Alpine Orchard - Chapter 368

[Chapter 368 Flowering, Pollination]

records the daily temperature and growth of melon vines.

The continuous sunny days after the cold wave created perfect external conditions for watermelon flowering.

The watermelons in the seed greenhouse have bloomed one after another, and artificial pollination has also been carried out. One plant, one vine and one melon, the pollination was successful, and the watermelon expanded rapidly after fruit setting. The golden beauty and the unicorn melon are the size of goose eggs. The little golden phoenix and the little bee are both as big as eggs.

The spiritual spring was only watered last night.

For the watermelon that has been planted, it is necessary to allow the watermelon to stay on the vine for as long as possible, and also to delay the ripening time of the watermelon. Otherwise, the flesh of the watermelon is red, and the watermelon seeds inside have not yet developed well.

In continuous sunny days, the 30-acre watermelon greenhouses are also blooming one after another.

At dawn, Ye Mo went downstairs to cook Chaoshou, then called Master Liu and the others, and came to the shed at seven o’clock.

Master Liu and the others went into the greenhouse and started working.

Jin Meiren, one plant has two vines, and the main vine has two melons. One melon or two melons for secondary vines…

Xiao Jinfeng and Little Bee watermelon, three vines for one plant, and two melons for main vines. Vice vine, one melon or two melons.

The melons and vines are all neatly fixed on the shelf, leaving gaps between each other, which are easy to distinguish. It took a lot of time to comb the melons and vines before…

The benefits of combing the melons and vines carefully are now revealed. It is convenient to pollinate the watermelon…

“All the female flowers are pollinated.” Ye Mo said, “Everyone, act faster.”

Picking flowers for pollination, one male flower pollinates two female flowers.

“It’s all started.” Tang Xun walked in and said.

“Did the heater turn on last night?” Chen Chen followed behind and said.

Ye Mo let out an ‘hmm’.

Ye Mo had told them how to pollinate watermelons and what to pay attention to.

“The watermelon over there hasn’t bloomed yet?” Ye Mo said.

“It’s blooming.” Tang Xun said, “Watermelons bloomed yesterday. The amount of flowering is very small, unlike yours.”

“Me too.” Chen Chen said: “My newly cultivated seedlings have only been grafted. , haven’t been planted yet… The watermelon here is blooming, and it feels a bit messy to continue planting.”

“Who told you that you didn’t take care of it.”

“I read on the Internet that when pollinating the watermelon, the first part of the watermelon’s tip should be pollinated. Breaking the two knots can increase the success rate of pollination.” Tang Xun said.

“The success rate of pollination on my side is very good, it’s unnecessary.” Ye Mo shrugged: “You guys came here to talk about this?”

“Watermelon pollination has entered the expansion period, do you need to manage water and fertilizer?” Tang Xun asked.

“Yeah.” Ye Mo nodded.

“I want to borrow a plastic water tower from you. We will move to Niubei Mountain to make water and fertilizer conveniently.” Tang Xun said.

“All the plastic water towers on my side are fixed.”

“You used the spare water tower in the big warehouse.” Tang Xun said.

“Put it in the back of the villa.” A plastic water tower with a capacity of 50 tons, the water for the sauna, swimming pool and swimming pool is put from the water tower.

Ye Mo scratched his head and said, “Why don’t I dismantle a water tower for you guys.”

Tang Xun waved his hand: “I have a 30-ton water tower over there, which is very good when I use it. If you want to dismantle it, go back and dismantle the one at my house.”

” Why don’t you buy one.” Ye Mo said, “Urge the merchant to deliver the goods quickly, and it will arrive in four or five days.”

“It’s okay.”

Ye Mo stared at the work and went.

Pollination of watermelons is a race against time…

The ideal time for pollination should be from 8:00 to 10:00, when the pollen is most vigorous.

Ye Mo and the others entered the shed at 7:20.

There is temperature regulation in the greenhouse, and it is good to enter the greenhouse at this time.

The flowering period of watermelon is very short, only a few hours. It is usually opened in the morning and closed in the afternoon. The time to pollinate watermelons is very short.

Of course, there are also individual watermelon flowers that bloom in the afternoon.

After sending Tang Xun and the others away, Ye Mo went into the shed to see everyone’s work, and then stood in a row, picking male flowers to pollinate the female flowers.

Pollination is simple.

The trouble is figuring out the female flowers.

This is not to say that it is difficult to distinguish female flowers…if there are small melons under the petals, that is a female flower. If there is no small melon, it is male flower.

Finding the female flowers is the most time consuming.

Fortunately, the watermelon runs neatly along the shelf…following the melon vine, the female flower can be found at a glance if it is fast, but it will take ten or twenty seconds if it is slow.

Concentrate on pollinating the watermelon, the speed is still very fast.

Just as he was fully devoting himself to it, someone beside him suddenly said ‘Hey’, and Ye Mo’s body trembled in fright.

Seeing that it was Li Xuebin, Ye Mo was immediately speechless: “Scared me, why did you come here?”

Li Xuebin smiled and said, “Come and have a look. Are you too busy?”

Ye Mo nodded: “It’s okay.”

“I’ll stop by to see if I didn’t catch any crayfish today?”

“I’m too busy here. Later Zhang Wenyuan and the others will come over and unload the cage by themselves,” Ye Mo said.

“Your business is fine. The customers catch it themselves.” Li Xuebin smiled and said, “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 and helped pollinate: “The durians that you sold here before have all been sold out.”

“It’s almost mid-November, and those durians are sold out?”

“It’s expensive. It’s hundreds of catties…” Li Xuebin said, “If your durians grow again next year and have the taste and taste of this year, we can work hard and sell them at a high price.”

“How do you work? ”

“Don’t sell them all at once. Leave it alone and sell it slowly.” Li Xuebin said: “I also have a low-temperature warehouse over there, which has not been used much. Slow down the sale, I guess… the price on my side can reach 150 It costs 1 catty per catty, and some grade A fruits are B grade. Some A grade fruits of your durians have a lower yield rate than inferior ones…”

Ye Mo chuckled, and the phone rang: ” Hey…okay…get out of the cage yourself, and weigh yourself after you catch it…our old friends, don’t believe it, okay.”

“Zhang Wenyuan is here.” Li Xuebin said.

Ye Mo nodded…

Li Xuebin looked at the time and said, “I’ll go and watch the crayfish catchers. I’ll weigh some and take them back later.

” “Ye Mo said with a smile.

“That’s not good.”

“Do it yourself to have enough food and clothing…”

“Hahaha, that’s fine, I’ll catch it myself. I haven’t eaten your crayfish for a long time, so I’m panicking.”

It was half past eight and it was finished artificial pollination in six greenhouses.

This speed is neither slow nor fast.

“Come on, hey.” Ye Mo shouted loudly.

“It’s already very fast.”

“My two arms are like hot wheels…”

The flowering period of watermelon is very short, just a few hours. The best pollination time is usually two or three hours. In the afternoon, the petals close…

After the petals close, it doesn’t mean that pollination is impossible, but the success rate of pollination will be greatly reduced.

(end of this chapter)