0349 Grapes
Because it was a guest introduced by Zhu Zhicheng, the shopkeeper not only dutifully selected the best fruit seedlings in the store for Xu Yi, but also explained the flowering characteristics of kiwifruit to Xu Yi very responsibly. After careful inquiry, it was determined that Xu Yi said that he was going to plant in the province, and the boss also recommended some varieties suitable for cultivation in the province, and the flowering period was consistent with the golden kiwifruit. In particular, he explained to Xu Yi that this is the only male kiwifruit that is commercialized in most areas of the province and is suitable for being used as a golden kiwifruit pollination tree, and also helped Xu Yi match the ratio of this pollination tree to a female tree.
However, despite the shopkeeper's repeated assertions that his choice was not suitable, Xu Yi insisted on rejecting the tree species recommended by the boss and chose two male kiwi trees that he did not recommend, ready to be used as pollinators. The reason why Xu Yi chose this tree is actually very simple - this pollinating tree is not as effective as the former because of its short flowering period, but for Xu Yi, this tree has the advantage that the boss recommends that the sapling does not have: the price is cheap!
If this is the case, forget it, after listening to the boss's introduction, Xu Yi had an idea in his heart. Simply and rudely according to the prescription, and selected some kiwifruit varieties that are also well evaluated and sold well in the market - Hongyang, that is, the red heart kiwifruit that is now widely concerned, and still selected the same male tree with a more appropriate proportion as pollinator trees.
Although Xu Yi is very grateful to this boss, the difference in flowering period has no effect on him at all, and there is definitely no way to solve it in the outside world, which will cause a lot of trouble. But what can this be in this space, as long as a bucket of space water is poured on it, what problem can't be solved?
However, Xu Yi naturally couldn't explain this matter to the boss. He can only say that he knows the truth. But I just like the result. And then insist on making this completely unreasonable, seemingly unwilling to spend more money. Sincerely accept it with an open heart and resolutely do not change it to the extreme!
When he was about to leave the store, Xu Yi saw the boss's expression that seemed to sigh sadly, and he also felt a little guilty in his heart, but he was afraid that he would let him experience what it means to be a good person.
Xu Yi took a few bamboo poles and inserted one at intervals along one side of the scaffolding, so that the top of the bamboo pole was placed on top of the scaffolding. Then dig a deep pit next to each of these bamboo poles. Near the edge of the trellis this place, Xu Yi is ready to use it to plant grapes.
He took a bag of grape seedlings, squatted on the ground and took one out of it.
Xu Yi felt a little regretful that the price of these grape seedlings was relatively one of the higher prices among these seedlings, and the quantity he bought was also relatively large, so the total price accounted for more than half of the total price of the seedlings purchased today.
The temperature in the province is slightly low, and most varieties of grapes may be frostbitten due to the low ground temperature if they are cultivated directly in the open field, so most of these grape seedlings are grafted with local wild grapes as rootstocks, which also leads to the high price of seedlings. But this problem doesn't exist in this space. That's why Xu Yi felt that he had really spent the money at a loss, but he also thought that he would plant it in the future. You can prune and cut cuttings yourself, and there is no need to use the grafting operation method thanklessly.
Xu Yi tore off the plastic sheeting wrapped around the roots of the grape seedlings, sat directly in a pit with the soil, cultivated the soil, and directly poured space water.
In a few moments, a tender green vine sprang up from the vine, covered with fat leaves and soft tendrils that stretched out in all directions.
Xu Yi reached out and carefully lifted the vine to avoid touching the tendrils, and pushed the vine against the bamboo pole. When the tendrils on the vine touch the bamboo pole, they grasp the bamboo pole like fingers and wrap it around it. And the vine naturally climbed along the bamboo pole to the top of the mountain.
It didn't take long for the vine to climb to the top of the trellis and grow along those bamboo poles, Xu Yi saw that it was almost gone, so he stepped on the ladder and directly pinched the top of the vine, prompting it to grow side branches and better cultivate flower buds.
At the same time, for those side buds whose growth point is lower than the trellis, Xu Yi did not hesitate to erase them directly while they were still small and before they grew up, so that the side branches that grew out of the shelf overflowed and affected the management. By the time the vines had stopped growing completely, a large area had spread across the shelves. Xu Yi, who was busy, breathed a sigh of relief, temporarily stopped and took a closer look.
I found that the main vine below is a little different from the grapevines you usually see, this vine is not at all twisted and bent like ordinary vines, but because of the rapid growth and the bamboo poles climbed are relatively smooth, it looks unusually straight. When the vine grew to a certain height, it changed from a soft herbaceous vine to a finger-thick wooden vine, and all the leaves on it fell off as the vine grew, leaving only a smooth vine. However, perhaps because of the short growth time, the skin of the vine, which should have been covered with patches of peeled skin, was unusually smooth and intact, and even the side buds were not clearly scarred, and the round, brownish-red vines looked like a copper bar.
