Rye doesn't need to be too delicate, but Qiao Xuejun still comes to check on the situation every day.
Several others would also come to meet her and check on the situation on the land.
Tang Qinghao also arrived in time, but he didn't say anything. He just stood aside and watched what these people did.
Tang Qinghao stood by and watched with his arms folded, muttering softly, "I don't see anything growing out of it."
"It should be sprouting soon. It's the 5th day today." Jin Yiyu said.
"Almost done." Qiao Xuejun squatted down and took a look. In order to maximize insulation, they also covered the soil with a layer of sawdust.
She checked and found that the fast-growing ones were already sprouting. This was quite fast. The temperature in this area was just right, which could promote germination.
Tang Qinghao, who was standing next to him, came over at some point and when he saw the seedling that Qiao Xuejun was staring at, his eyes suddenly widened.
"Fuck, it really works?" He stared at the light green seedlings emerging from the ground, frowned in disbelief, then squatted beside Qiao Xuejun and looked at the thin seedlings. Although they were thin and weak, they had undoubtedly sprouted.
Is farming so simple? He came every day these days and didn't see them doing anything. They just dug the ground and sowed seeds. Is that it?
Then anyone can grow this?
This warm land can still be cultivated, so can the Tang family also come to plant it? This seems quite simple.
Old Feng said, "There are still two acres of land left, why don't you plant something?"
Because there were not many rye seeds, even if they were planted sparsely, only 3 acres of land were planted, leaving 2 acres empty.
Qiao Xuejun stood up and clapped his hands: "We need to plant it."
She walked to the backpack next to her, unzipped it, took out a large bag of things from it, and walked towards the open space with it.
Jin Yiyu, Lao Feng and others walked over.
After being shocked by the early-maturing rye seedlings, Tang Qinghao also hurriedly stood up and came forward, asking curiously, "What is this?"
Jin Yiyun and Lao Feng both recognized it: "Borax?"
Tang Qinghao didn't understand: "Borax?"
Qiao Xuejun nodded: "Yes."
Borax is also a commonly used fertilizer. You can buy 100 kilograms for 200 yuan. It was also one of the agricultural fertilizers that Qiao Xuejun stockpiled at the beginning.
Tang Qinghao was puzzled: "What is it used for?"
Qiao Xuejun was quite friendly to Tang Qinghao, after all, he had brought so much food to the base. She simply explained: "Boron supplement, promotes growth. It can also keep you warm."
Qiao Xuejun said: "I plan to plant some rapeseed on the vacant land."
Old Feng was surprised: "Rapeseed?"
Qiao Xuejun: "There's not much meat to eat, so I just eat some oil to replenish my body."
The system's warehouse will be able to exchange the 40 million kilograms of grain immediately, and there will be no basic food supply problems for a long time.
What needs to be addressed is the shortage of other nutrients, such as fat.
The crops that could be exchanged from the system were all those she had grown before. Potatoes were relatively comprehensive in nutrition, pumpkins contained vitamin A, and corn and fish had protein. But the fat content was relatively low.
Normal corn can also be used to extract oil, but she used to grow feed corn, which has a much lower fat content than normal corn, so it is not cost-effective to use it to extract oil. The base is now being expanded, and with more people, food consumption will increase, so we can't waste it like this.
Pumpkin seeds can be used to produce oil, but the efficiency is also low.
Old Feng nodded again: "Rapeseed is fine! We plant rapeseed in September and October here, and we can harvest it in April and May after winter. It can survive the winter."
Lao Feng was talking about the rapeseed commonly grown in Gongzhou area. The seeds that Qiao Xuejun bought are even more cold-resistant.
Qiao Xuejun specially selected it. It can withstand low temperatures of -15℃, but it still needs about 5℃ during the germination period.
Lao Feng asked, "But at this temperature, can they sprout?"
Even if they planted in September, the temperature then would not be like it is now, more than ten to twenty degrees below zero.
Being able to grow rye is already a big deal. If we can also grow rapeseed, that would be even better.
Qiao Xuejun: "So I brought this."
She patted the borax bag.
One pound of borax is enough for one acre of land. She brought two pounds of borax: "Put it into the ground to resist the cold and keep warm."
Borax is essential for growing rapeseed. Lack of borax may even cause the rapeseed to "bloom but not bear fruit", that is, it only blooms but does not bear fruit, and cannot produce oil.
After she took out the borax, she took out several other bags from her backpack, all of which were various fertilizers: "These two bags are potassium sulfate, and these bags are superphosphate."
Jin Yiyun was shocked: "Why did you carry so many?"
The amount of borax used is small, only 2 kilograms, but the amount of these chemical fertilizers is much larger, it looks like at least 70 or 80 kilograms.
Qiao Xuejun smiled and said, "My doctor Wang and I carried it here today."
There was also Kuang Qianli, who came here carrying forty or fifty kilograms.
Farming outside is different from farming in a shelter. The land grown in a shelter has the properties of "good farmland", with suitable temperature control, good fertility, and fewer soil-borne diseases.
When farming outside, you not only need to control the temperature and apply fertilizers, but you also need to prevent diseases and pests in the later stages.
Tang Qinghao also came closer to look at the fertilizers: "So many."
Farming - it seems not as simple as he imagined?
What are all these messed up things? They all look like white granular powder and there doesn't seem to be any difference between them.
He didn't even know that potassium and calcium were necessary to supplement ordinary crops.
Tang Qinghao frowned and doubted: "Is it not possible to supplement? I see these things are all wild, and no one fertilizes wild ones, right?"
However, the wild yield is generally low and the quality varies.
Qiao Xuejun didn't have the patience to answer such a stupid question, so she looked up at him and said, "Master, you're talking too much."
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