Entering September, the temperature at night seems to have dropped in an instant, and the temperature difference is larger than during the previous summer - although the temperature finally dropped below 28° at night.
For farmers, seasonality never lies.
"It's all going to be white soon, so the vegetable seeds need to be planted quickly, right?"
Wulan asked Professor Song.
After all, when she was planning to go out to buy seeds, it was Professor Song who said he had seeds everywhere... Indeed, Brother Zhang brought several express boxes over the past two days, and the bags were full of vegetable seeds.
Professor Song led the students to pick a basket of young mugwort leaves early in the morning. These mugworts had been cut back when making moxa sticks, but no one was taking care of them during this period, and they quickly picked them from the poles again.
New and tender leaves sprouted.
When my seventh cousin saw it, his first reaction was: "What? Do you want to eat mugwort balls today?"
Professor Song waved his hands repeatedly: "No, no, it's time for autumn sowing soon. I'll try to prepare some fertilizer first. It stands to reason that the young leaves of wormwood are the best in April and May, but I didn't catch up at that time. This is not what we are looking at.
The quality of mugwort is good, pick some first and come back to take a look."
Mugwort as fertilizer?
Ah, Song Sancheng has been pouring manure into the ground since he was a child. He has never heard of this kind of thing. Now he came over to take a look:
"This is enough for what you can do...do you want more? I'll pick a few baskets for you later."
Professor Song: ...He really just wanted to try a small amount to see the effect.
but……
"Okay!" He nodded: "Aren't we taking the path of green ecology? This kind of ecological fertilizer is indispensable. You can pick it as much as you want."
"But you have to pick them early in the morning, they have to be tender and cannot be exposed to the sun. Once exposed to the sun for photosynthesis, the effect will be wrong."
Song Sancheng was about to nod when he was stopped by Song Tan: "Dad, hire someone to do this job. You can quickly go to town to practice the second class."
Get up at five o'clock and pick until seven o'clock. It costs 50 yuan for two hours. Old men and women like this job the most. Oh, I forgot, all the old men and women in the village were snatched away by her grandfather.
In short, there is always something aunt is willing to do.
There was no need for her father to go anyway. After all, they had been practicing together for a month every day. As a result, her mother had to take the exam for the third subject, but his father failed the second subject twice...
You have to hold on tight!
Song Sancheng: ...if he didn’t pass the second subject, he failed. Why did he speak so loudly?! He was just unlucky and a little nervous. It’s not that he couldn’t drive!
Professor Song couldn't hold it back, and finally laughed out loud. When Song Sancheng looked over, he had a serious face again: "By the way, Tantan, I came back from the field vacation with a lot of larch hairs, but I looked at
If it’s not enough, you can find someone to make more when you have time.”
Song Tan was surprised: "Why do you need so many pine hairs?"
Professor Song laughed: "Compost. Aren't the several large fermentation tanks on the mountain all built? It will be ready for use after a few days of drying."
"You can get a big grinder later, and we can break up all the branches, leaves and dead grass piled up in the land reclamation and use them."
Song Tan thought for a while and understood: "It's the kind that my uncle Zhang knows, right? What kind of Bacillus subtilis, and some fermentation like Trichoderma harzianum?"
"right."
Professor Song nodded: "The fertilizer that Lao Zhang piled up before was good, but he was too frugal and couldn't bear to part with some materials... In fact, he still has to add more."
"To maintain a mountainous area as big as yours, the cost of fertilizer is actually not worth mentioning."
Song Tan actually doesn’t know much about scientific planting, but she has some advantages——
"That's right! If that's the case, if you're missing anything Professor Song, just give me an order, and I'll bring it back directly."
"No hurry, no rush." Professor Song knew something in his mind:
"The barrels and bottles I ordered last time have just been shipped, so let's sort them out first."
"First find someone to tidy up the river beach a little. In two days, the roots of the emperor bamboo grass and sweet elephant grass will be sent over, and you can plant them directly then."
"At the end of the month, I will take you to pick out cattle and sheep. Unfortunately, there is a new cattle king this year, worth 660,000, and it was just auctioned, so I couldn't see it..."
"660,000?!" Song Tan was shocked!
Song Sancheng, who had just ridden a motorcycle, couldn't hold back: "660,000 for a cow? How can I sell it without losing money?"
That meat is as good as gold!
Yan Ran laughed at the side: "I definitely don't buy it to eat meat. This kind of Huaxi cattle breeder bull we bred ourselves is fast to be sold, has fine meat, is also very cold-resistant, and has excellent genes!"
"After selling 660,000 yuan, the farmer will continue to sell his frozen semen. He can sell 500,000 tubes in a lifetime... Do you think the 660,000 yuan can be recovered?"
Song Tan: ...I don’t understand scientific farming, but this way of making money is something I didn’t expect.
But think about the children in the family, Sun Shouping later wanted them to talk to a partner to have a baby, and the price was already 20,000...
Such a comparison is not incomprehensible.
On the other hand, Zhang Yanping and Xin Jun looked at each other, a little weird and awkward... In this developed society, why do great people have to make money like this?
However, for Professor Song and others, this only means——
"This year's calves are of generally good quality. I can choose more high-quality ones later - by the way, Tantan, do you want a cow?"
Song Tan thought for a while: "Milkling is much more troublesome than feeding cows. If it's more, it requires a lot of supporting manpower and equipment. If it's less, it won't be large-scale... Let's forget it."
Professor Song nodded: "Okay, then you can find someone to dig up the area where the excavator cannot reach the riverbank later. When the pasture is planted, we will set off to see the cattle."
"Calculating, it will take almost two days. You should arrange your time."
"Okay." Song Tan nodded: "What about the mountain? Should we also start intensive farming on the mountain?"
Sun Ziqiang completed the land reclamation project on the mountain last week, but he has a good relationship with Lao Xu and is used to cooperating, so he seamlessly joined Lao Xu's team.
Now, Song Tan is hard at work digging the foundation where Song Tan plans to build a new dormitory!
Professor Song nodded: "Let's rent some agricultural machinery and put in the base fertilizer prepared by Lao Zhang first. Those are fermented and well-rotted and will not burn the seedlings."
After the fertilizer comes in, he will finalize the planting plan and start sowing directly.
As he spoke, he sighed: "This year's weather is too abnormal and too hot...otherwise in previous years, we would have been able to grow cabbage, garlic, and autumn potatoes in July and August..."
But there is nothing that can be done about it.
After all, God doesn’t listen to advice!
Professor Song took out his notebook: "By the way, you can order 1,000 kilograms of two-silk silver black mulch film in the next two days."
Song Tan couldn't help but nod: "Okay, okay, buy, buy, buy!"
Professor Song paused and then continued: "We don't need fruit trees on the mountain, but vegetables are indispensable. Let's try a hundred acres first."
"One acre of land requires ten to twelve kilograms..."
He closed the book and said lightly: "It's about 20,000 to 30,000 yuan. You can just order it and have it delivered directly."