Chapter 398: Strawberry Picking
In addition, there is the problem of seed treatment, which is a troublesome job.
The day before sowing, 800 times methyl tobujin solution should be used to water the seedling soil, when the seed buds grow to about 0.5 cm, sow in the seedling tray, the seeds should be flat, the bud tip is upward, the top is covered with fine nutrient soil 1.5 cm thick, and 800 times methyl tobuzin solution is used to water the seedling tray, and the temperature is kept at 25-30C to ensure that the seedlings emerge neatly.
After emergence, the temperature can be kept at 18-28C. The seedbed would rather be dry than wet. In early spring, frost damage should be prevented and sufficient sunlight should be ensured. In summer, seedlings should be prevented from growing in high temperatures.
Of course, there is still a lot of work ahead, and it is not achieved overnight. Chu Jiaqiang didn't put pressure on them, he told them these first, and did the preliminary work first, and then the rest of the work in order.
On the way back, Chu Jiaqiang was thinking that after harvesting this batch of vegetable fields in his family, he was not going to grow any more vegetables. He had a plan, which was to grow baby tomatoes, or pearl tomatoes as some people call them. This small tomato is very popular outside and many young people like to eat it.
In fact, the main thing is that you don't need to grow vegetables, and it is so troublesome to get up early in the morning to cut vegetables. The preliminary work is a bit complicated like planting watermelons, but after that, it is much more leisurely, and when it is picking, it may be busy for a while.
After going back, Chu Jiaqiang spread the news that the strawberries in the strawberry field were already somewhat ripe, and those who liked them could go in and pick them, all for free, but they couldn't take too much away.
When the news came out, many tourists rushed to Chu Jiaqiang's backyard, and they didn't care if the money was or not. The main thing is to experience some fun of picking yourself. In the city, some suburbs do the same. Of course. It's not free. Instead, let the guests go to the strawberry field to pick their own, and after picking them, they will weigh the money.
This would have been a good practice and would have been good for everyone. First, for the guests, they mainly want to enjoy the fruits of their labor. For the growers, they don't have to pick the fruit themselves, which saves a lot of work. Why not?
Two days ago, many people noticed Chu Jiaqiang's strawberry farm, and when they looked inside, many of them had turned red. This strawberry is considered to be very early. Outside, a pound is sold for more than ten yuan, and sometimes, I really feel like I can't eat fruit.
Brother Wren has already eaten it. Some time ago, there were strawberries ripening one after another, and Brother Wren flew in from time to time to make one out to eat. Other animals such as little squirrels don't like to eat this fruit, so they have to watch the wren do evil.
However, the wren brother is not eaten for nothing. During the Chinese New Year, people received a lot of red envelopes. After the Chinese New Year. When those tourists came back, they also congratulated people with their powerful mouths, and took a lot of them. These benefits were all taken by Chu Jiaqiang. Ye Caiping counted it. During the Chinese New Year, Brother Wren actually had the most red envelopes, with a total of more than 3,000 yuan. Then there are the little squirrels.
However, the little squirrel has accumulated a lot of net worth before, and when it comes together, it is still stronger than Brother Wren. Whenever the banknotes accumulate to a certain number, the little squirrel will be placed by Chu Jiaqiang.
It's not just the tourists who wander around the strawberry fields, but there are also many children. None of the children in these villages have eaten this kind of artificially grown strawberries, but many wild ones have eaten a lot. In the past, on the street, I saw someone selling, but for seven or eight yuan a catty, almost none of the children were willing to buy it.
Zhou Furong also brought a stool in, put the stool in the place where the strawberries were ripe, and sat down to eat.
"It's still a little sour, but it's good, this time." Zhou Furong opened the part of the strawberry stalk and threw it in his mouth.
As you know, the strawberries here have never been sprayed with pesticides, so you can eat them as soon as you pick them.
Jackton and the others couldn't figure it out. Chu Jiaqiang basically ignored these strawberries, but they grew so well, even better than those grown in high-tech greenhouses in their country. Could it be that this is really a feng shui treasure in the mouth of the fifth uncle in the village?
Chu Jiaqiang went in and walked around, and by the way, reminded everyone that those that are not very ripe are better not to pick them so quickly, and in addition, don't eat too much, there is no benefit.
"Didn't you say that the first year of strawberry harvest was not good? But our strawberries seem to be very prolific! Ye Caiping looked at the dense strawberries hanging everywhere and couldn't help asking.
"That's not absolute, that is, usually, the first and third years of the harvest are not very good, only the second year will be better." Chu Jiaqiang replied. As we all know, strawberries are a three-year-old cash crop, and only the second year is the golden age.
"Old Village, do you know how much strawberries are a pound now? You pick for free like this, and the loss is not small! One of the tourists laughed.
Chu Jiaqiang smiled and shook his head: "Whatever!" Everyone came from afar, they all came to play, and they couldn't talk about money for anything, which affected everyone's mood. ”
When the people around heard this, they immediately resonated, and they also admired Chu Jiaqiang's mentality. Many of them have been to a lot of tourist areas, but wherever they go, the locals, or the local merchants, are trying to kill you. On a trip, if you don't have three or five thousand, it will be very embarrassing.
Coming to Chujiazhai is different, just the cost of travel, the cost of accommodation and meals here, the attractions are not charged, of course, if you want to go rafting, then there must be a charge. Someone once calculated that after a week in Chujiazhai, 1,000 and a half people in the province had already had fun and eaten. Those outside the province, that is, a little more travel expenses, and the others are the same.
However, when you leave, you want to bring back a lot of other people's specialties, so let's talk about it separately. However, the price here is very low, take out two or three hundred yuan, and definitely carry a large bag of things back, and the freight may not be enough.
"Haha! My strawberry is a twin. One child laughed and was very proud.
I saw that he was holding a strawberry in his hand, which was twice as large as other strawberries, and if you looked closely, you knew that this strawberry was originally a combination of two strawberries. This kind of strawberry is considered a deformed strawberry, so it is better to eat as little as possible.
Normally grown strawberries have a heart-shaped appearance, but some strawberries are bright and large, with misshapen bumps on the grains and a hollow center in the middle after biting.
In the market outside, there are a lot of these misshapen strawberries. This phenomenon is actually caused by the abuse of hormones by fruit farmers in the planting process, and eating a large number of such strawberries may harm human health.
Although everyone also knows that it is impossible for Chu Jiaqiang to use hormones and the like, it may also be caused by ultraviolet rays and gene mutations. The last possibility is that the seeds of this strawberry were deformed at that time, and the genes have been mutated.
"Try not to eat strawberries like this, you know?" Chu Jiaqiang said to the child.