Ye Mo recorded the daily temperature and the growth of melons and vines.
The continuous sunny days after the cold wave have created perfect external conditions for watermelons to bloom.
The watermelons in the seed greenhouse have begun to bloom one after another, and artificial pollination has also been carried out. One plant, one vine, one melon, the pollination is very successful, and the watermelon expands rapidly after fruiting. The golden beauty and the unicorn melon are both the size of goose eggs. The little golden phoenix,
Small bees are also as big as eggs.
I just watered the spiritual spring last night.
For watermelons left for seeding, the watermelon should stay on the vine as long as possible and the ripening time of the watermelon should be delayed. Otherwise, the flesh of the watermelon will turn red and the watermelon seeds inside will not develop well.
On continuous sunny days, the 30 acres of watermelon greenhouses are blooming one after another.
At dawn, Ye Mo went downstairs to cook some food, then called Master Liu and the others and came to the greenhouse at seven o'clock.
Master Liu and the others went into the greenhouse and started working.
Jinmeiren, one plant has two vines, the main vine has two melons, and the secondary vine has one or two melons...
Little Golden Phoenix and Little Bee Watermelon, one plant has three vines, and the main vine has two melons. The secondary vine has one or two melons.
The melons and vines are all neatly fixed on the shelf, leaving gaps between each other, making it easy to distinguish. It took a lot of time to sort out the melons and vines...
The benefits of carefully combing the melon vines are now revealed. It makes it easier to pollinate the watermelon...
"All female flowers are pollinated." Ye Mo said, "Everyone, please move faster."
Pick flowers for pollination, one male flower pollinates two female flowers.
"It's already started." Tang Xun walked in and said.
"Did you turn on the heater last night?" Chen Chen said as he followed behind.
Ye Mo said 'hmm'.
Ye Mo had previously told them how to pollinate watermelons and what they needed to pay attention to.
"Your watermelons haven't bloomed yet?" Ye Mo said.
"It's blooming." Tang Xun said: "Yesterday, watermelons bloomed. The amount of blooming is very small, unlike your place where it blooms in large quantities."
"The same goes for me over there." Chen Chen said: "My newly cultivated seedlings have just been grafted and haven't been planted yet... The watermelons have bloomed here. If I continue to plant them, it feels a bit messy."
"Who told you that you didn't take good care of me?"
"I read on the Internet that when pollinating watermelons, pinching off the second section of the watermelon tip can increase the success rate of pollination," Tang Xun said.
"The success rate of pollination here is very good, so there is no need." Ye Mo shrugged: "You guys came here just to talk about this?"
"When watermelon pollination enters the expansion stage, do we need to carry out water and fertilizer management?" Tang Xun asked.
"Yeah." Ye Mo nodded.
"I'm asking you to borrow a plastic water tower so we can move it to Niubei Mountain to make water and fertilizer more convenient," Tang Xun said.
"The plastic water towers here are all fixed."
"You used the spare water tower in the big warehouse." Tang Xun said.
"Put it on the mountain behind the villa." There is a 50-ton plastic water tower, and the water for the sauna, swimming pool and swimming pool is placed in that water tower.
Ye Mo scratched his head and said, "Otherwise, I'll dismantle a water tower for you."
Tang Xun waved his hand: "I have a 30-ton water tower over there, which is very good when used. If you want to dismantle it, go back and dismantle the one at my house."
"You guys buy one." Ye Mo said, "Use the merchant to ship it quickly. It will arrive in four or five days."
"also."
Ye Mo focused on his work.
Watermelon pollination is time-consuming...
The ideal pollination time is between eight and ten o'clock, when pollen is most energetic.
Ye Mo and the others entered the greenhouse at 7:20.
There is temperature control in the greenhouse, so it is a good time to enter the greenhouse.
The flowering period of watermelon is very short, only a few hours. It usually blooms in the morning and closes in the afternoon. The time for pollination of watermelon is also very short.
Of course, there are also some watermelon flowers that bloom in the afternoon.
After sending Tang Xun and the others away, Ye Mo went into the greenhouse to take a look at everyone's work, and then went over to stand in a row, picking male flowers to pollinate the female flowers.
Pollination is easy.
The trouble is finding the female flowers.
This does not mean that it is difficult to distinguish female flowers...if there are small melons under the petals, they are female flowers. If there are no small melons, they are male flowers.
Finding the female flowers is the most time-consuming.
Fortunately, the watermelons are neatly arranged along the shelf... Following the melon vines, if you are quick, you can find the female flowers at a glance, if you are slow, it will take more than ten or twenty seconds.
Concentrate on pollinating the watermelons, and the speed is still very fast.
Just as he was immersed in it, someone suddenly said "hey" next to him, which made Ye Mo tremble in fright.
Seeing it was Li Xuebin, Ye Mo was immediately speechless: "I was shocked, why did you come here?"
Li Xuebin smiled and said, "Come and take a look. You're so busy, aren't you?"
Ye Mo nodded: "It's okay."
"I stopped by to take a look. Didn't you catch crayfish today?"
"I'm too busy here. Zhang Wenyuan and the others will come over later and go to the underground cage by themselves." Ye Mo said.
"Your business is fine. Customers can catch the fish themselves." Li Xuebin said with a smile: "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 while helping with pollination: "All the durians you sold before have been sold out."
"It's almost mid-November and those durians have just been sold out?"
"They are expensive. Several hundred pounds per pound..." Li Xuebin said: "If your durians bear fruit again next year and have the same taste and texture as this year, we can work well and sell them at a high price."
"How does it work?"
"Don't sell out at one time. Leave it alone and sell it slowly." Li Xuebin said: "I also have a low-temperature warehouse over there, but I haven't used it much. If I slow down the sale, I estimate...the price here can reach 150 yuan.
1 kilogram, and some of them are grade A or grade B. For your durians, the flesh yield rate of some grade A fruits is not as high as that of inferior fruits..."
Ye Mo chuckled and his phone rang: "Hey... ok... you guys can get into the cage by yourselves and weigh yourself after catching... We old friends, can you believe this or not? Okay."
"Zhang Wenyuan is here." Li Xuebin said.
Ye Mo nodded...
Li Xuebin looked at the time and said, "I'll go over and see the crayfish catchers. I'll weigh some and take them back later."
"What's the name? You can go to a cage and catch it yourself." Ye Mo said with a smile.
"This is so bad."
"living comfortably without anybody's help……"
"Hahaha, that's okay, 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 the artificial pollination of the six greenhouses was completed.
This speed is neither slow nor very fast.
"Work harder." Ye Mo shouted loudly.
"It's already very fast."
"My arms are like hot wheels..."
The flowering period of watermelon is very short, only a few hours. The best pollination time is usually two or three hours. In the afternoon, the petals will close...
After the petals are closed, it does not mean that pollination is impossible, but the success rate of pollination will be greatly reduced.