Chapter 397: Planting Watermelons
Seeing Chu Jiacheng pushing a bulldozer past the door, Chu Jiaqiang was speechless. This guy always gets the modern machines out there, and it is clear that he doesn't want to do gravity work and relies on these machines.
"What does he want to do?" Chu Jiaqiang asked the old village chief who followed behind, as well as Chu Jiacheng's father.
Chu Jiacheng's father looked helpless, obviously no longer in line with that guy. At the beginning, he was asked to come back as a village cadre to let him feel at ease and live a good life. Who knows if when I go back to the village, I still don't stop, and I get a machine back from time to time. If this continues, the little bit of family wealth in the family may not be able to withstand his tossing for long.
"It is said that I want to open five acres of land and prepare to grow watermelons!" Although the old village chief encouraged young people to start a business like Chu Jiaqiang, he was still shocked by such a toss-up guy.
"Huh! Growing watermelons, that's a good idea! There are more and more tourists in our Chujiazhai, and we don't have to worry about not being able to sell out. Moreover, watermelons were planted and produced in that year. Although the cost is a little larger, it is easy to recoup, so there is no need to worry about it. Chu Jiaqiang said to the two.
Hearing Chu Jiaqiang's words, he seemed to approve of this project, and the old village chief and Chu Jiacheng's father breathed a sigh of relief. Since Chu Jiaqiang said this, it will definitely not be discounted.
"Since you are also optimistic about Jiaqiang, it is up to him to toss. However, that kid doesn't seem to have any experience in growing watermelons, and we haven't grown that kind of melon, so we can't give advice. Therefore, I want to ask Jiaqiang for your guidance, I'm afraid that kid will mess around. Chu Jiacheng's father spoke.
Chu Jiaqiang nodded, for planting watermelons. He didn't try it either, but when he first planted strawberries. By the way, I took a look at what I need to pay attention to, and there are certain suggestions.
Watermelons are not our local thing, but China is the world's largest watermelon producer, and the market is very large. As for the origin of watermelon, it is actually not clear, because there have been watermelons in China for a long time.
There is a saying. Watermelon is our native melon seed, and legend has it that it was discovered when the god of agriculture tasted herbs. Originally, it was called thin melon, which means melon with lot of water and thin flesh, but later it was passed down and became watermelon.
But more people prefer that watermelons were introduced from the Western Regions during the Han Dynasty. Hence, call it watermelon. But at the end of the day, watermelons seem to have first appeared in Egypt in Africa. Some people speculate that during the Han Dynasty, watermelons were transmitted to the Central Plains through the Silk Road.
But no matter what you say, watermelon tastes sweet and juicy, refreshing and thirst-quenching. It is a good fruit in midsummer, which can not only dispel heat and thirst, but also has a good diuretic effect. Therefore, it is known as "natural white tiger soup". In addition to being free of fat and cholesterol, watermelon contains almost all kinds of nutrients required by the human body, making it a nutritious, pure, and safe food.
"Actually. The villagers are still a little less courageous, and they should be bold in development. Watermelon is also a type of fruit. Compared with other fruits, there are certain advantages. Chu Jiaqiang said to the old village chief.
The old village chief nodded, and suddenly asked, "Some of your strawberries seem to be ripe, and I saw that some of them were already red yesterday, when are you going to sell them?" ”
The old village chief mainly wanted to see how much money Chu Jiaqiang's batch of strawberries could make, so that the villagers could feel more confident in their hearts, and they would not look forward to what they would do in the future.
"For the time being, it can't be big, it's all some first-ripening, I'm going to let tourists and others pick it freely first, anyway, it's not a lot, and when a lot of it is ripe, let Tang Fu come over, and I have already said it at the beginning." I think it should be another month before you can look at sales. Chu Jiaqiang replied.
According to his plan, the first batch and the last batch will not be sold to the public for the time being, so that tourists can taste it with the people in the village, so that everyone can feel a mood. A large number of mature ones in the middle will be taken away by Tang Fu.
His strawberries were planted relatively early, and with some spiritual watering and the mild temperature in the south, the strawberries naturally ripen early. In other places, if it is not cultivated in a greenhouse, it will not be eaten until around May.
When they arrived at the field, Chu Jiacheng had already opened the crusher and seriously broke the ground. His mother picked up the weeds in the back, and his father carried a shovel and prepared to divide the ground into a trench as his son instructed.
"Their watermelon seedlings have already been cultivated?" Chu Jiaqiang asked suddenly.
The old village chief was watching, and when he heard Chu Jiaqiang's question, he immediately frowned: "I don't know, it shouldn't be yet, right?" ”
"Ugh! Watermelon seedlings have not been cultivated yet, why do you do it so quickly? Loosen the ground and use it to grow grass? "Chu Jiaqiang sweated wildly, it turned out that the guy just had an idea, but he didn't prepare.
"Isn't it just after loosening the ground and growing directly in the ground?" The old village chief asked curiously. In the village, everyone planted winter melons, pumpkins, gourds, etc., and they all threw them down directly, and they would grow.
"Of course not, planting watermelons is actually the same as planting cucumbers and cucumbers, you have to raise seedlings first, wait for them to grow into finger lengths, and then reprint them on the ground, that kid doesn't know?" Chu Jiaqiang and the others have nothing to say about such a person.
The old village chief's face sank suddenly, and he hurriedly stopped Chu Jiacheng and the others and asked what the situation was.
Who knows, that kid really doesn't know yet, and he hasn't even bought watermelon seeds yet. This time, Chu Jiaqiang really didn't know what to say.
"Then let's breed first!" Chu Jiacheng's face was slightly red, and he said embarrassedly.
Chu Jiaqiang nodded: "This piece of land that has been laid will be used to raise seedlings!" You go and buy watermelon seeds first, and I don't know if there is such a thing to sell in the town, after all, we don't grow this kind of melon and fruit in Heqian Town. By the way, buy some white plastic paper back. ”
Subsequently, Chu Jiaqiang supported them again. First of all, the small arch shed should be done well and used to cultivate melon seedlings.
Small arch sheds should be selected in the north-south direction, covering an area of 1 wide. 4-1。 6 meters, first open a 60 cm wide and 40 cm deep melon ditch in the middle, turn the soil and fertilizer thoroughly after fertilization and make it into a 60 cm wide, 10-15 cm high turtle back shaped cultivation bed, form a 30 cm wide watering ditch on both sides of the bed, and make a 20 cm high and 20 cm wide furrow on the outside of the ditch.
Every 1-1 on the ridge. Insert a 2-meter-long, 4-centimeter-wide piece of bamboo into 2 meters to form a width of about 1. 5 meters, about 0 high. The 7-meter arch frame has a 2-meter-wide film buckle on the frame, and the surrounding area is tightly compacted with earth pressure, and the spacing between the sheds is about 1 meter. The structure of the small arch shed can generally stabilize the temperature at more than ten degrees, can meet the requirements of watermelon seedling slow stage.
"That's to cut the bamboo! Then I'll get it. Chu Jiacheng's father said. Before leaving, he glared at his son fiercely, he actually missed so many things, if he hadn't invited Chu Jiaqiang just now, I'm afraid he would have made a mistake