Alpine Orchard - Chapter 178

[Chapter 178 Sensory Index of Watermelon]

watermelon 130 mu of watermelon, 30 mu of cantaloupe…

and more than 30 mu of netted melon with shelves.

All the organic fertilizers were applied once, and there was not much to do after that. It is to regularly clean up the newly grown vines and water them.

With Ye Zhi, Chen Chen, and Tang Xun here to help, everything can go smoothly.

The melons and fruits in the fields are growing day by day.

… On

the production team’s side, the mangoes have already bloomed.

The pomegranates have also grown new leaves, flower buds…

Ye Mo poured more than a ton of spiritual spring into the reservoir last year. After entering March, all the orchards need to be irrigated. By the way, the spiritual spring of the reservoir also enters the orchards of every household…

One ton of spiritual spring is diluted to the entire reservoir, and then the fruit trees are watered.

Ye Mo felt that the fruit trees in the village were growing very gratifyingly. Last year, everyone applied organic fertilizer to the fruit trees. This year… under the arrangement of the village committee, the orchard at the foot of the mountain was also irrigated with water and fertilizer.

It is understandable that the fruit trees grow well, and it is not all due to Lingquan. Even, Lingquan’s contribution should not be particularly great.

After all, too few spiritual springs were given to the reservoir.

…

busy time, passing very quickly.

In a blink of an eye, it’s April.

Gaoshanping watermelons have all been finalized, that is, they will no longer grow up and enter the mature stage.

The earliest watermelon planted is almost ripe.

The watermelons are all set, and the rest is just waiting, waiting for it to ripen.

Ye Mo has taken root in the melon field now, even if he is not working, he still runs to the melon field several times a day.

The watermelon in the greenhouse has also stopped expanding, even if it continues to water the Lingquan… the super-large watermelon has also taken shape, but it has not yet matured.

Ye Mo dialed Zhang Yuanqiao’s video call: “Mr. Zhang, how are you doing?” On the

phone, Zhang Yuanqiao smiled and said, “The business has been pretty good recently. By the way, are you going to sell your crayfish? I Some old customers here are still talking about your crayfish.”

“There are not many crayfish, and they are all kept for breeding. The crayfish here are estimated to be sold in July and August.” Ye Mo said.

“That’s it.” Zhang Yuanqiao nodded with a smile, “Let me see the big watermelon.”

Ye Mo switched the camera and said, “These big watermelons are generally over two hundred catties in size.”

“The biggest one weighs. ”

The biggest one weighed 267 catties two days ago.” Ye Mo said: “The watermelon has stopped expanding, and it can gain some weight when it is ripe and watery. But it must not exceed 300 catties.”

” It’s a pity. Three hundred catties is a cut-off point. If it can exceed three hundred catties…”

Ye Mo smiled: “It’s too difficult to raise a watermelon that exceeds three hundred catties. I guess it’s possible in summer. I am planning to plant a batch of large watermelons, and I will see if I can grow more than 300 catties.”

“Okay. If it exceeds 300 catties, the price will still be the same as before, 100,000 yuan each.” Zhang Yuanqiao said with a smile: “I set up a greenhouse here in the resort, and there are watermelon seeds you gave me, and other large varieties… Don’t say, the seeds you gave are really good, and all 30 seeds have survived. The largest watermelon weighs 89 catties , but it is estimated to be a hollow melon.”

Winter watermelons are really difficult to grow, especially large watermelons.

Zhang Yuanqiao specializes in cultivating large-scale watermelons, the largest of which weighs more than 100 catties. You don’t need to open it to know it’s hollow.

The smallest watermelon planted by Ye Mo has grown to more than 50 catties. As long as it is not particularly large, it is not hollow. But those watermelons are not ripe yet…

“Mr. Zhang, I want to ask you something.” Ye Mo said.

“Tell me.”

“What’s the price of the watermelon now?”

