Lin Huijun really only stayed for one night and left without even saying hello to anyone in the Tian family. Only when Xiaoxing went to the guest room to call for someone, she found that the guest room was neatly tidied, and there was a piece of paper with a twelve-dollar treasure on the table.
Thanks!
On the paper, there were only two words "Juanxiu" written on it, and nothing else, but it made people feel sad for no reason.
Luo Shi even wiped away two tears, sniffed and said, "That child is really pitiful. I hope Bodhisattva will bless her and have a smooth life in the future."
Tian Minyan thought of her expression when she accidentally mentioned her family last night. She was afraid that it was not simple, but she didn't want Luo to worry, so she said: "Don't worry, mother, a good person will live a safe life."
"I hope so."
Two days later, Tian Minyan collected the potatoes that had been dried under the eaves. Looking at the dozen or so potatoes, Tian Minyan felt worried.
When I saw potatoes at the Faji Seed Store that day, I was just excited. I immediately ordered three hundred kilograms from the shopkeeper, thinking that it would be enough to plant on wasteland. But after the incident with Hu Bazi, I rested at home for a day.
She was completely stunned when she silently wrote down how to grow potatoes.
The method of growing potatoes is far more complicated than that of sweet potatoes. Although they also need to be dried and germinated, potatoes also need to be cut into pieces, and the cutting method is very particular. It is necessary to ensure that each cut piece has sprouts and is not too large, and to avoid cutting into pieces.
Cross-infection of viruses after harvesting. The most important thing is that potatoes themselves are heavy. If they are big potatoes, two of them can weigh one pound. If she wants to plant all the potatoes on her hundred acres of land, each one will weigh several kilograms. Just dream.
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After Tian Minyan knew this, she immediately ran to send a message to increase the amount of potatoes planted, but the shopkeeper had already sent people to the Western Regions to spread the news on the day she returned, and they were already on the way.
Tian Minyan was really on the verge of tears, so she finally asked her. The shopkeeper said that if someone happened to go to the Western Regions and could catch up, he would give her more. Tian Minyan was very grateful and said that if his boss came back and brought the potatoes, he should not sell them to others.
She wants them all.
So now, seeing these dozen potatoes, Tian Minyan deeply felt that they were extremely valuable.
"Now I just hope that countless of your brothers and sisters can come to my house." Tian Minyan murmured to the small dustpan of potatoes.
"Girl, everything you said is ready." Xiaoxing came over, took the potatoes from her hand and said, "Are you going to cut them into pieces as you said?"
The weather was good today, neither hot nor cold. Tian Minyan said that it was time to cut the dried potatoes into pieces, and ordered Xiaoxing to prepare the knives, alcohol and other things that would be used. Luo Shi saw that there was nothing to do.
Followed.
Generally, the best size for cutting potato cubes is twenty to thirty grams. The size of the cubes has a great relationship with the output. The larger the cubes, the higher the yield. The ambient temperature of the cutting cubes cannot be lower than ten degrees, and the cutting tool
It also needs to be disinfected to prevent cross-infection of the cut wounds.
Tian Minyan sterilized the kitchen knife in her hand with alcohol first, then picked up a potato, cut off the navel, and then cut it lengthwise along the top bud eye, carefully avoiding the roots. After cutting, she sprinkled plant ash on it, and then placed it in a bamboo basket.
Leave to dry.
In order to ensure that the seedlings emerge neatly and uniformly, she also separates the front tip buds and the back buds, and sows them separately when sowing.
Seeing how meticulously every step of her work was done, Luo Shi was speechless and said stiffly: "It's too difficult to grow these potatoes. There are only a dozen of them and they are so meticulous. If there are thousands of them,
How big is it? How can it be done?"
Tian Minyan also smiled bitterly. She had to invite someone at that time. The cutting work was too delicate and the man would not have the patience to do it, so he could only invite some women and girls.
She worked on a dozen potatoes for a long time. When all the potatoes were cut into pieces, she brought in a shallow wooden box one meter long and one meter wide that was specially made by Tian Huairen. She dug it from the vegetable garden.
The soil is spread in a shallow wooden box, and then a piece of potato cubes is placed flat on the soil with the sprouts facing upward, and another two centimeters of soil is spread.
Because she only had a dozen potatoes, she could only cut them into about forty pieces, which almost filled a large wooden box. Only a small part was covered with a second layer, and another layer of soil was spread, and it was good.
After doing all this, she straightened up and let out a long breath.
"Girl, is this good? Will potatoes grow here?" Xiaoxing squatted next to the wooden box, holding her chin and raising her head and asked.
Tian Minyan smiled bitterly again and said: "It can't be that simple. Now it's germination. It will take some time to germinate, and then we can plant it."
"It's not simple, it's not easy." Luo Shi shook his head with a disdainful expression.
Tian Minyan glanced at the potato pieces covered with soil and sighed softly: "Yes, these potatoes are not easy to grow."
In my previous life, I went to the farm to inspect and see the farmers growing potatoes one by one. It was quick and easy. It seemed very simple and easy. But when I actually started doing it myself, I realized that everything was not simple or easy.
Tian Minyan and Xiaoxing worked together to lift the wooden box to the back of the sun, found oil paper and covered it tightly, and then wiped a handful of sweat from their foreheads.
She raised her head and glanced at the sun in the sky. It was June now, and the weather was not very hot yet, but when it sprouted, it was already very hot. She was worried about whether this small batch of potatoes could be planted, because generally there are only two potatoes for planting.
stubble, spring sowing and autumn sowing.
If the planting fails, then the several hundred kilograms of potatoes will have to be postponed until autumn.
"Mom, how many sweet potato seeds do we have from previous years?" Tian Minyan asked.
"They were all planted during the spring sowing this year. Where can I find any more? Originally, there were some, but your grandma advocated selling a lot of them. Now we can only harvest the crops in the summer."
Tian Minyan frowned. The Tian family only planted about three acres of sweet potatoes and three acres of peanuts. Even if they were all harvested, there wouldn't be much that could be planted. Those several hundred kilograms of potatoes would definitely not be able to plant a hundred acres of land.
, she needs to prepare more peanuts and sweet potato seeds.
"What's wrong?" Seeing her frowning and pursed lips, Luo Shi couldn't help but ask.
Tian Minyan shook her head and said, "I'm just thinking about something."
She thought things were too simple. This time she miscalculated. She had such a great opportunity to plant potatoes first, but she didn't have too many seeds.
Thinking of this, Tian Minyan felt annoyed for a while.
In the evening, Tian Minyan discussed her concerns with Tian Huairen and the others, and finally agreed that the hundred acres of land would be planted with sweet potatoes, peanuts and potatoes. Of course, potatoes should be planted first, after all, they are new things.
"By the way, there's still another day on the seventh or eighth day, which is the Dragon Boat Festival. In previous years, when our family wasn't divided, we had to make a lot of rice dumplings to give as holiday gifts, especially to your eldest aunt and second aunt's house. Your aunt almost did it for them.
Wrap them all in rice dumplings. This year, we have several festival gifts in total, so we might as well make rice dumplings to give as festival gifts." After talking about farming, Luo Shi talked about the Dragon Boat Festival.
I wrote this chapter for more than two hours, looking up information and doing research. I really wanted to go through it in one stroke, but I didn’t think it was right. What do you think? In the future, should academic stuff like this be detailed or brief? Let’s discuss it.
