On the southern outskirts of Fengdu City, a wasteland.

Gangu Yu led all the beauties in straw skirts, and many city defense soldiers sent by Plante were busy. Pieces of greenhouse brackets have been erected, and some have been covered with greenhouse film, which is spectacular.

"Hey, the climate here in Fengdu City is warm all year round, and now it's just summer, do you need to build a greenhouse?" Pei Pei wiped the beads of sweat from his forehead and asked.

"Greenhouses are not only used for thermal insulation. "It can be used for the insulation and overwintering cultivation of crops in winter and spring, and it can also be replaced with an awning for shade and cooling in summer and autumn, and it can also be used to prevent rain and wind." ”

"Then what are you going to plant, don't you like the sun and need shade?" Pei Pei asked, licking his lips.

"That's not all, it's mainly about rain and wind. Gan Guyu smiled, looked around and said, "The greenhouse over there has been built, I'll go over there to improve the soil quality first." If you're tired, take a break. ”

Pei Pei squinted and nodded, "Go, go, go!"

Gangu Yu took out a bowl of watermelon smoothie and handed it to her, and then walked towards the greenhouse at the far end. I really have to admire the execution of this group of people, obviously it is the first time to see such a thing as a greenhouse, but I only saw that I did a demonstration, and then I was able to build the greenhouse according to the installation drawings that only understood the drawings.

Next is the main event, Gan Guyu shook his head and smiled bitterly. This time, he asked Plante for 100 acres of wasteland in the southern suburbs of Fengdu City, including small hills and flat land, and the first phase of development was the nearly 20 acres of greenhouses built on flat land.

It is not difficult to reclaim all these nearly 20 acres of wasteland, but it is necessary to use a soil petri dish to improve 20 acres of land. Although his total mana power was much higher than that of an ordinary fourth-order mage, he couldn't withstand such a squander.

Therefore, he only selected those saline-alkali lands for soil improvement, and the other part was used as experimental land, and handed over to the beauties in grass skirts to use fertilizer to transform the farmland. The continent is vast. There is a barren wasteland everywhere, and it is impossible to let Gangu Yu improve them one by one, right? Then he will not have to do anything else in his life. If the use of fertilizer can successfully transform thousands of hectares of fertile land, then the promotion value is very huge.

Of course, this was also regarded as a research topic by Gangu Yu and submitted to the Cyprus Magician Academy for project approval, and the project funds were very large.

When Gangu Yu replaced the soil in the nearby greenhouse with loose and fertile soil. He called Pei Pei Linlin and others to help, and prepared to start the trial planting.

"What kind of seedlings is this?" asked Linlin, pointing to the pile of herbaceous seedlings in front of her.

"Strawberry is also a fruit. "The natural ripening period was supposed to be at the end of May, but now we have to hurry up and plant a batch to attract more people to come back and plant." ”

Strawberries are planted in September every year, and autumn temperatures are ideal for new roots to develop and strengthen seedlings. If you plant in the open field, it will mature at the end of May of the following year, and if you plant in greenhouses, you can mature in February at the earliest.

Ganguyu's plan is to use this vitamin-C-rich fruit. Attract people to Fengdu City. After all, this will be the first fruit to be grown by ordinary farmers, and this alone will attract many people who understand the business opportunities. Three months to promote and prepare for planting is already very tight.

"That's what you're talking about?" Pei Pei wondered, "but how?"

"That's for later, let's plant the model first!" Gan Guyu smiled mysteriously and began to lead everyone to plant strawberry seedlings.

Strawberries are suitable for high ridge planting, which thickens the root soil layer and makes the plant grow robustly. Meantime. Strawberries can be hung on both sides of the ridge to provide sufficient sunlight for fruit coloring. And it's not easy to rot the fruit.

Generally speaking, strawberries should be planted with ridges two feet wide and half a foot high, and the ridge spacing should be one foot. Plant two rows of strawberries on each ridge, and the plant spacing should be half a foot. The depth of soil covering is the key to the survival of strawberry seedlings, and the base of the seedling core is flush with the soil surface as the best. Too deep will cause the core of the seedling to rot, while too shallow will expose the roots.

After the strawberry seedlings are planted, they need to be watered immediately after the root is planted. Strawberry has shallow root distribution, large transpiration, and at the same time, it is not resistant to waterlogging, and has strict water requirements. However, strawberries have slightly different water requirements in different growth periods. Fruit growth and ripening are most demanding, and soil moisture should not be too low, even during the accumulation of nutrients and bud formation in the plants.

As a plant that requires a lot of water and fertilizer, furrow application of water and fertilizer is a very important part of strawberry cultivation. In the flowering and fruiting stage, the ditch irrigation needs to irrigate the water to more than half of the height of the ditch, so that the water gradually seeps into the furrow, and the remaining water is then extended to the drainage ditch to discharge.

Under the effect of the growth of all things, the strawberry plant quickly entered the flower bud differentiation stage. There is a lot of work to be done during this time, the first of which is cultivating and fertilizing. Cultivating is conducive to the decomposition of organic matter, and generally speaking, shallow cultivation should be done about three times at this stage.

At the same time, because the ability of strawberry flower buds to compete for nutrients is weak, in order to ensure the quality of fruits, top dressing should be carried out once at the budding stage and the early stage of fruit set. Old dead leaves and stolons need to be removed in time, generally only five to seven leaves need to be kept to meet the photosynthesis needs of strawberries.

Because Ganguyu started planting strawberries after the summer, the soil did not need to be overly heated, so he and everyone covered the strawberries with mulch. The mulch film can not only maintain the temperature and humidity of the soil, but also prevent the excessive contact between strawberry fruit and the soil to cause pollution and affect the quality.

A common problem with greenhouse cultivation is the difficulty of pollination. Although it was summer and there were many beekeepers outside Fengdu City, Gangu Yu didn't bother to trouble them at this time, which also conflicted with his purpose of harvesting strawberries quickly. So he once again mobilized the power of the masses and began the work of artificial pollination in a mighty way.

Strawberries have monoecious flowers, but cross-pollination has a higher fruit setting rate than auto-pollination. Although it is best to pollinate insect vectors, artificial pollination also has the advantages of fast flower drop, low nutrient consumption, nutrient concentration, rapid fruit development, large fruit size and few deformed fruits. Everyone found some small soft brushes and swept them on the stamens on the inside of the petals, and then on the raised pistil in the middle of the flower.

After completing these tedious processes, the strawberries in the field finally began to ripen under the influence of the growth of all things. The attractive red berries hang on both sides of the ridges, which looks very delicious, and the whole greenhouse is filled with a faint aroma of strawberries, which makes people can't help but relish.

Seeing that everyone around him was already eager to try, Gangu Yu smiled and picked a tender strawberry and handed it to Peipei's mouth: "Open your mouth." ”

Pei Pei licked his lips, and with a whoosh, he bit off most of the strawberry. Pale red juice flowed down the corners of his mouth, and everyone around him had a swallowing reaction. (To be continued.) )