Alpine Orchard - Chapter 402

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Back to Gaoshanping, it’s past one o’clock in the afternoon.

The workers have already started to work…

The cantaloupe picked today is less than half of yesterday’s, and the cantaloupe with the No. 2 label has been picked and is being loaded into the truck.

Now that the weather is cooler, Ye Mo doesn’t care about taking a nap when he is busy.

Lin Xiaomian drove the car home, Ye Mo came to the shed, took a sip of tea, and helped to load the car together. I worked until after six o’clock in the afternoon before loading the car.

In the next few days, the main work every day is picking melons.

8 days of pollination…

Counting from the first day of picking, it took only 6 days for the melons to be picked.

The price per catty is 20 yuan, and 1 ton is 40,000 yuan.

40 greenhouses, a total of 503.12 tons were picked, which is 20,124,800 yuan.

If you don’t count the car that Li Xuebin and the others gave Ye Mo, the output value of cantaloupe is not as good as watermelon.

Even if that car is included, it is not as good as watermelon in terms of output value per mu.

Today is the 24th, and on the 22nd, the watermelons in the greenhouse bloomed some flowers. The number is small…

Watermelon flowers can only be pollinated in the morning, and the best pollination time is only two or three hours. In the first two days, the flowers bloomed less, so I set aside more than one hour a day, two hours… that’s all.

After the cantaloupe was picked, the watermelons began to bloom in large numbers, which was just the right time.

Pollinate the watermelon in the morning while pinching the heads.

This is the second crop of melons, pinching off the head… that is, pinching off the top buds of the vines. Doing so reduces nutrient consumption and increases the chances of pollination.

Ye Mo’s second crop is considered a real second crop. Under normal circumstances, it is not easy to sit on a second crop.

“I’m busy.” After eight o’clock, Tang Xun rode his bicycle to Gaoshanping, and found Ye Mo in the shed.

“En.” Ye Mo nodded: “The second batch of melons over there are sold out?”

“Picking will start tomorrow.” Tang Xun said.

“Is it rated yet?”

“Level one.” Tang Xun said.

“Where is the problem?”

“The size of the watermelon is not uniform, the thickness of the rind, the sweetness…” Tang Xun shrugged: “It is not bad to reach the first level.”

“How much is 1 catty?”

“6 yuan and 5 cents .” Tang Xun chuckled.

Although it is not as expensive as the first batch of melons, the second crop of melons is 6.5 yuan per catty, which is still very profitable.

When the melons are harvested, he will recover the cost, all the costs.

In terms of the management of the second crop of melons, the main costs are fuel and electricity.

Heating the greenhouse can earn a lot of money a month.

But in general, the price of the second crop of melons reached 1.4 yuan, and the extra is profit.

The second crop of melons is managed by their family members, and no one is hired. At 6.5 yuan per catty, you can earn a lot.

“Ye Zhi, where is Chen Chen’s watermelon?”

“Ye Zhi, Uncle Niu and the others, 4.8 yuan. Chen Chen’s watermelons are not well managed. The watermelons are of different sizes, and there are many problems… 3 yuan per catty.” Tang Xun Spread your hands.

“Three yuan?”

“How long has it been since you went to see Chen Chen?”

“This season, watermelons worth 3 yuan…that’s a very common watermelon.” Ye Mo said.

“Chen Chen and his family don’t have enough hands, and they can’t always hire people. The progress of the management of the greenhouse has always been piled up, and then they are done together…” Tang Xun said.

Ye Zhi called his father-in-law and mother-in-law over to help with management. 5 laborers are in the greenhouse, and the 17-acre greenhouse…is still very easy to manage.

Chen Chen and the others were just three of them.

Although Ye Mo’s parents occasionally went to help, but only occasionally.

If greenhouse watermelon is to produce results, it must be carefully managed.

Chen Chen’s father’s health is not good, and their family has the most greenhouses, so it’s normal that they can’t manage it.

“It costs 3 yuan a catty, so it’s not a loss.” Ye Mo said, “It’s good if you don’t lose money.”

“Chen Chen’s 3 yuan a catty may not be a loss, but he shouldn’t be making money either. Wrong, although some seedlings were planted later, the management is even more messy…the seedlings planted later are not growing well.” Tang Xun also helped Ye Mo pollinate the watermelon, while talking about Chen Chen’s problem.

Watermelons are in different growth stages, and the required temperature is not necessarily the same.

The vine growth period, the melon sitting period, the watermelon expansion period, the ripening period…the optimum temperature requirements are different. If the seedlings added later can be managed well, then it will be hell.

“How many pollinating vines do you have here?” Tang Xun asked.

“All the female flowers are pollinated.” Ye Mo said.

“All?”

“Spread the net widely.” Ye Mo smiled and said, “I’m the second crop of new vine melons here, and the melon sitting rate should not be high. How many female flowers are there, how much pollination… Afterwards, I will cut off the crooked melons. And melons with poor growth.”

Jin Meiren, one vine and one melon will be fine.

Little bee and little golden phoenix, two or one vine. After all, these two varieties are small melons, and they don’t have high requirements for the size of watermelons… as long as they can weigh more than two catties, that’s fine.

“The second crop of melons over there should be able to sell for about 500,000 yuan.” Tang Xun said: “And I have also set aside new vines, at least one or two crops can be produced. Greenhouse melons are still very profitable, but My wife doesn’t want to grow watermelons anymore.”

Ye Mo nodded: “There are a lot of things to do in the greenhouse. But it’s about half a year… It’s pretty good to earn a million in half a year.”

“Too worrying.”

“You used to make cakes, so don’t worry about it.” Ye Mo said.

“Now it’s different from before. In the past, you couldn’t do it… Now there are 130 acres of pomegranates at home.”

“So, your greenhouse is really going to change hands?”

Tang Xun gave an ‘hmm’ and said: “17 acres of greenhouses, site construction… I spent about 700,000 yuan.”

Steel frames for greenhouses, warehouses, land contracting, pit opening, etc.

700,000 yuan should be included in the manpower input.

“It’s a bit expensive.”

“If you want, 500,000 yuan.” Tang Xun said, “When I finish harvesting this year’s watermelon, I will transfer it to you.”

“It’s not me…my dad wants my two uncles to come over Planting watermelons.” Ye Mo said: “They chop bamboo every day in their hometown, and they work so hard, but they can’t make much money… Your greenhouse is really 500,000 yuan?”

“500,000 yuan , I’m not at a loss. After all, the watermelon has made money here.” Tang Xun said with a smile: “To be honest, the cost of our greenhouse is already high. 700,000, who wants it.”

“Or , you plant another two years?” Ye Mo said: “You do

n’t want to plant greenhouses anymore, what do you want to do?” As you said, it would be great if our family can manage the pomegranate garden well.”

“Whatever you want, if you really don’t want to plant greenhouses, I’ll follow.” Ye Mo said: “If you still want to continue planting, then Just get on with it.”

Tang Xun nodded: “I just suddenly feel that I am getting older and I can’t do what I want.”

“In my early thirties, my health will not work… Hehehe…”

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