Chapter 116: Pollination
In May, Liu Junhao's yard became a world of flowers
The heavy acacia flowers had just bloomed, and the watermelons in the corner of the wall had also bloomed with small beige flowers, at first only one or two, and then the whole courtyard was enveloped in a floral fragrance.
Last year, he only planted about a dozen melon seedlings in the yard, and he didn't worry about eating watermelons all summer, until the end of October, and he put a big flower skin at home.
This year, more watermelons were planted in the yard, and the seventy or eighty seeds left at the beginning were scattered at the base of the wall, except for those that were distributed to Professor Zhao and Shi Suo.
Although there is no much care, these seedlings are very competitive and grow very luxuriantly. The branches and vines climbed along the courtyard wall, and many of the roots scurried into the ditch, giving birth to many aerial roots.
This melon seedling will kill the road, there is no gap in the ground, and there is no way to get off your feet. Liu Junhao was careful every time he went into the backyard, for fear of stepping on them.
That's not the way to do it, he still uses the same method as last year: since there is no space on the ground, then spread out into the air.
Those who can climb the tree will build it on the tree, and the rest will be built like beans.
He and Professor Zhao were busy for two days before tying all the melon seedlings to the shelf, and in order to prevent the death of the melon seedlings caused by the turning of the seedlings, Liu Junhao also secretly poured some spring water on the roots of each melon seedling.
Now these melon seedlings are more colorful, and in just a few days, six or seven small yellow flowers have bloomed on many melon seedlings.
Last year, a single seedling yielded a maximum of 21 fruits, and the lowest had 12. Looking at the growth of melon seedlings this year, it is estimated that it will be better than last year.
When the yellow flowers hit the ground, those quail eggs and large potatoes grow. Now they are still very small, and they don't need to go online for the time being, but Liu Junhao also prepared these things early, just in case it was too late.
These days, there are many colorful butterflies gathered in the courtyard again, but they are not as good as the pomp and circumstance of hundreds of butterflies piling up in the past few days.
But there were more bees, and when I walked into the backyard, the buzzing sound was incessant.
This little guy was busy in the yard all day long, provoking the bear children in the village to catch bees and eat honey in the yard every day.
Liu Junhao also did this when he was a child, that is, when the bee was collecting nectar on the stamen, he gently walked over, suddenly pinched a pair of its small wings with his fingers from behind, and then pulled off its tail. This way you can safely lick the honey. Generally, bees have a thick layer of pale yellow or milky white honey attached to their hind legs, which tastes sweet and spicy, and tastes quite good.
He was returning when he heard the little baby jumping and shouting in the backyard of his house.
"Uncle Xiao Hao, Uncle Xiao Hao, come and take a look" At this time, the hairy child also rushed to the front yard and shouted.
"What's wrong, what's wrong?" Liu Junhao ran into the backyard and saw the little baby covering his mouth and jumping there.
"The bee stings," the hairy child hurriedly explained.
It turned out that the bear child didn't get rid of the bee's tail when he pulled it just now, so he hurriedly put his mouth on his leg and licked it, but he was stung by the bee needle, and now he is jumping in pain.
"Hurry up and stick your tongue out and I'll take a look" Liu Junhao was angry and funny, and hurriedly asked the little baby to open her mouth wide, and then stuck out her tongue.
I saw that the tongue was already swollen with a large lump, and my eyes were small for a long time, and I finally pulled out the bee needle.
"You bear children, what did I explain just now, don't pull watermelon flowers. Why don't you listen, this flower is going to bear big watermelons in the summer. Liu Junhao saw a lot of watermelon flowers scattered on the ground and reprimanded.
After driving them all to the front yard, Liu Junhao saw that several wooden shelves had been knocked down, so he hurriedly found wire reinforcement.
When the wooden frame was re-erected, he suddenly remembered that he had come to those watermelons in the stone lock ground, and he should have produced a lot of small watermelons by now, right?
After he searched the past, he was surprised: there were a lot of flowers on the watermelon seedlings, but he didn't see a small watermelon.
What's going on, could it be that the water and soil are not adapted?
Liu Junhao felt too strange, all along, this stone lock gave him the feeling that it was worth raising and planting a good harvest.
But now looking at the many yellow flowers scattered on the sandy land, it makes people feel extremely depressed, and I really can't figure out why this watermelon doesn't bear fruit just by blooming.
It shouldn't be a problem with the spring water, and if that's the case, the melon seedlings in your yard won't bear fruit.
What is still missing in these seedlings, how can it not bear fruit?
Thinking of what was missing, Liu Junhao's head flashed, and he patted his forehead fiercely.
Isn't there something missing? Bee.
