"I'm sorry, we really don't have saplings to buy here now, it's autumn, no one is planting trees in the north now, planting trees is generally a spring thing, and it can't be delayed through summer at the latest, and there are no saplings to sell in autumn at all!"

There are no saplings on the farm, Lin Quan can only inform Steiger, Steiger's can't help it, this matter is related to the final index, so he can only run around to see if there are any goods in the previous purchase channels, but after running several, he was disappointed, this season, everyone has no stock, you can buy saplings, but you have to buy them from countries near the equator, in this case, the only source of goods is in a country like Congo. Pen Fun Pavilion wWw. ｂiquge。 ｉｎfo

However, these countries are really far away from Niger, the transportation is inconvenient, and it takes a lot of time to transport them, if there are other goods, it is nothing, but this is a sapling, and the delay on the road for one more day will reduce the survival rate of transporting it by several percent.

Steiger was helpless, and in the end he could only tell Lin Quan that he had no way to solve the needs of this farm.

Lin Quan had already prepared for this, and he actually didn't expect Steiger to get things done, it was almost autumn, and it was not a strange thing that he couldn't buy saplings.

But at the moment, this problem is still very tricky, and he has to deal with it himself.

The only way to turn to the shop for the farm system is to turn to it!

Lin Quan thought of this and entered the store, this store he rarely patronized, he had come to buy fertilizer before, the price of things here is more expensive than the domestic one, but it is much cheaper than the African one, because Africans rarely use chemical fertilizer for farming, their fertilizer is used less, they can't produce it themselves, and most of the things used are imported from other countries.

Saplings, saplings, Lin Quan has nothing else in his heart, he only lacks saplings now.

Got it!

Lin Quan was overjoyed! But he was soon dumbfounded, poplar tree?

Can this thing be grown in the desert?

Aspen tree: large deciduous tree family, 15-30 meters high, light-loving, shade-intolerant. It is resistant to severe cold and can survive in conditions of minus 40 degrees. Resistant to arid climate, not tolerant to humid heat, not suitable for rainy and humid hot climate in the south, tolerant to poor light alkaline soil, tolerant to soil with salt content below 0.4%, but poor growth in clay heavy soil. Deep rooted, well-developed root system, the range can reach more than 30 meters away, the depth can reach more than 10 meters underground, strong soil fixing ability, strong root tillering. Strong resistance to wind, diseases and pests. It has a lifespan of more than 90 years and can grow in North Africa!

Lin Quan's eyes straightened! This thing is a good thing! It can actually survive in North Africa, why didn't he find it before?

Compared with the short and frustrated sea buckthorn tree and the sand date tree, the aspen tree is simply a gentleman among the trees, it is tall, straight, tough, strong, a poplar tree is connected together, it is like a tree wall, the wind resistance is completely absent, compared to other trees such as the plane tree, its advantages are very obvious.

Sycamore trees are commonly found on both sides of the streets of the city, its trunk is not very straight, the branches are more, the leaves are dense, it can form a good shade, the height is about 15 meters, not too high to affect the lighting of the buildings on both sides, so it is very suitable for urban planting.

Poplar trees, on the other hand, are more like warriors, not afraid of the cold, not afraid of wind and snow, and grow in the harsh conditions of the north, they are straight and straight, suitable for use as a barrier at the far end of the city, preventing wind and fixing sand.

Lin Quan did not know that the poplar tree could grow in North Africa, and in his impression, although the poplar tree was tenacious, it did not seem to be able to conquer the desert.

In fact, aspen trees are not completely able to grow in desert areas, and although most of North Africa is desert, it does not mean that all places are deserts.

But now Lin Quan can't manage so much, and all the other plants in the store are not suitable for growing in the desert, and he has no other choice but poplar trees.

Then don't care, buy 2,000 saplings first!

After looking at the price, a meter-high poplar sapling is 10 yuan, almost 1.5 US dollars, this price is not low, the current gap in the farm is only about 2,000 plants, Lin Quan did not hesitate to buy 2,000 plants directly, this money is not for nothing, and it will be reimbursed by Steiger.

