Chapter 399: Great Harvest
Small space.
Almost all the crops in the greenhouse space are ripe.
Except for the vegetables in the No. 1 shed, the rice in the No. 3 shed, the wheat in the No. 4 shed, the corn in the No. 5 shed, and the cotton in the No. 7 shed, all of them are ripe.
As far as the eye can see, the fruits are abundant, and the harvest is in sight.
In the No. 3 greenhouse.
Looking at the golden rice field, the stalks were bent into ears that almost touched the ground. The plump grains, like strings of gold, make the hearts of those who look at them happy.
"Uncle Cheng, what do you think of the yield of these rice fields?"
Standing on the stone ridge, Tianming said to Cheng Fangwen, who was squatting on the ground to observe the rice plants up close.
"The average grain of a single plant is more than 100 grains, and the average weight of 1,000 grains is about 60g, which is far better than I imagined, and if I calculate the yield with these two numbers, I estimate that the rice yield of one mu of rice field can reach about 1,100 kilograms, which is higher than the yield of Yuan Longping's three-line hybrid rice."
1100 kilograms, that is, 1.1 tons, and the average adult eats about 500-800g of rice every day, so calculated, one acre of rice field, enough for a family of three to eat for a year, one acre of land, the basic ration problem of the family is solved.
Xue Hong is from the city, but when she saw such a bumper harvest, she couldn't help but be happy, "The yield is too high, I just don't know if this kind of rice is delicious?" ”
"Tianming, is there a sickle or something, let's start harvesting rice."
The grandfather on the side had itchy hands, he had planted the field all his life, and it was the first time he had seen rice with such a high yield.
"No, I don't. Grandpa, I'll just use my ability to harvest. ”
After Tianming finished speaking, after opening the ability space and enveloping a golden rice field, he made room for a harvest, and the rice in this field, with its stems and leaves, was all collected by him into the ability space.
"Oh, what do you mean by that? Cutting with a sickle is called harvesting. ”
Liu Shengzu stepped forward to stop it, what is farming? The only way to do this is to start with transplanting the rice and then to put down the mature rice plants one by one. This harvesting process. In order to taste the joy of harvest, Tianming is doing it like this, fast is fast, but the meaning of farming is much less.
See my grandfather's strong request. Tianming had to create a scythe from the ability space for his grandfather. After my grandfather went to the field. Grandma also had some itchy hands, so she asked Tianming to make her a sickle, and grandma also went to the field to cut rice...... No way. My grandparents have planted the land for most of their lives, and they have not done farm work for a long time, and the first time they saw this kind of harvest scene, although they are more than 80 years old, they are all happy at the moment and return to the true colors of farmers.
Except for the rice field left for my grandparents to mow and play, the other fourteen fields were all harvested in the morning.
Threshing, collecting, bagging with the ability, take out a scale, and start measuring the yield.
Cheng Fangwen took a notebook and remembered it.
Yield of the first plot: 1182 kg
The second plot yielded: 1176 kg
The third plot yielded: 1209 kg
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The average yield of 14 plots of land: 1180 kg, which is not bad from Cheng Fangwen's estimate, but slightly higher.
"When these paddy fields are planted and sown, the rice varieties selected are not the best varieties, and the planting density of the plants is not very high, if the right rice varieties are selected, and then increase the planting density, it is possible to increase the yield per mu to 1500 kilograms. Moreover, the light time of the small space is long, and the rice can mature in only three months, which is a month's work in the outside world, and the environment of the small space is very stable, and the rice can be planted continuously, that is, 1 mu of rice field in a small space is at least equal to 10 acres of land in the outside world. ”
Cheng Fangwen thought to himself again: "Now the country needs a large gap in grain, at least 200 million mu of land must be reclaimed to make up for the gap, and if the task of growing grain is put in a small space, as long as 20 million mu of land is reclaimed, this gap can be plugged...... It's so exciting. ”
Don't dare, Tianming said to him before, farming in a small space needs to consume a lot of special energy space, his current ability, two days to open up a greenhouse space is the limit, a greenhouse space of fifteen acres, to reclaim 20 million acres of land, then have to wait until the Year of the Monkey and the month of the horse?
It's not realistic.
In addition, Tianming's main purpose of planting a little land is to think of a variety of yellow dates and red fruits, these two things are very important, and they must be used enough.
He has already seen the first and second greenhouses, the six-leaf clover inside is almost completely ripe, and it is estimated that it will bear fruit in a few days, and the jujube trees have also jumped to a height of more than one meter, which is faster than on the earth.
He thought for a while and said to Cheng Fangwen: "Uncle, if you want to grow food, you can wait for the flood of Blue Mercury to recede, plant it on the land over there, and plant as much as you want, even if you plant a billion mu, it's no problem to use it in a small space." ”
Cheng Fangwen nodded, just a little regretful.
Come to the No. 4 greenhouse space.
If ripe rice mixed with green leaves is only 18K gold, then mature wheat fields can be said to be 24K pure gold.
The entire No. 4 greenhouse space is golden, swaying under the disturbance of the breeze from the hair dryer, like a dancing girl, hanging down the ears of wheat, telling the shyness in the heart.
