it doesn't grow well. Tomorrow morning, I figured it out, this is a dead horse as a living horse doctor.

"Okay, if you think about it, let's go to the field at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, before the sun comes out, and try it out. It shouldn't delay the morning work." Our rice hasn't been harvested yet, so we still need it every morning and evening. busy.

Chen Ming said: "Okay, then we will come over at 6 o'clock tomorrow morning, let's go to the field together to have a look."

I saw that Chen Ming was always scratching his legs when he was talking that night, and now he scratched more frequently. I had some bad premonitions, so I asked him: "Chen Ming, are your legs itchy? Why do you always scratch? Didn't you get bitten by a mosquito?"

(End of this chapter)