PFC Chapter 348: Peach Blossom Spring...
Chapter 348: Peach Blossom Spring...
During this time in Taohuayuan, people were tidying up the harvested farmland.
Strong laborers were organized to carry the fermented fertilizer from the farm and spread it on the fields to nourish the soil.
At present, in addition to more than 2000 acres of sweet potatoes and potatoes, there are also more than 100 acres of cotton.
I don’t know if it’s a problem with the cotton seeds, the soil here, or some problem with the farmland management.
The cotton in these 100 acres is not growing well. The cotton bolls on the cotton plants always fall in large numbers.
Even if the cotton bolls are able to sit firmly, they will not grow big.
After Li Lanzhen discovered this problem, she quickly planted cotton on all ten acres of land in the space.
Plant several times to save enough cotton seeds and prepare to use the cotton seeds planted in the large fields in Taohuayuan next year.
See how the cotton harvest turns out next year.
Zhang Deshui walked around the paddy fields and dry land with his hands behind his back all day long.
Then, every day I would nag at the dinner table like Xianglin Sao.
"I see the temperature here is just right. It's a pity to leave so much land empty. Let's plant another batch of wheat."
As soon as he opened his mouth, he was stopped by everyone.
“Let’s not do that. This is the first time we grow crops in Peach Blossom Land.
The relationship between the temperature here and the growth and maturity cycle of crops has not yet been fully understood.
We should not waste grain seeds." Han Shunde stopped him.
Han Dazhong also said, "Yes, let nephew Zhang Songshan continue to record the changes in the temperature and surrounding vegetation.
When the farming season is over in winter, we will discuss next year’s planting time and how many crops to plant based on the records.”
Li Lanzhen looked at the idle paddy fields and dry land and felt it was a pity to see them being abandoned.
It suddenly occurred to her to scatter a row of sunflower seeds in the space.
According to the growth time of plants in space, if planted in this large field, it will mature in more than 80 days.
Perhaps these seeds should be early-maturing sunflower seeds.
So he looked at Zhang Deshui, who was frowning all day long, and then looked at everyone and spoke.
"Otherwise, we can try to grow some sunflowers. What do you think?"
As soon as she finished speaking, Zhang Deshui's eyes lit up and he quickly said, "Okay! We can grow sunflowers. We can fry them and eat them, or we can press them for oil."
"Sunflowers, I wonder if they can grow and mature before the snow falls and the temperature drops?" Han Shunde was not as radical as Zhang Deshui. He had to be responsible for the village chief.
Zhang Deshui quickly glanced at him.
"I think it's okay, we can plant several hundred acres of sunflowers."
Li Lanzhen nodded. She still believed in the sunflower seeds produced by the space.
"Okay, let's plant 500 acres first and give it a try."
Han Dazhong looked at Li Lanzhen with a sad face.
"Sister Lanzhen, I think the cotton we planted on these 100-plus mu of land is not growing well.
I'm afraid we won't get much cotton this winter."
When he said that, everyone thought of the more than 100 acres of cotton fields that were drooping all day long.
Zhang Deshui also had a bitter face, "Well, it's strange to say, this piece of land is not very fertile, but it's not barren either.
Why doesn’t the cotton grow well after planting it?
Every morning when I check, I'll see peaches on the ground.
Some peaches are filled with whitish cotton.
It's such a pity that the cotton bolls fell to the ground before they fully opened!"
Li Lanzhen thought about it and realized that the land was right next to a big river.
"Could there be rocks under the soil? They are hindering the growth of cotton roots, so the cotton cannot grow well."
"That's impossible. When we were reclaiming the land, we used a plowshare to plow deeply," Zhang Deshui explained. "Otherwise, we should change the location to plant next year and see how it grows."
It was agreed that more than 500 acres of sunflowers would be planted in Taohuayuan.
After dinner that night, Han Shunde made the arrangements.
The next day, adults and children gathered in the selected 500 acres of land and began to plant sunflowers.
Sunflower planting is very convenient.
The land had been plowed and dried, and only the ridges were built up to divide the large fields into small pieces.
This will facilitate subsequent watering and weeding management.
The soil has good moisture content and does not need to be watered in advance.
Two people work in a group. The person in front digs a hole with a farm tool, and the person behind throws three sunflower seeds in and then covers it with a thin layer of soil with his feet.
Three days later, the sunflower seeds were planted in the ground.
When the sunflowers grew three leaves, the sunflower field was watered for the first time.
The branches of the sunflowers also grew stronger, and then adults and children went into the fields again.
Start thinning out the seedlings. Leave only one healthy sunflower seedling in each hole and pull out the other one or two sunflower seedlings.
The sunflower seedlings that were pulled out were not wasted. Instead, each household took them home and planted them in every corner of the yard.
Every family has a yard, and the front and back yards have land cleared to plant vegetables.
More families grow sweet potatoes in their backyards.
After cutting the sweet potato vines from the fields, you can take them home directly and plant them in the soil in your own yard, where they will grow vigorously.
Maybe everyone is afraid of being hungry, so they always want to grow something that can fill their stomachs.
There is a pomegranate tree planted in the front yard of Li Lanzhen's house, and flowers of various colors are planted in the corners of the vegetable field in front.
Some are medicinal herbs that Han Yanmei collected from the mountains. Because the flowers are beautiful, she plants them in the yard, as well as mosquito-repellent grass.
Some of the flowers were found by Li Lanzhen in the mountains.
The flowers she found were all large or brightly colored.
Li Lanzhen found more than a dozen species of orchids in the mountains.
After I came back, I planted all the orchids in ceramic pots.
There were three pots on the windowsill of her own room.
In May, the orchids actually bloomed.
Later, Xuan Shen saw that he liked Li Lanzhen, so he brought him three pots of orchids.
After going into the mountains again, Li Lanzhen found more than a dozen kinds of orchids and gave them all to Bai Houpu and the prince.
She didn't care how they planted it.