Xu Yi looked up at the bunches of small yellow flowers hanging from the trellis, and couldn't help but be happy, and couldn't help but fantasize about waiting for the harvest scene of grapes hanging on the branches.
Of course, looking forward to expectation, Xu Yi still hasn't forgotten what he wants to do. He climbed the ladder to the shelf and trimmed the grapes before he went down to the ground and planted the next vine.
The varieties of these grapes are Shaying white milk grapes, which are commonly known as mare's milk grapes. This grape has the characteristics of thin skin, crisp and juicy flesh, moderate sweetness and low fruit acid content, and very small grape seeds, which is very suitable for fresh food. In addition, the shape of this grape fruit is beautiful, the color is crisp and green, and there is a translucent texture, which must be paired with ice powder, not only tastes good, but also creates a visual effect of crystal mixed with jade.
After planting these mare's milk grapes, Xu Yi took a bamboo pole and planted it in the scaffolding, then carried the ladder to the side of a bamboo pole and planted a golden kiwifruit.
After pouring the water, Xu Yi hurriedly held the vine covered with fine fluff with one hand and leaned against the bamboo pole, and with the other hand held the cloth strip prepared for the bamboo pole to loosely fix it on the bamboo pole. There is no way, the grapes have tendrils and can be self-reliant, relying on the tendrils to fix themselves, but this kiwi has no tendrils to help, and before it grows on the top of the trellis, it must be guided up by this method.
Compared with planting grapes before, Xu Yi was obviously much more busy now, on one side he had to fix the vine, and on the other hand, he had to quickly wipe off those extra side buds, until it grew above the trellis, and he had to press it to a fixed direction again to prevent it from growing towards those grapes. Then I had to repair the extra side branches, and I had to prevent them from drilling under the scaffolding, and I hurriedly planted a kiwifruit, which made Xu Yi sweat!
After also plucking off the top of the vine and cleaning up some extra side branches, Xu Yi breathed a sigh of relief - sure enough, the water in this space is easy to use, but after working for a year at once, it is a little too tiring!
After planting a few female trees, Xu Yi planted a male tree. Originally, during normal orchard management, the male tree was only used as a pollinator tree, so although it was also planted at intervals, it would basically start pruning when it flowered, and it would not take up too much space at all, but the trellis area prepared by Xu Yi was large enough, so he didn't care about the extra area it occupied. In addition, the pollen of kiwifruit is relatively heavy, and Xu Yi was afraid that the distance between the female and male flowers would be too far and affect the pollination effect, so he pruned it to the same appearance as the previous trees and stopped.
After looking at it for a while, Xu Yi found that the pollen of the male flowers of the pine tree was almost the same, and the male flowers of the kiwi fruit also rose a faint yellow smoke and spread towards the surrounding female flowers, but there was no sign of waste at all.
Or maybe it's because of the different shape of the flower spikes, compared to the grapes planted before, the rows of white snow-like flowers on the vines of this kiwi almost cover all the branches and leaves, and when you look from the bottom up, it is snow-white.
After this row of kiwifruit was planted, Xu Yi took out a few bags of grape seedlings and planted them all. For these grape seedlings, Xu Yi has made the spacing in the middle of each tree much wider, because each of these grapes is not the same variety, and it is planted more scattered, so it will be easier to manage at that time.
Unlike wild grapes, which are dioecious, artificially cultivated grapes are monoecious, and there is no need to leave pollinators at all, so Xu Yi only bought one of these varieties of varieties that were more experimental than practical.
In addition to popular varieties such as Chifeng, Rose, and Xia Hei, Xu Yi has not forgotten the varieties called red grapes, green grapes, and black grapes. These are just imported varieties of grapes, but what makes people laugh is that the cry of "grapes are not grapes" is unusually popular. Even the fruit seller dares to correct your mistake - how can you call such a tall fruit as grapes of low quality and low price? Even the seedless white, which is extremely sweet, but does not have any fragrance, is not very suitable for fresh food, but is suitable for making raisins, Xu Yi did not dislike it, and bought one anyway.
Anyway, these fruit trees are brought into the space, and the survival rate of watering the space may reach 100%, so Xu Yi also has the confidence not to buy spare seedlings. He also thought about it, if he had more needs for it in the future, he would just prune and cultivate cuttings. Although these are all table grapes, the varieties are all different, there are more than 40 trees in total, and there are more than 40 varieties, but they occupy almost half of the shelves. (To be continued......)