Chapter 260: Pollination
�kbR��ݳ�B; { r n گ 0 j 6 k j U | Eܡ A person who loves spicy food for many years can't eat chili peppers, and his life seems to be incomplete! Li Qin didn't know that in order to sell mountain pepper seedling seed powder, he let Le Zhongting know about the existence of chili peppers, and he scratched his heart very much. Before, he also planned to go to the capital to get this thing in person, but before he could get out of the boundary of Xiangyang County, he was almost killed. Later, it was inevitable that people would go to Beijing to find it. But I heard that the pepper is very rare, and it is not easy to get it. Right now, although I saw a few chili peppers that were still a little tender, the gluttonous worms in the stomach had already been hooked out.
He soon discovered that there were a lot of pepper seedlings in Li Qin's house, but the peppers that produced were really few, and there were not as many seedlings.
"Maybe you can see why?" Li Qin was a little apprehensive.
However, Le Zhongting is not a farmer, he has the intention to get the seeds of chili peppers, and then find someone to cultivate them, but he doesn't know why the chili peppers have so few fruits.
Entrusted by people, loyal to people. Le Zhongting thinks that he has crossed over from modern civilization, and there will definitely be something that he knows better than these ancients, so he still looks at it carefully.
However, from temperature to humidity, as Li Qin himself said, there will be no problem at all. But why can't it bear fruit? If you say that you are sick, then there should be some manifestations. But looking at these seedlings, thick and delightful, they are not sick! Not used to the local environment? It's impossible! The flowers are blooming, there is no reason not to bear fruit?
Le Zhongting's brain was racing, carefully reviewing the biological knowledge from childhood to college, and finally-
"I see! It's not pollinated! ”
"Pollination?" Li Qin and Yu Fei looked at each other.
In fact, I can't blame the two of them for this. They are not very old, and they are not farmers, so they naturally don't know that flowers need pollination to bear fruit, if they change the farmers next to them, I'm afraid they don't need to come to see it, and they know that what they grow in winter can't bear fruit, because there are no bees!
Le Zhongting explained, and the two finally understood, but they still had questions.
"Then why is there still some of it bearing fruit?" Li Qin asked. If there are no bees, then how can there be any ending?
Le Zhongting looked at it carefully, and then pointed it out to them.
"If you look carefully, are the results all in the lower position between the two pots?"
Li Qin blinked, expressing puzzlement.
"Because there are no bees at this time, but because you have to water them, you will inevitably come across these flowers. And when the pollen falls, it falls right on the stamens of the flowers below, so pollination is achieved! ”
Le Zhongting knew that it was a little difficult to talk to the ancients about the biology that almost everyone knows in modern times, but he still demonstrated to them how to pollinate by hand.
Li Qin really doesn't understand these practices of Le Zhongting, but probably because the two of them live again, she still has inexplicable trust in these practices of Le Zhongting.
With the help of Le Zhongting, the three of them pollinated all the spicy eggplant flowers in the West House, and then invited Le Zhongting to have a light meal, and then sent him out.
In the blink of an eye, it was another seven days, and sure enough, small, spiky spicy tomatoes had grown under the flowers.
Li Qin went to thank Le Zhongting, but he didn't expect that he had already left again.
Li Qin still has some spicy eggplant seeds in her hand, and with this successful cultivation experience, she plans to cultivate more seedlings, and when spring blooms, they can be planted in the ground. When the time comes, I don't dare to say that it is okay to plant an acre. It's just that she and Yu Fei are going to enter the mountain after all, and I'm afraid that the people on this planting will have to find a reliable one.
The matter of choosing someone is very important, but the one who is most familiar with Li Qin is the Ge family. But the Ge family is not a farmer, and when the time comes, it will inevitably be a little powerless to take care of these precious spicy tomatoes.
Except for the Ge family, that is Hu Yuan. Li Qin also knew that Hu Yuan was a good hand at doing farm work. But one of them is at work in the cup, and the other is doing the work, and it is unknown whether they will have time to take care of the spicy tomato.
But if she really has to hire someone to get it, she is not at ease. Spicy eggplants are rare in Kyoto, and if someone steals the seeds, then her advantage will be gone. For a while, Li Qin was very embarrassed.
It's just that she still has to do the preliminary work that should be done seriously. So seeing that the sky was getting warmer and warmer, Li Qin raised the remaining spicy eggplant seeds into the soil.
After more than a month of careful care, Li Qin moved the seedlings to the tank, and after a few days when they were older, they put the flower pots everywhere in the Westinghouse and kitchen.
Fortunately, the weather is already warm, so I am not afraid of freezing the seedlings of the spicy eggplant when I put it on the ground.
Hu Yuan went to the neighboring town to rent land for Hu Dashan and them, and saw that they were all settled, and as soon as he turned around and came back, he began to help Li Qin and Yu Fei rent land.
The day of entering the mountain is just around the corner, and the seedlings of the spicy eggplant have grown a lot, and it is necessary to rent the land faster, at least let Yu Fei and them feel at ease.
It was only in the end that I searched and searched, and only found a large farmstead.
This Zhuangzi is said to be the dowry of a certain family's daughter, but later the official was transferred, and these properties began to be subleased.
Zhuangzi is more than ten acres in size, the place is big enough and safe, but the rent is really not cheap, Li Qin calculated, if you add the manager's salary, she doesn't even think that renting this Zhuangzi to grow spicy tomato can make money. Fortunately, the two of them are now quite rich in family resources, so they should raise seedlings here for a year and plant for a year.
However, it can only be like this now, and it can't really be planted in the land where everyone can go, in that case, what is the value of the spicy eggplant seeds she worked so hard to get for Li Ren?
Before entering the mountain, Li Qin hired someone to move countless spicy tomatoes to Zhuangzi, and then hired Ge Laoer, who only got out of school this year, to help him manage them, and then told him in detail how to take care of these spicy tomatoes, and then followed Yu Fei into the mountain.
In March, spring returns to the earth, and the grass has just spit out tender shoots, although it is not easy to be found hidden in the thick dead grass, but the fragrant smell has already penetrated into everyone's nostrils.
Everyone is full of hope for the new year, and the smile on their faces can't be stopped no matter what.
After entering the mountain to make a slight adjustment, they sorted out the land separately, and the various seeds brought from the town were planted in the vegetable field, and Li Qin also planted some spicy eggplants. When Hu Yuan and the others sent the second batch of supplies in, the mountain people's mountain sacrifice ceremony for the new year will begin.
This is the first grand mountain sacrifice ceremony since Ge Changqing became the leader, and he has experienced many things last year, so everyone is also full of expectations for this mountain sacrifice activity