After taking a shower and changing clothes, Ye Mo drove to his second uncle's house.
There is still about an acre of work here, and we are working overtime.
"Picking watermelons tomorrow?" Tang Xun asked, sitting on the roadside, smoking a cigarette.
"Look at the watermelons tomorrow morning and decide on the picking date," Ye Mo said.
"Picking watermelons is another tough battle." The third uncle said with a smile.
Ye Mo smiled and shrugged.
After sitting on the roadside for a while, Ye Mo and the others went to their second uncle's house. Dinner was already prepared and they were waiting for Ye Ran and the others to come back from work and have dinner.
"Third uncle, are you free later?" Ye Mo asked.
"When you have time." Third Uncle smiled and said, "Don't worry, Third Uncle will definitely give you support in the future."
Tang Xun saw Ye Mo looking over and said, "That's enough crayfish."
"You want it."
Everyone laughed...
Tang Xun asked again: "How old are the crayfish in the reservoir?"
"The average weight is more than one or two. Now it is not a crayfish, but a big lobster." Ye Mo said with a smile that the crayfish did not completely stop moving in winter, but they grew slowly and were not fed with food.
The crayfish in the reservoir are more than half a year old and weigh more than one tael, which is normal.
There are generally more than one or two male lobsters. Female lobsters are smaller. Up to now, those crayfish are still green shells. But there are signs of turning red...
"One tael of crayfish is delicious," Chen Chen said.
"This summer, you have to hold all of us crayfish," Tang Xun said.
"No problem." Ye Mo said with a smile: "I won't sell those crayfish, I will keep them for eating."
After chatting and laughing, we had dinner and sat here for a while. Ye Mo said: "Second uncle, dad... we are going back."
"Hey." The second uncle nodded.
Lin Xiaomian also said goodbye, and the two of them went out and sat in the car.
"Have you planted the watermelon seeds you saved last year?" Lin Xiaomian asked.
"Plant dozens of plants." Ye Mo looked at Lin Xiaomian: "It's direct planting, the kind that doesn't require much management. Take it easy in the second half of the year, don't be so tired."
Direct planting means sowing seeds directly into the soil without raising seedlings or grafting, allowing them to grow on their own. Ye Mo wants to see the effect of direct planting...
"My eldest sister wants to grow watermelons and I want you to recommend varieties. There were a lot of watermelon seeds last year. If you don't want to plant them, please plant them for me." Lin Xiaomian puffed up her cheeks and said.
"Okay. How much do you want?"
"How much can be planted in a mountainous area with 7 points?"
"It looks like 520 plants." Ye Mo said: "This is a large density. A small density, more than a hundred plants."
There were more than 2,000 seeds left last year.
"The seeds I have there are enough to plant several acres. Do you have any other land?" Ye Mo asked.
"There is still more than an acre of paddy field, and rice needs to be grown in the paddy field..." Lin Xiaomian said: "Let me ask her."
There is no need to hide those big watermelons that Ye Mo planted. The big watermelons are all for sale, and the seeds inside the big watermelons are all fully mature seeds...
Passing by the eldest lady's door, Ye Mo stopped, got off the car with Lin Xiaomian, and went to the eldest lady's house.
"Ma'am." Lin Xiaomian called.
"Hey." Yun Xiuzhi heard the voice and responded: "It's so late, what are you doing here?"
"Didn't you say you wanted to plant watermelons before? Ye Mo still has some watermelon seeds here. They are the seeds of particularly large watermelons..." Lin Xiaomian said: "If you want to plant them, it would be good to plant large watermelons. They are big and have high yields."
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"The kind that can gain more than two hundred pounds?"
"It's a bit difficult when it grows to more than 200 pounds. With normal management, it's not a big problem when it grows to 40 or 50 pounds." Ye Mo said.
"Is such a big watermelon easy to sell?" Yun Xiuzhi hesitated.