Put 2,000 saplings in front of the eyes of Azak and the others, they were all a little surprised, they had never seen this thing, it was very rare, and they were all very curious.

Azak was even more curious about where Lin Quan got these saplings, there were no saplings to sell now, and he didn't know how he got them.

"These saplings may not be as drought tolerant as sea buckthorn, so plant them on both sides of Highway 11, behind those pepper trees and cumin!"

The area of the farm is now too large, so that Lin Quan has to walk a long way when he goes out to take care of these saplings at night, so at this time, he simply planted all these saplings nearby, and the poplar trees are tall and straight, the branches and leaves are also very dense, the key is that they are also very tall, green, and look very energetic, and passing vehicles can see the green forest here from a distance on Highway 11.

Lin Quan was thinking about what kind of tree to plant to attract the attention of tourists, but now that he got the poplar tree, he immediately felt that this was specially prepared for his farm.

Therefore, he had to take good care of these two thousand poplar trees, plant them on the side of the road, closer to where he lived, and it would be more convenient to go out and get ancient jade for these guys to pull out seedlings and help them grow.

Azak didn't have any opinions, the boss told him to do what he wanted, there were actually a lot of open spaces on both sides of the path leading to Route 11, and some of these open spaces were actually reserved for the future widening of the road, and the other part was ready to plant new tree species.

"Boss, what kind of tree is this? How are you going to plant it? Do you plant it like a normal tree?"

Azak didn't know the poplar tree, this thing is very rare in Niger, the north is too arid, the south is too humid and hot, so it is not suitable for the growth of poplar trees, and no one has introduced this kind of sapling, so they have not seen it in the locals.

"Oh, this tree is called poplar tree, it is a large tree, and the planting method is not complicated, but you need to remove all the branches below, bury the root system below, dig the tree pit to 70 cm, add some river mud dug from the Tailu River, and then stuff a soaked cotton ball in the tree pit, attach a layer of black soil, and you can plant it!"

Lin Quan thought for a while, and was still a little uneasy, the price of these two thousand poplar saplings was relatively high, and it would be a pity if it was wasted, so he said to Azak, "I'll go and plant one myself, show you something, you let everyone go over and see it, and focus on planting these two thousand poplar trees today!"

When planting trees, the reason why we want to remove the excess branches, in fact, is to reduce the area of heat dissipation, and then reduce the evaporation of water, as emphasized many times, planting trees in desert areas, how to prevent saplings from dehydration when planting, is a very critical problem, for coniferous forests, such problems are slightly smaller, their leaf area is small, thick and not easy to lose water, but for broad-leaved forests and large trees, it is necessary to remove the branches before planting, otherwise they have too many leaves, and it is easy to get rid of the sun when the sun is exposed, and it will be difficult to survive at that time。

And digging the tree pit deeper, far away from the scorching sand on the surface, the root system of the sapling is not easy to damage, and putting pond mud in it, this is the standard practice of Lin Quan's farm, and as for the cotton ball, it is the method they came up with not long ago.

Cotton balls have a relatively strong ability to absorb water, and cotton this kind of thing has a relatively strong thermal insulation ability, put in the ground, it is solid, the water inside is not easy to lose, but the root system of the tree also has a certain ability to absorb water, and than the cotton ball of water absorption capacity is stronger, so put a cotton ball in, which is equivalent to giving the saplings a small reservoir to help them through the most difficult period, because of ordinary watering, the water is easy to lose after penetrating the ground, the window time for absorbing water is too short, the water is not enough, and the watering is too diligent will also wash away the soil layer inside, resulting in nutrient loss, so I came up with this method。

In fact, Lin Quan wants to try the sponge more, but the water absorption ability of the sponge seems to be stronger than that of trees, and the water cannot be absorbed after being stored in it, so it will be necessary to test it later to know.