“The watermelon in this period of time is relatively expensive. The purchase price here is 4.8 yuan per catty.” Zhang Yuanqiao said: “I got the goods from Lao Gao. It’s a second-grade melon. The demand for watermelon on my side is not very high, and it takes several days to purchase more than 1,000 catties at a time. Is the watermelon on your side ripe?”

“In the next few days, it will be able to be picked.” Ye Mo Dao.

Ye Mo said: “I just cut a watermelon, and the flesh is already turning red.”

“How does it taste?”

“It’s quite sweet.”

“The market for watermelons this year is not bad. The purchase price is 7 yuan per catty.” The

two chatted for a while, then hung up the phone.

In fact, Ye Mo had already contacted Boss Gao to come to see the goods, the same Boss Gao introduced by Tang Xun last year.

The price of watermelon is one day, and the price is only given after seeing the melons in the field.

Now the quantity of watermelon is small, and the price is high.

The second-grade watermelon mentioned by Zhang Yuanqiao is the second-grade watermelon sensory index classification.

Dropping melons in the greenhouse is basically the first level.

Watermelons have not yet been launched in large quantities, so the price of watermelons is high and they are still in demand.

It’s just a matter of price, there is no such thing as unsellable.

The sensory index of watermelon includes melon shape, melon color, melon flesh, maturity and melon surface, which are used for evaluation.

Melon shape:

special grade, with the shape that this variety should have, regular appearance, fresh and clean, no peculiar smell, with storage and transportation resistance and maturity required by the market.

Grade 1: It has the shape and shape that this variety should have, and it can meet the requirements of special grade, and it has the maturity required by the market for storage and transportation.

Second grade: It has the shape and appearance that this variety should have, and it can be inferior to the requirements of the first grade…

Melon color:

Super grade, with the skin color that this variety should have, without yin and yang.

Grade 1, with the skin color that this breed should have, without yin and yang.

Grade 2: It has the skin color that this breed should have, with a slight shade.

Melon pulp :

special grade, with the flesh color and flavor that this variety should have when ripe, uniform, no hard lumps, no white veins, no hollow

…

Peel: special grade, less than and equal to 1.2 cm. Level 1, less than and equal to 1.3 cm. Class II, less than and equal to 1.4 cm.

There are better, more complex indices.

For small melon farmers, these indexes are useless. But for big melon farmers, these indexes are very useful. Special grade, first grade, second grade…the price difference is quite large.

Generally speaking, it is not easy for watermelons in the field to reach the sensory index of super grade and first grade. But in the greenhouse, the watermelon on the shelf, the watermelon grows in the air, the melon shape, melon color, melon surface, etc. It is easier to achieve perfection.

As for the watermelons in the field, there are usually more second-grade watermelons. First-class comparison, super-rare…

‘Didi…’The sound of a car horn came from the house.

Then, Ye Mo’s cell phone rang: “Hello, Mr. Gao… I’m at the melon field, okay…”

Ye Mo waited here for a while, and an SUV drove over.

“Mr. Gao, Mr. Guo.” Ye Mo walked over and handed two cigarettes.

Gao Yuan, the fruit wholesaler.

Mr. Guo, the owner of the online fruit shop. Mr. Guo’s company has Gao Yuan as a shareholder, and the two are partners.

“Hey, this endless watermelon is growing very well.” Gao Yuan lit a cigarette, looked at the melon field, and said with a smile.

The watermelon leaves in the melon field are still green and look very tender. This kind of melon field can be seen to be managed very well at a glance. It is a melon field that needs two or three crops…

If the early-maturing melons are well managed, watering and fertilizing the watermelons after they are picked can awaken the vitality of the melons and vines and allow them to bloom again. ,result. That is to say, overripe watermelon, like cutting leeks, harvests one crop after another.

But such melon fields are mostly in greenhouses.

“My batch of watermelons are very good. In terms of appearance, they are no worse than the hanging melons in the greenhouse.” Ye Mo also smiled and made an invitation gesture.

(end of this chapter)