Chapter 62: Breakthrough
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Chu Jiaqiang got up early in the morning, and today is the day of breakthrough. He first did the first layer of physical training as usual, and at this time, he was already able to fight skillfully and uninterruptedly.
Back in the mountain and river diagram, Chu Jiaqiang immediately sat down and ran the true qi in his body.
The aura in the mountain and river diagram began to converge towards Chu Jiaqiang, and drilled into Chu Jiaqiang's body along his Baihui acupoint. There are more and more spiritual qi in the meridians, walking along the route run by Chu Jiaqiang, and finally gathering the dantian.
In the end, the dantian boomed, just like the Big Bang, the original dantian was a small pool, and now it has become a small lake. The aura outside is still pouring in, like a little starlight in the night sky, very beautiful.
Chu Jiaqiang opened his eyes, and the surprise on his face couldn't be hidden. He found that the meridians had been doubled, and the meridians, which were originally as small as a hair, were now the size of chopsticks. The true qi has also changed, it used to be as ethereal as the wind, but now it is like a layer of fog.
"Ten times more power!" The Chu family went outside and hit the huge longan tree. The longan tree trembled violently, and countless leaves fell down. The place where it was beaten, there was a faint fist mark on the tree.
Chu Jiaqiang took out some spiritual water and watered this longan tree, which was regarded as a little compensation for it.
By this time, it was already dawn. Xu Xiu also got up early and made breakfast for everyone after washing. When she saw the door open, she felt strange, and when she walked over and looked out, she saw Chu Jiaqiang.
"Huh! Jiaqiang is earlier than before today! There aren't many young people who get up early now, and the kid at home won't get up at ** o'clock during the holidays. Xu Xiu knew that Chu Jiaqiang had the habit of exercising in the morning, so it was not surprising.
"Huh! Everyone is used to it. Chu Jiaqiang smiled.
"Hmmm! Hey! How do you drop so many leaves? It doesn't make sense! It's not the time for the leaves to fall, and the leaves are all green, strange. Xu Xiu walked out, found the green leaves all over the ground, looked at the big canopy above, and couldn't help but say strangely.
"I think it's weird too! It may have been infested by insects. Chu Jiaqiang explained slightly.
Xu Xiu pondered for a moment and nodded, but he didn't delve into it, but he just felt strange for a while.
Waiting for Xu Xiu to leave, Chu Jiaqiang hurriedly cleaned the door with a broom, so as not to attract the attention of other people who are not easy to fool, and it will be difficult to explain at that time, you can't say that you hit it with one punch, right?
Breakfast was lean porridge with a plate of sour radish.
"Brother! Will you still go up the mountain later? Chu Jiawan asked.
"No, I have serious things to do, and I have to plant strawberries today. Girl, you can help dig seedlings when you have time, don't know all day long to go crazy with a bunch of children. Chu Jiaqiang couldn't help but pull a strong man, relying on himself, when will he finish planting those strawberries?
"Okay! Brother, I'm your sister, how much salary do you pay me? Chu Jiawan's eyes began to roll. The thief's awkward appearance suddenly made Yan Tianzhi and Xu Xiu laugh.
Chu Jiaqiang scolded with a smile: "You said it all, you are my sister, and you still need my brother's salary, you can open your mouth." ”
"One thing is one thing, and my brothers and sisters have to settle accounts!" Chu Jiawan obviously didn't want to let go of this opportunity to slaughter the local tyrants.
"Okay! Give you 100 yuan a day, so that no one will sue me for child labor. Chu Jiaqiang didn't care either, and directly offered Chu Jiawan a high salary.
"I'm going to help too! But I don't know much, you have to teach a few tricks. Xu Xiu said with a smile. To be honest, the two of them always feel that they owe a lot to Chu Jiaqiang, and they want to do as much as possible to help them so that they can feel more comfortable.
