Before Hua Zhao could say anything, Wang Meng started to look down upon him: "You are a food factory director in a small county, what do you know about seeds? Don't talk about you, I haven't heard of him either."
When he said this, Sun Hongbing could only chuckle. Indeed, not only did he not understand this new variety, he also didn't understand what varieties of melon seeds there were. He only knew about watermelon seeds, pumpkin seeds, sunflower seeds and so on.
"I bought this from a stall owner. According to him, it was a new variety, but he didn't say what variety it was, and I didn't ask." Hua Zhao said, "It tasted delicious, so I bought them all.
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The three northeastern provinces were too strictly controlled, and all private economies were gone. But in 1976, markets in other places have emerged. There are even farmers' markets further south.
"A good buy is a good buy." Sun Hongbing nodded repeatedly. He had been harvesting melon seeds for a long time. He also heard a lot of news. These melon seeds are sown in autumn and only take one and a half months to mature. This is equivalent to harvesting an extra crop.
, for farmers, this is a great good thing.
"Don't sell them all, remember to leave the seeds for your own family." Sun Hongbing was quite good-hearted and reminded the villagers.
Of course, he is also thinking about himself. He wants to harvest melon seeds next year!
Hua Zhao felt a little guilty, and said to everyone with a straight face: "I don't know what this kind of seed is called, but the person who sells it told me that it is a hybrid seed. You have to buy new seeds every year and plant the seeds you save."
Every generation is not as good as the last generation.”
Everyone was shocked: "Is there such a thing?"
"how so?"
Hybrid seeds are a new thing that has just been released in the past two years. It has not yet been promoted to their mountains and valleys, and many people have never heard of it. For example, the corn grown by their production team every year is saved by themselves and sown next year.
If you sow melons, you will reap beans if you sow melons. They are definitely from the same father, and they look the same. There is no saying that each generation is getting tougher.
But Zhao Liangcai heard: "I went to the town for a meeting, and I heard about hybrid seeds. It is said that they are specially cultivated and have greater yield than ordinary seeds. There is a corn hybrid seed called Sidanba, and it is said that the yield can reach the yield per mu.
800 pounds!”
"Ouch!"
Everyone was excited again.
The current corn yield is only 400 kilograms. Although they have black soil here, they usually rely on the weather for food. If it rains, they irrigate. Otherwise, no one will water. Unless the drought is severe, they will carry water manually, and then they can't water.
It’s only a few acres, so the whole place depends on the weather.
In addition, if the seeds are not good enough, the yield will be low.
Zhao Liangcai said so, plus the sunflower seeds in his hand are ready-made examples, and the yield is indeed higher than ordinary melon seeds, so everyone has to believe it.
This is very sad.
Everyone looked at Hua Zhao and wanted to ask her to go to the capital and buy seeds and mail them to them, but they couldn't.
Hua Zhao could only pretend not to see it.
She doesn't have a place to cultivate seeds openly, so she can't sprout many seeds out of thin air. This matter needs to be considered in the long run.
"But that person also said that the biggest feature of the second generation is that the growth cycle is longer, which is similar to normal melon seeds. If you still want to plant them, you have to sow them in advance." Hua Zhao said.
After all, it was the seeds she catalyzed. After optimization, the taste of the next generation should also be outstanding. However, she did not personally catalyze it. It would grow naturally and the cycle would be longer, 80-120 days. She was not sure about the specific number.
Ever since she had the superpower, she had never wasted it. She didn't even know how long it would take for normal plants to mature.
"I will pay attention when I go to the capital. If I meet someone selling seeds again, I will definitely mail them back to you."
Hearing her say this, everyone had smiles on their faces.
"It will be as much as you need at that time. We certainly can't let you work in vain," someone said.
Some people even want to give a few more money, but think about it, the taste will change, as if Huazhao sells the seeds to them, then something big will happen! They can't harm Huazhao.
Sun Hongbing was a little sad. Is this a one-time deal? Forget it, let's see next year.
The purchase didn't stop until the afternoon, and everyone was happy.