Chapter 319: Harvesting Corn
Xia Qing squatted on the edge of the cave, carefully observing the two colorless, odorless, and transparent strange turnip grasses, and decided to move them outward fifteen centimeters to keep them farther away from the spring.
Because these two stalks of the Turnips were originally grown in the depths of the evolutionary forest north of the White Seven Base. It was dry and cold, and comparatively speaking, Hui Sanji was moist and warm.
If the grass is still at the same distance from the spring after transplanting to her territory, it is likely that it will not be able to withstand the moisture, turn into water, and rot.
Although it was not bought with money, and she didn't have to pay for it if she died, but if it was rotten, she would lose one million, that is, she would lose an area larger than Mount 49, Xia Qing felt distressed when she thought about it.
Even if it's not for the sake of selling for money, who can guarantee that he won't be calculated to be poisoned in the future, or go crazy out of control due to the increase of the elements in his body? Grass can save lives at critical moments.
Therefore, she must serve these two turnip grasses as ancestors.
Xia Qing pinched the native soil that Yang Jin brought back from the stone pit, and found that the soil was more humid than when he poured it out of his pocket yesterday.
This is not possible, it is easy to rot the roots if it is too wet, and it is necessary to increase the air permeability of the soil.
Fortunately, the problem of drainage and ventilation was considered when planting, and there were two cracks under the stone pit selected by Xia Qing, otherwise she might have to move the grass out as a whole and make a few more holes in the stone pit.
If there is a leaking stone crevice and the soil moisture is also increased, it means that the drainage and air permeability of the soil are insufficient, and it is necessary to add granular gravel to the soil to increase the drainage and air permeability of the soil.
What kind of gravel particles should I use?
After carefully observing the gravel particles in the soil, Xia Qing made a decision: to use the crushed stone that was left over from the protective shell of the Yishi and sifted out of the soil near the Yishi.
Because this kind of gravel gives Xia Qing a feeling, it is very similar to the gravel particles in the grass.
Just do it.
Xia Qing immediately went home to fetch the gravel, carefully moved the two little ancestors out first, then mixed the gravel into the soil, and then moved the growth position of the two little ancestors outward by fifteen centimeters, and then blocked the entrance to the hole.
In order to ventilate the grass, Xia Qing did not block the hole tightly, leaving a gap. The spring water will attract small animals, in order to prevent small animals from breaking the insect net and getting into it to drink water, and ruining the grass, Xia Qing sprayed insecticides and fungicides near the stone cave.
She did everything she could. Whether these two little ancestors are dead or alive depends on their own creation.
After breaking the toon leaves for the sheep boss, Xia Qing went home to make breakfast to fill his stomach and went straight to the corn shed.
The two catties of corn seeds given by Luo Pei were planted in late June, and a total of 1,900 corn sprouts were grown, with a germination rate of 63 percent. After the rain and other losses, there are still 1,415 plants left, and the loss rate after germination is as high as a quarter.
All things considered, only 47% of the 3,000 corn seeds sown early survive to the harvest period. The corn seeds exchanged from the safe area next to it were not of high quality, and only 32% of the seeds germinated and grew to the harvest stage.
This is the current situation of the cultivation of crops in Blue Star after the Great Evolution of Biology.
Because of the unpolluted spring water and the use of Zhang San's soil pesticides in advance, Xia Qing's corn harvest rate is the highest in this territory.
Of course, as Xia Qing's planting experience improves, as long as she does not encounter devastating natural disasters, next year's corn will definitely grow better than this year, and she is convinced of this.
The bottom leaves and the husk that covered the corn in late June have yellowed and withered, indicating that the corn is ripe and should be harvested.
In order to make it easier to plough the land, Xia Qing decided to dig out the corn roots along with the corn plants.
The agricultural tools needed to do this kind of work are a kind of hoe, the hoe surface of this hoe is only 10 centimeters wide, but the length is 20 centimeters, its hoe is thick, the hoe blade is very sharp, the hoe surface is at right angles to the wooden handle half a meter long, it belongs to a small agricultural tool.
Qi Fu called this kind of hoe a small pickaxe, and when using a small pickaxe to cut corn, you need to bend over and exert yourself, but the work efficiency is much higher than that of using a shovel.
Xia Qing, a power evolutionary, is the most important thing to lack. She picked up a pickaxe and pushed forward at a rate of one plant per second, bringing down more than 1,000 plants of corn in 40 minutes.
Looking back at the two neat rows of corn stalks that had been put down, Xia Qing wiped the sweat off his face, waved a small pickaxe and shouted, "Boss, second, look, this is the country I have laid for you!" ”
The sheep boss who was gnawing on the tender grass in the corn field didn't raise his head, and the sick wolf who was playing with grasshoppers outside the shed was very face-saving, sticking out his tongue at Xia Qing, hahaha.
On a rock on the edge of the shed, the red squirrel wags its big fluffy tail, waiting to eat white food.
Xia Qing poured a few mouthfuls of sweet spring water, wiped the sweat beads off her face, and began to peel the forty corns she picked out separately and threw on the ridges.
It is a pity that a total of more than 2,000 corn plants sown early and sown late did not appear with a green light, so Xia Qing only picked out the yellow light corn with low content of dead elements, large corn cobs and full seeds, and reserved seeds for the next corn crop next year.
Xia Qing tore open the skin of the corn cob, peeled the corn off, and put it in his pocket. The corn stalks are green, the husks are withered yellow, but the peeled corn is white.
The corn sown early is white corn kernels, and the late sowing one grows yellow corn kernels, Xia Qing doesn't know the difference between these two corn kernels yet, so he plans to leave some seeds for both, and plant both next year.
The farm work of peeling corn aroused the interest of sheep bosses and sick wolves. The peeled out of the long corn cob made the red squirrel almost shake its tail away, jumping up and down outside the shed, hoping that Xia Qing would quickly give it a cob.
One is impossible, a few grains are okay. But now the peeled corn has not fallen yet, and those who eat white food have to perform for a while.
The sheep boss came over and sniffed the corn that Xia Qing peeled out, lost interest, and went to eat corn leaves again. The sick wolf learned Xia Qing's movements, used his teeth and claws together, and finally peeled out a corn, and then expressed his joy at Xia Qing with "woo" and "woo".
"The second child is so smart, really amazing." Xia Qing broke off the corn peeled by the sick wolf, put it in his pocket, and scratched its chin.
The sick wolf was pleased, flicked his tail and picked another corn, and peeled it with his teeth and claws.
The sheep boss took the leaf in his mouth, walked to the nearest corn cob, and stepped on it with his hooves in the movement of the sick wolf, and the result was ......
The corn was trampled into the soil by it.
The sheep boss peeked at Xia Qing, and then used his hooves to dig out the corn and hold it down, and withdrew the corn husk with his mouth, and then the corn was actually withdrawn into two.
The sheep boss looked at the fallen half of the corn, and the more he looked at it, the more unhappy he became, and he looked up and called his companion, "Ah! ”
"Boss, what's wrong?" Xia Qing heard the call, stood up and walked to the sheep boss, looked at the half of the corn cob he peeled out, and was speechless.
What's more, on a corn cob more than 20 centimeters long, there are only two corn kernels, and they are still lying on their stomachs, looking like a scab on a person's body, and I can't wait to pick it off immediately!
Lao Tzu has worked hard for more than 100 days, why do you grow two corn kernels, who are you worthy of?
"Boss, it's not your fault, it's this corn plant that is ignorant." Xia Qing peeled off the corn plant, which was still half growing, and took a look.
What's more, this half is even more excessive, and only one corn kernel grows.