Chu Jiaqiang knew her thoughts, and he didn't refuse: "Okay!" Then thank you Aunt Xu! ”
After breakfast, the three of them went to the small strawberry field. Chu Jiaqiang demonstrated it first, there was no way, even Chu Jiawan had never gotten this thing.
Strawberries are grown in a three-year cycle. Only a few strawberries can be harvested in the first year, and a lot will be harvested in the second year, but after the third or third year, the yield of strawberries will drop significantly, and the plants will need to be replaced. Therefore, it is reasonable to arrange the cultivation of new plants to ensure that there are always some strawberries that are born in the second year every year, so as to obtain the greatest economic benefits.
When the strawberry grows well, it grows a vine, and at the end of the vine it grows new plantlets. When the plantlet grows to 3~4 leaves, you can cut it and plant it in another pot, paying attention to watering. It is best not to let the new plant of the first year bear strawberries, only to let it grow more leaves.
So when you find a new strawberry blooming a year, you should pluck the flowers. At the same time, don't forget to hang a small sign on the plant with the planting date of the new pillar so that you don't forget it later. Remove any other excess vines from the new plant. If the strawberries are planted in the yard, also pay attention to weeding. When watering, be careful not to get the strawberries wet, as once the strawberries are splashed with water, they are prone to rotting.
Strawberries are suitable for growing in sunny, hydrophobic soils. The depth of the soil is about 8~10 inches.
For large strawberries, the row spacing should be 12 inches, and the plant spacing should be about 18 inches. The vines of the plant should be removed in time to facilitate the fruiting of strawberries. Strawberry yields are cyclical, so it's best to grow some new plants in the first few years of planting.
If you don't like to manage strawberries, you can plant a strawberry every 18~24 inches, so that strawberries can grow everywhere. Of course, it will look a little messy, and the strawberries are not big. If you want to avoid this, you can pluck some vines appropriately.
In autumn, the plants are covered with a layer of soil to protect them from frost. After the soil is frozen, you can spread 3~4 inches of hay on the plants. In the spring of the following year, when new leaves have grown, remove the hay. When the weather warms up and stabilizes, remove the top layer of the plant with mulch. But leave some hay between the rows to prevent the growth of wild grasses and to keep the soil hydrated.
Of course, this is the general case. Chu Jiaqiang's land is sandy, and the hydrophobicity must be very strong. The sunlight is also abundant, even if it is planted under the tree, the impact of sunlight will not be too great, and with spiritual water, the strawberries grown are definitely good strawberries.
Chu Jiaqiang explained while digging: "Select new leaves to carry out normally, the leaflets are symmetrical, the leaf color is dark green, the petiole is thick, the leaves are large, the growth is robust, the yield is good, and the diseased leaves and old leaves are removed." ”
Both women are meticulous and ingenious people, and they quickly get started. Chu Jiaqiang asked the two of them to dig seedlings and plant them themselves.
When planting, there is also some exquisiteness, first of all, the density is moderate, which as long as people who have done farm work will pay attention to this. 7,000 to 10,000 strawberry seedlings are planted per acre. Flat furrow: 4 rows per furrow, row spacing 0.30 to 0.35 m, plant spacing 0.20 to 0.30 m, high furrow: 2 rows per furrow, row spacing 0.25 to 0.30 m, plant spacing 0.15 to 0.25 m.
Planting depth is the key to the survival of seedlings, planting too deep and too shallow, will cause the seedlings to die, the correct way is to the seedling root neck and the ground, arch the back outward to achieve deep and shallow roots, and let the root system fully stretch, after planting to compact the soil, immediately after planting watering through.
After that, it has to be watered for three or four consecutive days, checked in time after watering, and replanted the seedlings, open root seedlings, and crooked seedlings according to the requirements.
Because it was the first time for everyone to plant strawberries, there was no experience to speak of, let alone proficiency, so the process was very slow, and we couldn't plant half an acre in one morning.