Chapter 365: Flowering, Pollination
Ye Mo records the daily temperature and the growth of melon vines.
The continuous sunny days after the cold wave set up the perfect external conditions for the watermelons to bloom.
The watermelons in the seed greenhouses have been flowering one after another, and they have also been pollinated. One plant, one vine and one melon, pollination is very successful, and the watermelon expands rapidly after fruit setting. The golden beauty and unicorn melon are the size of goose eggs. The little golden phoenix and the little bee are also the size of eggs.
I only watered the spiritual spring last night.
For the watermelon to be planted, let the watermelon stay on the melon vine for as long as possible, and also delay the ripening time of the watermelon. Otherwise, the watermelon is red, and the watermelon seeds inside have not yet developed.
On consecutive sunny days, 30 acres of watermelon greenhouses have also bloomed one after another.
As soon as the morning dawned, Ye Mo went downstairs to cook his hands, so he called Master Liu and them, and came to the greenhouse at seven o'clock.
Master Liu and the others went into the greenhouse and started working.
Golden beauty, one plant with two vines, and two melons from the main vine. One or two melons on the side vine......
The little golden phoenix and the little bee watermelon, one plant with three vines, and two melons from the main vine. Paravine, one or two melons.
The melon vines are all neatly fixed on the shelf, leaving gaps between each other, which is easy to distinguish. It took a lot of time to comb the melon vines before......
The benefits of carefully combing melon vines are now also apparent. Convenient for pollinating watermelons......
"All female flowers are pollinated." Ye Mo said: "Everyone's movements are faster." ”
Flower picking pollination, one male flower pollinates two female flowers.
"It's all starting to dry." Tang Sui walked in and said.
"Did you turn on the heater last night?" Chen Chen followed behind and said.
Ye Mo let out a 'hmm' sound.
How to pollinate watermelons, as well as the matters that need attention, Ye Mo told them before.
"Your watermelons haven't bloomed yet?" Ye Mo said.
"It's blooming." Tang Sui said: "There were watermelons blooming yesterday. The amount of flowering is very small, unlike the large batch of flowering on your side. ”
"Me too." Chen Chen said: "My newly cultivated seedlings have only been grafted and have not yet been planted...... The watermelon is blooming here, and it feels a bit messy to continue planting. ”
"Who made you fail to take care of it."
"I read on the Internet that when pollinating watermelons, pinching the second section of the tip of the watermelon can improve the success rate of pollination." Tang Sui said.
"The success rate of pollination on my side is very good, and it is not necessary." Ye Mo shrugged: "You guys came over and said this?" ”
"Watermelon pollination has entered the swelling period, is it necessary to carry out water and fertilizer management?" Tang Sui asked.
"Hmm." Ye Mo nodded.
"I'm looking for you to borrow a plastic water tower, and we'll move it to Niubei Mountain to make water and fertilizer." Tang Sui said.
"The plastic water towers on my side are all secured."
"You used the spare water tower in the big warehouse." Tang Sui said.
"Put it in the mountain behind the villa." A 50-ton plastic water tower, the sauna pool and the pool's water are placed from the tower.
Ye Mo scratched his head and said, "Otherwise, I will tear down a water tower for you." ”
Tang Sui waved his hand: "I have a 30-ton water tower over there, and it is very good when it is used." If you want to tear it down, go back and tear down my house. ”
"You guys buy one." Ye Mo said: "Urging the merchant to deliver the goods quickly, it will arrive in four or five days." ”
"Okay."
Ye Mo stared at work.
Watermelon pollination is a time rush......
The ideal pollination time should be between 8 and 10 o'clock, when the pollen is at its most vigorous.
Ye Mo and the others entered the greenhouse at seven twenty.
There is temperature regulation in the greenhouse, and it is also good to enter the greenhouse at this time.
Watermelons have a short flowering period of only a few hours. It usually opens in the morning and closes in the afternoon. The time to pollinate watermelons is also very short.
Of course, there are also a few watermelon flowers that bloom in the afternoon.
Sending Tang Sui and them away, Ye Mo went into the greenhouse to take a look at everyone's work, and also went over to stand in a row, picking male flowers to pollinate female flowers.
Pollination is simple.
The trouble is to find the female flowers.
This is not to say that it is difficult to distinguish between female flowers...... If there is a small melon under the petals, it is a female flower. If there is no small melon, it is a male flower.
Finding the female flowers, which is the most time-consuming.
Fortunately, the watermelon runs along the shelf and is neat...... Follow the melon vine, if it is fast, you can find the female flower at a glance, and if it is slow, it will take more than ten or twenty seconds.
Concentrate on pollinating the watermelon, and the speed is still very fast.
was devoting himself to it, and someone next to him suddenly said 'hey', and Ye Mo's body shook in fright.
Seeing that it was Li Xuebin, Ye Mo was speechless: "Startle me, why are you here." ”
Li Xuebin smiled and said, "Come and have a look." It's too busy. ”
Ye Mo nodded: "It's okay." ”
"I stopped by to take a look, didn't catch crayfish today?"
"I'm too busy here. Later, Zhang Wenyuan and the others came over and went to the cage by themselves. Ye Mo said.
"You can do this business, the customer catches it himself." Li Xuebin said with a smile: "What time will they come over, I'll catch some crayfish and eat them later." ”
Ye Mo looked at the time: "It should be soon." ”
Li Xuebin and Ye Mo chatted while helping with pollination: "All the durians you sold here before have been sold out." ”
"It's almost mid-November, and those durians are only sold out?"
"It's expensive. Hundreds of pounds ......" Li Xuebin said: "If the durian on your side bears fruit again next year, if it has the taste and texture of this year, we can operate it well and sell it at a high price." ”
"How does it work?"
"Don't sell out wholesale all at once. Put it away and sell it slowly. Li Xuebin said: "I also have a low-temperature warehouse over there, but I haven't used it much." Slow selling, I reckon...... The price on my side can reach 150 yuan for 1 catty, and some of the A grades are still B grades. Some of your durians have a lower succulent yield than the inferior fruits......"
Ye Mo smiled, and his mobile phone rang: "Hey...... Good...... Go down to the cage yourselves, and weigh yourself when you catch them...... Our old friends, believe it or not, okay. ”
"Zhang Wenyuan is here." Li Xuebin said.
Ye Mo nodded......
Li Xuebin looked at the time and said, "I'll go over to see the crayfish catchers, and I'll weigh some and bring them back later." ”
"What do you call it, you also go to the next cage and catch it yourself." Ye Mo said with a smile.
"That's bad."
"Do-it-yourself......
"Hahaha, that's okay, I'll catch it myself. It's been a long time since I've eaten the crayfish on your side, and I'm panicking. ”
It was half past eight o'clock, and the artificial pollination of the six greenhouses was completed.
This speed is not slow, nor is it very fast.
"Keep it up." Ye Mo shouted loudly.
"It's been soon."
"My arms are like Hot Wheels......"
Watermelons have a very short flowering period, just a few hours. The optimal time for pollination is usually two or three hours. In the afternoon, the petals close......
After the petals are closed, it does not mean that pollination cannot be done, but the success rate of pollination will be greatly reduced.