To sum up, pollinating watermelons is time-intensive and the task is heavy.
"Where are you?" Ye Mo called Lin Xiaomian.
"Hongshan Town." Lin Xiaomian said.
"Come directly to the greenhouse." Ye Mo said, "We are short of manpower and the task is very tight."
"good."
Ye Mo hung up the phone and continued working. After finishing another greenhouse, his father and the others finally came back.
"Dad, Mom." Ye Mo shouted.
Dad smiled and nodded and said, "I'm pollinating the watermelon."
"Where did you go and why did you come back?" Lin Shan happened to come out to drink water.
The sun is out and it's a bit stuffy in the greenhouse.
"We're going to Beihai." Dad Ye said, "It's the two of them who are clamoring to go to the beach to play. Otherwise, they would have come back a few days ago."
"I originally came back yesterday, but there was a traffic jam on the highway, so I stayed one night before coming back," said Ye Mo's mother.
Lin Shan went over and took the water cup, looked at Ye Mo's father and said, "Isn't Beihai fun?"
"The sea is full of water." Dad Ye said with a smile: "I stayed at the beach for two nights and had a great time eating seafood. Hahaha..."
"Whenever you have free time, take us out for a fun trip."
"I want it."
"Stop chatting, go in and work quickly...or else the flowers will close." Ye Mo took his parents in and explained to them how to pollinate watermelons.
The most important thing is that one male flower pollinates two female flowers, or one male flower pollinates one female flower.
There are many male flowers and few female flowers in the greenhouse.
One-on-one pollination is completely sufficient.
Ye Mo and Lin Xiaomian were working together and said, "Why do you think of going to Beihai?"
"It was just a way. After playing in Dali for a few days, we went to Kunming. Then we suddenly wanted to eat seafood, so we went to Beihai..." Lin Xiaomian said with a smile.
After going out to play for ten days, Ye Mo looked at her. He had managed to maintain fair and tender skin before, but after going out, he got tanned again.
"You guys are just taking it easy." Ye Mo said.
"Very tired."
"I'm still tired after going out to play." Second Aunt Xiaomian said from next door.
Lin Xiaomian chuckled and said, "It's so fun to have fun outside."
30 greenhouses, joined by Lin Xiaomian and others, the speed is obviously faster.
It was nine o'clock, and there were still 20 greenhouses. Ye Mo's cell phone rang. It was JD Express...it was the colorful sign that Ye Mo bought ten days ago.
Ye Mo divided everyone into three groups to catch up... After eleven o'clock, some mucus appeared on the stigmas of the male flowers. At this time, the success rate of pollination was much lower.
After twelve o'clock, some petals began to close. But there were still open flowers...
It worked until noon before the first pollination of the 30-acre greenhouse was completed.
Five people from Zhang Wenyuan came and just loaded the crayfish into the truck. Seeing Ye Mo coming over, he said, "I caught 1,458 kilograms today. I'll transfer the money to you this afternoon."
"Okay." Ye Mo said: "In the next few days, we will be busy with watermelon pollination. You can catch the crayfish in the reservoir yourself. How much labor cost is required will be deducted by you when settling the bill."
Zhang Wenyuan smiled and nodded: "I heard that watermelons can only be pollinated in the morning?"
"Yeah. In the afternoon, the watermelon flowers started to close. If they don't close, the success rate of pollination is not high." Ye Mo said, "Why don't you go back after eating here? We'll go back to cook right away."
"There's no need to eat. I'm still rushing to deliver goods... I'll come back tomorrow."
"Bye-Bye."
Back to the house by the reservoir, Xiao Mian's mother and Ye Mo's mother were making lunch.
Two grown men were drinking tea in the living room.
Lin Xiaomian and Ye Ran ran away to nowhere.
Ye Mo went into the kitchen to help cook: "Where are Lin Xiaomian and the others?"
"They went back to take a shower and change clothes." Xiaomian's mother said.
Ye Mo's mother said: "Watermelons that are pollinated late are not easy to set fruit."
"Yeah." Ye Mo nodded.
"What should we do?"
"The watermelons will bloom one after another." Ye Mo said: "If pollination is not successful today, we will continue after that."
Watermelon flowers bloom for a short time, but the flowering period is very long.
When the first watermelon flower blooms, as long as pollination is not successful, female and male flowers will appear one after another half a month or even a month later.
After cooking, Lin Xiaomian and the others went back, took a shower, changed clothes and came over.
"Do you still have to work in the afternoon?" Ye Mo's father asked while eating.
"I have to mark the watermelon in the afternoon." Ye Mo said.
"mark?"
"Colorful markings record the timing of pollination, so that when the watermelons are ripe, it will be easier to pick," Ye Mo said.
In the past, sweet potatoes were pollinated by bees, and I didn’t know which watermelons were pollinated first and which were pollinated last...
Now we have artificial pollination, which is different. Marking it makes it easier to pick.
After dinner, Ye Mo and the others went back to the villa: "I went out with one suitcase and came back with two suitcases. What did I buy?" The two suitcases can't fit...
"Small gifts. There are hats, shawls, skirts...and so on." Lin Xiaomian carried the bulk items, and Ye Mo picked up two suitcases and entered the elevator: "By the way, why don't you carry the beehives into the greenhouse?
Just let the bees help with pollination.”
"You can figure it out..."
If an investment of tens of millions is not done well, I will not be able to cry.
Although artificial pollination is a bit tiring, it is more reliable. Moreover, it can be marked for easy picking in the future.
Go back upstairs, third floor.
Ye Mo lives on the third floor now, and the view from the third floor is better.
After a busy morning, Ye Mo felt itchy on his hands. He went into the bathroom to take a shower and came out. Lin Xiaomian lay down on the bed and fell asleep.
Traveling is also very tiring.
Lin Xiaomian and the others were supposed to come back last night, but there was a traffic jam on the highway, so they stayed on the road all night. This morning, they set off before dawn...
Ye Mo lifted up the quilt and lay down, holding Lin Xiaomian in his arms. One hand... naturally slipped into her collar.
"I'm very sleepy." Lin Xiaomian said, "I only slept for four hours last night...don't pinch me."
Ye Mo kissed her and said, "Stick up your energy and fight again tonight."
Lin Xiaomian hummed.
Ye Mo is used to taking lunch breaks, no matter summer or winter...
If I don't sleep at noon, I always feel lack of energy in the afternoon.
Now that the weather is getting cooler, half an hour's nap at noon is enough. After waking up, Lin Xiaomian slept soundly. Ye Mo didn't wake her up and got out of bed lightly...
I went downstairs to make a cup of tea, then drove a minivan to town and picked up the express delivery.
The courier is filled with a truck full of "colorful markers" that were ordered ten days ago.
Agricultural watermelon color markers are made of plastic and have a hook like a clothes hanger... There are a total of twelve colors.
Black, gray, white, etc.
Back at Gaoshanping, Ye Mo went directly to the shed's warehouse, took out his phone and called Tang Xun: "The sign is back, do you still want it?"
"I just came back now...I want..."
"Call Chen Chen and the others to come and get it." After hanging up the phone, Ye Mo called Master Liu again and they came to work.
It's not too late for the colored markers to arrive. If they didn't come until tomorrow, it would be a little troublesome for obsessive-compulsive disorder.
Ye Mo unpacked the express delivery, and after Master Liu and others came over, he handed out the black sign. There was also a '1' on the black sign...
Ye Mo explained to everyone how to use signs.
Signboards, signboards, are naturally used to mark things.
Just hang the sign on the vine node of the pollinated melon. The No. 1 sign means the first batch of melons to be pollinated...