Tianming plucked an ear of wheat with a long plush, counted the plump wheat grains on it, four rows of protruding water chestnuts, twenty grains in each row, and a mature wheat plant, that is, 80 grains of wheat.
Wheat grains are much larger than rice grains, about double the grains, but the density is slightly smaller, contains more crude fiber, and the weight of 1,000 grains is about 80g.
"Uncle, how is the yield of these wheat?"
"It should be around 1,000 kilograms."
Wheat is different from rice, it is planted on dry land, more drought-tolerant, but the yield is lower than that of rice grown in paddy fields, water is the source of life, and wheat that is not moistened by enough water will naturally have a lower yield.
However, with the development of breeding technology, the yield of some varieties of wheat is not much lower than that of rice, and the climate is suitable for the environment, coupled with abundant rainfall. The yield of wheat per mu is 4,500 kilograms, which is easy. In ancient times, the land with a yield of two stones per mu (about 240 catties) was almost synonymous with "high-yield fields", and there were dozens of acres of such land, which is now the local tyrant.
The small space environment is more suitable than the outside world, the water is abundant, and the yield of wheat per mu is 1000 kilograms, which is almost not exaggerated.
When it was time to harvest the wheat, my grandfather came over with a sickle and said, "Dawn, don't harvest all the wheat, leave a piece of land for me." ”
"Got it. Grandfather. ”
Fourteen more wheat fields were harvested in the morning.
After weighing statistics. The average yield per mu was 1,182 kilograms, nearly 200 kilograms higher than the estimate, which was a bit unexpected by Cheng Fangwen.
"How is it possible that these wheat yields more than rice?"
After thinking about it for a while. He can only attribute the reason to the fact that wheat is better suited to growing in small spaces. I didn't look too deep. After being a little surprised for a while, I followed Tianming to the No. 5 greenhouse space.
The No. 5 greenhouse space is planted with corn.
The origin of corn is the Americas, and it was introduced to country H in the 16th century. Because it is suitable for planting in many regions, the yield is much higher than that of general wheat and sorghum, and it can be eaten raw after maturity, very delicious, suitable for all ages, and has become the staple food in many places, such as corn steamed bread, corn steamed bun, which feeds thousands of people in country H, and corn is also the highest total crop in the world.
A corn cob that Tianming broke off from a plant, 30 centimeters long, the length of an adult's arm, and the diameter of a human arm, was full of golden corn kernels.
From the edge of the corn head, he broke off a yellow corn kernel that resembled teeth, and Tianming put it in his mouth and tasted it.
It is very tender, with a lot of moisture, and when you bite into it, the sweet juice bursts in your mouth, and the tangy aroma rushes into your nostrils, making you appetizing.
"Well, it's delicious, it's so sweet! Crunchy and sweet! ”
Cheng Fangwen and Xue Hong also held a piece of corn in their hands, and after tasting it, they were full of praise, this kind of corn was more delicious than any kind of corn sold outside.
Cheng Dong carried a basket into the corn field more than two meters high and disappeared, only the sound of Suo Suo Suo was heard, and he was frantically breaking corn.
After eating half of the corn, Tianming actually felt a little full in his stomach, and took the remaining half of the corn cob in his hand to look at it, and wanted to eat it but couldn't eat it, so he could only throw it into the ability space, and wait for a while to eat it when he was hungry.
"Uncle, how is the yield of this corn? I feel like it's far more than rice and wheat. ”
Looking at the high cornfield, Tianming said.
Cheng Fangwen squatted on the ground, holding a pen and calculating for a while, and said excitedly to Tianming after getting the results: "A corn plant can probably grow three to four corn cobs, this kind of corn cobs are about 1.5 times larger than the corn cobs on the earth, on average, as long as one, it can provide an adult with a full meal." The yield of a single corn plant is about 1.5 kilograms, 2,000 plants per acre, that is 3,000 kilograms, and the yield of corn per mu in a small space is more than 3 times that of the outside world! ”
There are many factors to increase crop yield, plant size is an important factor, mature rice plants are about half a meter high, wheat is one meter, corn plant height is more than two meters, this is a rule, the higher the plant height, the greater the yield potential. Because energy accumulation requires a large number of leaves that can carry out photosynthesis, Yuan Longping, the father of hybrid rice, once had a dream of a white rice tree, and the tree was full of white rice, and then woke up with a smile.
The small space is flooded with sunlight and the crops are unleashing their yield potential, which explains why yields from rice to wheat to corn are higher than the other.
"Cheng Dong, stop playing, I'm going to harvest corn."
"Oh, come out right now."
Cheng Dong carried a basket full of corn cobs and staggered out of the cornfield, which was too heavy.
A piece of corn was reserved for my grandparents to harvest and play, and the remaining fourteen fields of corn were all collected into the ability space by Tianming, leaving bare straw on the ground.
As expected, after being weighed on a scale for half a day, the average yield of corn per mu: 3188 kg.
Corn is rich in nutrition, high protein content, can be used as human rations, can be squeezed oil, can also raise animals, can be used as a raw material for non-staple food production, extremely versatile, plus the metamorphosis yield in a small space, planting 1 acre of corn in a small space, is equivalent to planting 30 acres of land on the earth, thinking of this, Cheng Fangwen feels that staying in a small space to engage in agriculture is promising!
…… (To be continued......)