Qiao Xuejun exchanged a few brief greetings with everyone and then left together.
As soon as everyone went out, they started jogging in unison without speaking.
As soon as you open your mouth, even if you wrap your head, face and mouth with a scarf, you will feel the cold air piercing your throat.
In 10 minutes, we arrived at the entrance of the experimental field.
Qiao Xuejun's toes were already frozen. No matter how much clothing she put on, her shoes wouldn't work; walking in the snow would just freeze her feet.
Xiao Feng took out his key and opened the door, moving very carefully, as if he was afraid of breaking the steel lock.
Qiao Xuejun said, "This lock has become just a decoration."
Xiao Feng's voice was muffled: "Not really. It was locked and someone broke in. There was some noise."
It's not locked, so I wouldn't know if someone came in.
After the lock was opened, we walked into the experimental field.
The three acres of rye are still outdoors and not put into the greenhouse. At first glance, they all look very healthy.
Qiao Xuejun wanted to take a closer look, but it was too cold. The others did the same, entering the greenhouse without stopping.
After lifting the two layers of fish skin and entering the greenhouse, Xiao Feng tied the door curtain tightly and packed the ground with wooden boards to prevent the cold wind from blowing in.
"I'm so cold!" After Xiao Feng finished, he took off his hat, hung it up, and rubbed his hands.
He looked at Qiao Xuejun: "Minister, is it very cold?"
Qiao Xuejun nodded and slowly took off his hat and coat: "It's cold."
In just ten minutes, a layer of frost crystals formed on the eyelashes.
However, it quickly melted after entering the greenhouse, leaving only wet water droplets.
The two stood in front of the hot air blower for a while before taking off their coats, hanging them up, and starting to move around.
Qiao Xuejun walked over to the equipment, checked the temperature and humidity, and checked whether the water supply and circulation in the water tank were normal. She chatted, "The tomatoes are blooming, right?"
Xiao Feng: "Yes! We pollinated according to what you said, Minister. We completed it all the day before yesterday. We specially asked Mr. An to make a small brush with the hairs shed by snow rice to apply pollen."
Qiao Xuejun: "Yeah. Very good."
She picked up the pH test pen and went about her daily routine.
Xiao Feng hurriedly said, "Let me take care of these. Minister, you just watch from the side."
Qiao Xuejun looked at him in confusion and smiled: "So active?"
Xiao Feng blushed a little: "Minister, I have always been proactive! I have been responsible for three greenhouses by myself recently. Minister, you can rest. I can handle it."
Xiao Feng really felt that their minister worked very hard. A while ago, the cotton picking team that went to Qingli Mountain came back and kept saying that the minister had planted a lot of cotton.
At first they were very excited, but after a few days, they were all so tired that their backs and waists ached and they couldn't even laugh. When asked, they talked about how hard it was to pick cotton.
Therefore, even if the minister is not working in the greenhouse, he is not idle when he returns to Qingli Mountain. He has 15 acres of cotton fields to take care of, which is more difficult than theirs.
Although he and the minister were nominally in a superior-subordinate relationship, the minister had always taken them under his wing and taught them professional planting knowledge.
It has long been a de facto teacher-student relationship.
He really learned a lot and was very grateful to the minister.
The minister had a problem with his hands, so he wanted to do all the work he could do by himself.
Xiao Feng walked in with the test pen: "Minister, you should take a rest for a while."
Qiao Xuejun: "Okay, you test it first, I'll go check the status of the crops."
Qiao Xuejun walked in and checked. The tomatoes were in good condition. The ovaries under the flower spikes began to show signs of swelling, which meant that their pollination was quite successful.
If it fails, the flower will fall.
Now it seems that the success rate is very high, and there is basically no failure at a glance.
"Not bad," Qiao Xuejun praised the vines on the tomato rack. "The pollination success rate is very high, and the vine winding is also well done. It's well maintained."
After receiving Qiao Xuejun's affirmation, Xiao Feng was immediately very happy: "I did everything according to your instructions, Minister!"
Qiao Xuejun: "Once the fruit is firmly set, you can start pinching and removing the leaves. It will only take a few days. Do you remember how to do it?"
Xiao Feng checked the nutrient solution's values while answering, "Remember! Once the remaining fruit clusters have settled, remove the top shoots. This will prevent them from growing upwards, allowing more nutrients to flow to the fruit and promote growth! This is called pinching."
"Leaf threshing is to remove the old, yellow, and diseased leaves at the bottom of the fruit cluster. This can also concentrate nutrients, facilitate ventilation, and reduce the incidence of diseases."
Qiao Xuejun nodded: "Yes. Be careful when plucking the leaves, leave some stubble, don't plucking them all the way to the roots."
Xiao Feng: "Okay, I'll remember that."
Qiao Xuejun said this and explained the principle to him again.
After checking this greenhouse, Qiao Xuejun put on his clothes and went to check other greenhouses one by one.
It's not just the tomatoes that are worth noting, but also the state of the rapeseed flowers.
The rape flowers will bloom in about half a month. At that time, there will be no need for artificial pollination because there will be bees.
Rapeseed flowers have good adaptability, and with the good conditions and meticulous management in the greenhouse, they grow quite vigorously. It is foreseeable that they will have high yields in the future.
The rye outside is in good condition. Perhaps it is due to its cold-resistant genes. Its stalks are tougher than those of other wheats. Even if they are bent by wind and snow, they will stand upright again.
Although it looks like its growth has stagnated and no more shoots are emerging, its cold resistance is evident and its ability to resist lodging is also particularly strong.
If the ability to adapt to the environment is strong, the planting can be increased.
However, I'm afraid the yield of this cold-resistant rye will not be high.
Maybe try hybridization.
Qiao Xuejun recorded the individuals who performed outstandingly.
It’s just that it’s cold outside, so I have to go back to the greenhouse after staying there for a while. I have to go in and out repeatedly to barely survive.
The other two greenhouses are also planted with peas and soybeans, which can be used to save seeds. When the greenhouse is expanded in the future or the extreme cold ends, they can be planted on a large scale.
Peas have butterfly-shaped corollas, while soybeans have small flowers. Both are self-pollinating and can be pollinated naturally by gently shaking the vines, without the need for special human intervention.
It’s almost flowering time.
After walking through several greenhouses, Qiao Xuejun felt relieved.
After seeing it with my own eyes, I confirmed that, apart from the soybeans needing some additional phosphorus and potassium fertilizers, there are basically no major problems.
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