Chapter 608: Grafting
Because of Xiao Qiongzhi's good eyesight, he followed Prince Qiu and walked fifty meters away from the orchard, and he couldn't help but be shocked.
Because, this orchard is really amazing, not only are there all kinds of fruit trees, but also, maybe the season in this world is different from the season outside, it is already early winter outside, but it feels like spring and March here.
In the whole orchard, such as pear trees, cherry trees, peach trees, plum trees, and apricot trees, all bloom, and at the same time, these trees are also full of ripe cherries, peaches, plums, apricots and other fruits.
That is to say, on the one hand, many fruit trees are blooming in season, and on the other hand, as Prince Qiu said, there are still fruits that have matured in the past 100 years on these fruit trees that have bloomed in season.
For example, in the pear grove at the front, the snow-white pear blossoms look like they are basically about to bloom, but its branches, between the leaves and the pear blossoms, are full of dense, golden pears.
It looks like a string of sugar gourds, but it's not the same color as the sugar gourds, which are red and they are golden yellow.
Xiao Qiongzhi strode under one of the pear trees, looked up at the ripe pears hanging on one of the branches, which was less than two fingers thick, and found that there were at least two or three hundred of them, and they were basically the size of a fist.
Even if these pears only weigh 3 taels each, these two or three hundred pears weigh at least sixty or seventy pounds.
The two-finger-thick branches carried such a heavy fruit, but they were as tall as no one, and there was no sign of being bent at all.
"Prince Qiu, the pear trees in the mortal world, as long as they hang a little more fruit, they will bend the branches, these pear trees have so many fruits hanging on them, but they are still very tall, is this also because there is a formation protection in the orchard?" Xiao Qiongzhi pointed to a pear branch full of pears hanging on top of his head and asked curiously.
"No, it's because the soil of this world is the spiritual soil from the spiritual realm of my firmament star domain, and the river surrounding the spiritual soil is the spirit river water from the firmament star domain."
"Usually, even if it is a very ordinary fruit tree, as long as it is planted in spiritual soil, its body and branches are much more vigorous than those grown in ordinary soil."
"In addition, the spiritual soil is also divided into qualities. They are four categories: lower grade, middle grade, upper grade, and best grade. For example, the spiritual soil in this orchard is the high-grade spiritual soil. ”
"And the fruit trees that grow up by watering the water of the Linghe River usually contain enough water in it, but because it is the water of the spiritual energy, its weight is much lighter than ordinary water."
"For example, this pear seems to be the size of a fist, but its weight is less than one or two." As he spoke, Prince Qiu picked a pear from the pear tree, handed it to Xiao Qiongzhi, and motioned her to weigh it herself.
Xiao Qiongzhi checked it, and sure enough, it was so.
Before, when she was outside the bottle, Prince Qiu plucked the fruit from here and gave it to her, and she patronized to admire the shape and variety of the fruit, and did not pay attention to their weight, there was something wrong.
Now, she realized that these fruits, which looked as big as ordinary fruits, were actually two-thirds lighter.
I don't know what is the difference between the pears produced by this pear tree cultivated with spiritual soil and spiritual river water and ordinary pears?
She became interested, picked up the pear in her hand, and walked to a small river next to the orchard, intending to taste it.
Prince Qiu saw her purpose, stopped her, and said: "Zhi'er, the season here is different from the outside, it is the spring of March, it has rained every night recently, the river is damp, and there are many water droplets on the grass, you are wearing embroidered shoes, or don't go over, or I'll be here to help you wash the pears." ”
After speaking, Prince Qiu reached out to take the pear in Xiao Qiongzhi's hand.
Xiao Qiongzhi didn't think much about it, and gave the pears to Prince Qiu casually.
But after giving it, she remembered that she walked into the forest all the way, and did not find a creek or a small spring, a small well, a small pond or anything nearby, and she was very curious about how Prince Qiu would wash the pears, and stared closely at Prince Qiu's movements.
As a result, Prince Qiu raised his finger and pointed lightly under a nearby pear tree.
Under the pear tree, a well with a diameter of about one meter soon appeared.
Prince Qiu strode over, carefully washed the pears in his hand, and turned around to hand them to Xiao Qiongzhi, who had already come behind him.
"It turns out that there is a well hidden under this pear tree! Prince Qiu, did all the fruits you picked before be washed in this well?" Xiao Qiongzhi looked down at the clear well water, and couldn't help but ask curiously.
"When picking pears, they are washed in this well, and nothing else is there, because there is a formation in this orchard, and as long as you use the method of opening the formation, you can open a new well to wash things anytime and anywhere." Prince Qiu explained with a smile.
Xiao Qiongzhi couldn't help but be very envious.
This method of washing things at any time by opening the formation is similar to modern high technology.
When you have the opportunity, you have to learn how to set up the formation.
She thought as she picked up the pear and took a bite.
Well, it tastes really good, sweet and delicious, delicious and juicy.
She was very satisfied.
Next, Prince Qiu took Xiao Qiongzhi and walked around the entire orchard, and by the way, all the types of spiritual fruit trees in the orchard that belong to the eight major galaxies were introduced to Xiao Qiongzhi one by one.
Then, he looked at Xiao Qiongzhi with warm eyes, and asked loudly: "Zhi'er, what fruit trees do you see in this orchard that are suitable for grafting by grafting?"
Xiao Qiongzhi said: "Generally, it is a vine-like fruit tree, which is suitable for grafting. The vines, kiwi trees, and passion fruit trees in this garden are suitable for grafting. However, I have never eaten fruit grafted from this fruit tree. ”
"I've eaten melons and fruits grafted with watermelons, cucumbers, and pumpkins."
"Oh, watermelons, cucumbers, and pumpkins can still be grafted into melons and fruits? How does this method work?" Prince Qiu immediately became interested and raised his eyebrows and asked.
His mother likes to eat watermelon, cucumber, pumpkin and other things, if Xiao Qiongzhi has this grafting technology, once he learns it, he can not only graft melons and fruits to Xiao Qiongzhi to eat, but also graft melons and fruits to his mother to eat, but it kills two birds with one stone.
"This is a little more complicated than the grafting of ordinary fruit trees. For example, the method of connecting cucumbers and pumpkins is divided into six steps. ”
"The first step is to soak the seeds and promote germination. The grafted anvil pumpkin seeds are soaked for several hours and then placed at about 30 degrees to induce germination. It can germinate in one day and one night, and it can be sown in two days and one night, and cucumber seeds can be soaked and germinated, just do it in the usual way. ”
"The second step is to sow seeds. The sowing date is determined according to the length of seedling age and planting period. Usually cucumber seeds are sown 3-4 days earlier than pumpkin. After the pumpkin emerges, it is necessary to properly control the water to prevent it from growing. ”
"The third step is grafting. About half a month after the cucumber is sown, when it grows to about one half true leaf, it is grafted by the method of leaning and grafting. ”
"First dig out the growth point of the pumpkin seedling with a bamboo skewer, and then use a blade to cut the upper part of the pumpkin seedling about l.5 cm away from the cotyledons, and cut down obliquely about 35 degrees of □, and the □ depth is about 2/3 of the thickness of the stem."
"Then use a blade to place the upper part of the cucumber about l away from the cotyledons. At 5 cm, cut l □ about 35° upward, and the depth is about 2/3 of the thickness of the stem. ”
After the two melon seedlings are cut, the tangent surfaces of the cucumber seedlings and pumpkin seedlings are aligned and inserted so that there is no gap in the cutting □. After that, it is secured with plastic clips. ”
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