Chapter 98: Grafting Fruit Seedlings
Zhang Biao and the black scavenger were finally able to put aside, and Li Jing spent the rest of his time exploring the world of stone trees in addition to taking care of the farm business. Pen × fun × Pavilion www. biquge。 Info farm business has been good, but after all, the price is not low, it is impossible to fill every day, and the money cannot be counted. Usually it is not bad to be able to maintain three tables at noon, even if Li Jing leaves, Sister Hui Chen Jie can easily deal with it.
As for fishing charges and fast food delivery, Uncle Chen Sheng can easily handle them. There is also hygiene, which is taken care of by Aunt Lin. Now as long as the farm is not too busy, Li Jing doesn't have to guard it all the time, he can just leave all day.
Stone Tree World, Kyushu River Forest.
After these days of searching, he found the remains of an orchard in the forest. It was very deserted, even the houses had collapsed, but there were large fruit trees left. It's a pity that it didn't come at the right time, the oranges were not ripe, the lychee longan had expired, and the jackfruit tree was full of rotten fruit......
Fortunately, Li Jing finally found a guava garden, and it was in the ripening period of fruits, all kinds of birds gathered in this sea to eat and drink, and they were not afraid at all when they saw Li Jing coming, and some even jumped to him to grab food. Birds can live in harmony with other animals, why can't humans? It was the first time for these birds to see humans, and they were naturally not so afraid, so there was a harmonious scene of humans and birds in front of them.
Li Jing finally found a complete one, wiped it with his hand and sent it to his mouth, and said in surprise at the moment: "Not bad!" ”
Guava is now sold outside, and the price is not high, there are seven or eight catties for ten yuan, Liu Le bought a big bag from the market a few days ago, and the taste is OK. But compared to what is in front of you, it is much worse. These have a sweet and juicy taste, smooth flesh and are very punctual.
The species of this world, I don't know whether it is because of time or external factors, have undergone some evolution, and the taste and quality have been improved by several grades.
"I'm going to get some back and plant ...... No, just turn the whole orchard over and replant the trees here. ”
But the problem is that it is not easy to dig up all these fruit trees and transplant them, unless he has an excavator, but he really can't afford to buy them now, and he can't afford to buy second-hand ones. There are some fruit seedlings scattered on the ground, but the quality of these seedlings growing from the kernel will be greatly reduced, and grafting is the most appropriate method, or directly remove the good quality fruit trees with roots and soil.
Without an excavator, it is obviously not feasible to dig up the mother tree, and digging for half a year may not be able to fill the current fruit forest.
"Grafting? It shouldn't be difficult! ”
I checked a lot of information on the Internet, watched countless tutorials, texts, videos, and everything from principles to techniques.
Now Li Jing's mind is better than before, as long as he learns carefully, these materials will soon be able to be deeply remembered in his mind, so that his learning ability is extraordinary, and he does not feel difficult to learn grafting techniques for the first time.
"If you had this mind before, Tsinghua University and Peking University were not just chosen casually?" Li Jing was amazed.
Li Jing thinks grafting is a very interesting technique, grafting the branches and buds of one plant to the rhizomes of another plant, so as to obtain a new and complete plant, which can not only inherit the genes of the mother tree, but also improve resistance and yield.
After two days of study, Li Jing began to put it into action. Finding the necessary tools such as cutting knives and plastic wrap, he began his first grafting experiment.
The scion plum realm uses the best growing mother tree branches in this abandoned orchard, which is the original orchard and not the back kernel that grows on the ground. The rootstock is directly selected from the new one-year tree that grows on the ground, this kind of rootstock is more vigorous, and it is not difficult to dig it up and transplant it to the farm in the future.
At the beginning, his hands were quite rusty, but with the accumulation of experience, Li Jing's movements became more and more neat, not only improving efficiency, but also making it more delicate, which can improve the survival rate of grafting.
Lychee, mango, longan, jackfruit, guava, star fruit, red orange, pomelo, etc., each Li Jing made 20 grafting samples, and after the follow-up observation was successful, large-scale grafting. This can avoid risks, not to mention that it is the first time he has grafted, so he can't be blindly confident.
"What? Are you going to shovel these lychee longans? ”
Everyone expressed their incomprehension of Li Jing's approach, although Su Yekun is not very reliable, but the quality of his fruit trees is still good, with many fruits and good taste, they are all popular varieties nowadays. Moreover, fruit trees are different from rice, and it took five or six years to grow like this, and it is really bad to eradicate them.
This is actually Li Jing's determination to hesitate for a long time, and he has even considered that it is indeed too wasteful to directly go to the surrounding area and contract another piece of land as an orchard, there is no need to eradicate these.
But after thinking about it again, Li Jing still decided to give up, and only a temporary loss could be exchanged for a greater harvest in the future. These fruit trees seem good to others, but compared with the excellent varieties of the stone tree world, both the yield and quality are more than half a cut, and there is really no need to stay.
"Boss Li doesn't want it, I'll just pick some up and plant them." Master Zhong said.
Although it is not easy for such a fruit tree to survive transplantation, once it can survive, it will be able to bear the fruit of a tree next summer, which can save several years of growth cycle!
"Absolutely." Li Jing readily agreed.
More than 100 acres of orchards, Master Zhong alone will not finish, the villagers of Chen Village heard the letter, almost every household asked for some back to plant, and finally called friends to divide these fruit trees. But that's fine, the provincial Li Jing has to hire someone else to clean up, and now it will cost a lot to hire workers.
As soon as Li Jing came back from the orchard, he met Chen Qin's father and son on the way, and the two saw him and stopped talking.
"What does the second uncle have to say?" Li Jing felt strange, Chen Qin had been keeping vigil for seven days as agreed last night, and this guy was afraid that he was going to die now, so it was said that he should stay away.
"Boss Li, I see that the farm is still recruiting people, right?" Chen Qin's father asked cautiously.
“…… Right. Li Jing responded, and immediately understood their intention of coming up to him, but he was even more surprised.
"Then can you recruit Qin Zai to work?" Father Chen spoke bluntly, but after the words came out, he also felt abrupt, and said busily: "Although Qin Zai was a little lazy before, he has always been conscientious in Boss Li, you let him serve tea and deliver food, even if it is cleaning." And the salary doesn't have to be as high as Ah Hui's, you just look at it and give it. ”
In fact, even if Li Jing doesn't pay his salary, Chen's father also wants his son to stay and work in Changqing Farm, because only Li Jing can manage him to the death, and Chen Qin is willing to listen to whatever he says, saving him from messing with the society.
"But I'm only a waitress!" Li Jing is embarrassed, men and women don't matter, but he is not willing to recruit Chen Qin, he doesn't want to have unreliable employees in his farm. It doesn't matter how big or small the ability is, but at least you have to do your duty and be diligent, but what do these Chen Qin have?