"It should be possible to sell it, but it's a little cheaper." Ye Mo said, "But the yield is high, so in total, it should be more profitable than growing a small habit..."
"Okay, let's try." Yun Xiuzhi nodded: "We have seventy percent of the mountainous land, do we have enough seeds?"
"The remaining planting at my place is enough to plant several acres." Ye Mo said: "If you can find land, take all the seeds."
"I'll see if I can find enough land."
"When you find land, tell me and I will help you plow the land," Lin Xiaomian said.
"Hey." Yun Xiuzhi smiled and nodded: "By the way, when will your watermelons be picked?"
"The picking time will be determined tomorrow. It is estimated that picking will start in the afternoon."
"Say something when you're picking, and we'll go over and help."
After returning home, Ye Mo found the seeds of the big watermelon, separated out 400 seeds, picked up the rest and gave them to Lin Xiaomian.
These are watermelon seeds cultivated by the spiritual spring. In terms of the generation of the seeds, they belong to one generation. Without spiritual spring watering in the future, the seeds will definitely degenerate... maybe after two or three generations, they will turn back into ordinary seeds.
Some of the watermelons, cantaloupes, reticulated melons and Ye Mo planted this year will be selected and saved for seeding. The melon and fruit seeds cultivated by Lingquan are indeed better.
Previously, Ye Mo gave Zhang Yuanqiao some large watermelons to plant, and he was able to grow more than a hundred kilograms of watermelons.
During the video call with Zhang Yuanqiao, Zhang Yuanqiao showed Ye Mo his greenhouse. Ye Mo gave watermelon seeds, which were very conspicuous in his greenhouse.
Of the 400 seeds left by Ye Mo, Zhang Yuanqiao wants 200.
Second uncle, third uncle, Tang Xun and others shared some, as well as third uncle Li and fourth uncle Zhang from the village. They didn't want much, they just planted a few plants in the yard and ate them themselves.
"Are there any management skills for large watermelons?" Lin Xiaomian asked: "Can large watermelons of one to two hundred pounds be grown in batches?"
"You can't grow that big if you plant them in batches." Ye Mo said: "The cost of growing super large watermelons is very high, and the technical requirements are also very high."
"Didn't you work as a part-time worker before? How can you grow big watermelons?"
"I like to raise flowers and plants, and grow fruits and vegetables. I used to grow more than 80 kilograms of watermelons in a rented house..." Ye Mo said casually: "Growing large watermelons is very troublesome. There are different stages.
The management is all different. If you miss one step, the nutrition of watermelon cannot keep up, and it will be easy to become empty. Let the eldest lady and the others manage it like ordinary watermelons..."
"Yes." Lin Xiaomian nodded: "How many plants should be planted in 1 acre?"
"500 plants are OK, 700 plants are OK. One melon per plant..." Ye Mo left several watermelons per plant here because there is a spiritual spring.
"Know."
Went back upstairs and took a shower.
Lin Xiaomian lay in Ye Mo's arms and said, "One vine after another, each one weighs about 50 kilograms, and 700 plants per acre...that's 35,000?"
Ye Mo rubbed Lin Xiaomian's head, smiled, and said, "It should be okay."
"If my eldest lady can make money by growing watermelons, many people will come to you to buy seeds in the future. At that time, you can specialize in selling seeds..."
For example, a single large watermelon weighing tens of kilograms depends on the soil fertility. If the soil is fertile, 208 plants per acre is about the same. Or more than 300 plants. Large watermelons have lush vines and are particularly aggressive in eating fertilizers.
However, 700 plants per acre, 500 plants per acre... can also be planted. Sufficient fertilizer needs to be given in advance, and during the growth process of watermelon, top dressing must be carried out in time.
Of course, if the planting density is high, a watermelon that could have grown to 50 pounds can only grow to 40 pounds, 30 pounds, or even smaller.
It's just that the seeds cultivated by the spiritual spring are not always watered by the spiritual spring...