This stone lock is for a confined environment, where watermelons will grow without bee pollination.
Why did the lotus flowers in the spring last year bear lotus flowers? At that time, there were no insects in the stone locks.
But Liu Junhao immediately thought of the answer, that is, the fish in the spring water, as long as their bodies are gentle
The stalk of the lotus flower, then the pollination is done automatically.
It seems that some bees are still going to be introduced in the stone lock, Liu Junhao thought of this, and immediately started to catch bees in the backyard.
The weather was fine today, and it was the time when there were many bees, so he caught a dozen of them without much trouble and threw them in.
As soon as the bees entered the stone lock, they scurried around like headless flies. However, after the initial panic, the bees began to slowly calm down, and one by one they landed on the watermelon flowers to collect nectar.
At this time, Liu Junhao completely put his mind at ease, and paid attention to the tufts of fine grass that had just been planted on the beach
In just a few days, some of the fine grass has changed significantly. The leaves, which were originally only a few centimeters long, have now grown to ten centimeters, and they look a lot thicker.
If this momentum continues, it is estimated that the harvest will be soon. I just don't know if this fine grass will be able to cut a few stubbles like leeks.
Not to mention that this pillowcase is really a bestseller, Liu Junhao has already sold seven, and the two hundred yuan fell into his pocket.
Although this amount of money is not comparable to selling yellow eels to collect money, no matter how small the mosquito is, it is still meat. In addition, Zhang Qian was very interested in opening an online store, so he happily knitted a pillowcase.
No, I just turned on the computer, and someone came to message. Liu Junhao originally thought it was just general purchase information, but he didn't expect it to be a request.
This netizen who only loves Sydney came up and said a few words about the pillowcase that was very distinctive, and then asked if this thing was made up by him. Although Liu Junhao didn't know what medicine was sold in this person's gourd, he still answered patiently and meticulously.
"That's right, I like this pillowcase very much, can I change it to another pattern, I mean the pattern I specified." Only love Sydney at the end of his own request.
"You're saying you design your own patterns, and then I'll weave them and sell them to you?" Liu Junhao asked.
"That's what it means, can you do it, if you can, the price is negotiable." Another line popped up on the computer.
"I'll try it, and you'll bring the pattern." Is this person smashing the field or what is he doing, how to give me a problem, Liu Junhao muttered in his heart.
Soon I only love Sydney and sent a picture, the picture is not complicated, but the Chinese knot is written in a few big words "Good dreams every day", and there is a person's name behind it.
"No problem, of course this can be made up." Liu Junhao immediately sent the message after reading it. This pattern is nothing more than a change of soup and no change of medicine from what he used to weave, and there is no difficulty for him.
"Then I'm relieved, I'm afraid that you won't do it. By the way, can you hurry up, I'm in a hurry to use it, the price is not a problem. When you're done, send me a message, and I'll buy it. "I only love Sydney and start urging again.
Turning off the dialog box, Liu Junhao began to ponder again, it seems that this straw weaving career is really a great achievement. Should I add one more business in the future, that is, to weave according to the needs of customers?
When Zhang Qian came over, he said his thoughts, and sure enough, Zhang Qian agreed. A beautiful straw pillowcase can also be given as a gift, for example, to a lover or a parent.
If the name of the recipient is added to the straw weaving, the meaning is different. When a person sees "I wish you happiness every day" and "I wish xx every day happiness", the feeling must be different.
The latter sentence gives people a unique feeling, which can better reflect the intention of giving the gift, and also make the recipient psychologically think that the gift is made for himself alone.
After the two discussed, Zhang Qian crackled on the computer, added the news of adjusting the pattern according to the customer, and then repeated it in the forum.
When she finished the message, she suddenly remembered something, and began to pull out the fine leaves from the basket and weave them.
After a few days of exercise, the pillowcases that Zhang Qian made up were no longer as scattered as they were a few days ago. There are still some clowns, but at least they don't loosen when you pull them by hand.
"Rest for a while, you can learn straw weaving, don't get your fingers swollen." Liu Junhao saw that she kept blowing her fingers, and persuaded her with some distress.
"No, look at how I knit, can I give it away?" Zhang Qian took the pillowcase to him and showed it.
"There is progress, but there is no need to do it, I still make it up." Liu Junhao's cautious advice. With such an ugly pillowcase to give away, she is embarrassed to take it.
"No, it's more meaningful to do it yourself," Zhang Qian immediately refused, and then buried herself in the hard work.
Looking at her serious appearance, Liu Junhao couldn't help but guess: Give it away, should it be for yourself?
Thinking of this, his heart became beautiful, looking at the pillowcase made up by Zhang Qian, the more he looked at it, the better it looked