Chapter 544 Harvesting Mutated Rice
Life would be much more peaceful if I didn’t have to go out to collect meteorites.
Every day, the three families travel back and forth between Hongmei Village and the farm.
The mutated rice that had been soaked in spiritual liquid had successfully produced rice ears.
Gu Yuanping also came on the day of harvesting the mutant rice. There were two rice plants in total, one harvested by Gu Yuanping and the other by Han Ying.
The two men were very careful. They did not use sickles, but instead used scissors to cut the rice ears one by one.
Every time you cut the rice, you should pay attention to see if there is any rice grain falling down. If so, pick it up immediately.
The yield was very high. After the two mutant rice plants continued to tiller, a total of 1.8 kilograms of rice was harvested.
This rice is a little different from ordinary rice. The grains are a little bigger and the color is darker than ordinary rice.
After a rough count, there were 2,365 grains of rice in total.
There are about 3,000 grains in 1 kilogram of ordinary rice.
However, this 1.8 kilograms of mutant rice only has 2,365 grains, which shows that it is more than twice as large as ordinary rice.
The two rice plants planted in the experimental field have matured, and those planted by Lu Yuan in the space have naturally matured as well.
After the two seeds germinated successfully, Lu Yuan waited until they had successfully tillered before taking them out of the space.
There are two plants planted on the farm. One is a plant that germinated from seeds, and the other was transplanted by Lu Yuan after it branched out.
In addition to the plant whose seed germinated, Lu Yuan also left three other plants that had branched out in the space.
That is to say, a total of 4 mutant rice plants were planted in the space.
These four mutant rice plants harvested a total of 4 kilograms of rice, which is more than 9,000 grains.
Han Ying did some rough calculations and found that the yield of the mutant rice planted in the space and in the experimental field outside was almost the same.
Moreover, there is no difference in yield whether it is paddy fields or ordinary dry land.
This may be the strength of the mutated plants in the apocalypse, they can grow well no matter where they grow.
Since there is no difference, it would be more convenient to plant it directly in dry land.
Of the more than 2,000 grains of rice produced in the experimental field, Gu Yuanping took away 500 of them.
As for where he would take these 500 pills, Han Ying guessed that some of them would be sent to the research institute for study.
But certainly not all of them will stay in the research institute. Han Ying thought that maybe someone would send some to Kyoto.
Except for the 500 pills that Gu Yuanping took away, the rest were all left on the farm.
Together with the seeds in the space, there are more than 10,000 seeds in total, enough to grow a large area.
However, the germination of mutant rice is a problem. If it depends on spiritual liquid to germinate successfully, it will be a troublesome thing.
So Lu Yuan planned to take out 1,000 grains of rice and try other germination methods first.
These rice grains are second-generation mutant rice, and it is very likely that they can be successfully germinated without the need for spiritual liquid.
Just like mutant corn, the characteristics of the mutant plant are gradually weakened from generation to generation until the characteristics of the mutant plant are lost.
However, after 5 generations, the mutant corn will lose the characteristic of being able to grow normally in extreme environments and weather conditions.
However, it is unknown in which generation the mutant rice will lose this characteristic.
Lu Yuan divided 1,000 grains of rice into 50 portions, with 20 grains in each portion.
First take out 14 portions and try each of the germination methods described in the materials left by Professor Li.
After 7 days, different numbers of rice grains germinated in all 14 rice seeds.
Some sprouted 1 seed, some sprouted 2 seeds, and the highest one sprouted 6 seeds.
The probability of 3 in 10 is already a very high germination rate compared to the first generation where no grains could be produced.
He had an idea in mind and told Gu Yuanping the result.
Gu Yuanping also informed Han Ying and Lu Yuan of the research results from the research institute.
Although the nutrients contained in the mutant rice are not as high as those in ordinary rice, it is high-quality carbohydrates.
And that's enough.
After the research results came out, Gu Yuanping ordered the farm to vigorously plant rice.
Gu Yuanping excitedly began to recruit workers in the official name, and all the new recruits were sent to open up wasteland.
Once the land is reclaimed, the new crop of rice will be ripe.
When there are more seeds, these newly opened lands can be put to use.
But before that, we have to plant this crop of rice first.
According to the germination rate, Lu Yuan counted 590 rice grains out of the 1,865 grains left harvested in the farm's experimental field.
Then soak these 590 grains of rice in water with two drops of spiritual liquid.
Three days later, all 590 grains of rice sprouted.
These 590 small rice plants will continue to be planted in the farm's experimental fields.
As for the remaining seeds, Han Ying collected 3,000 seeds and put them in the basement of the space. The others were germinated with spiritual liquid of the same concentration and then planted in the space.
The past few months have been the most comfortable time for everyone since the end of the world.
The farm has a big harvest every once in a while, and at the mall, there is no purchase limit on all food except for those that were only available before the end of the world.
The points everyone has can be used to buy food to fill their stomachs.
The types of grains that can be chosen include corn, sweet potatoes, potatoes, and taro, and there are also many types of vegetables, including sweet potato leaves, sunflowers, winter melon, tomatoes, soybeans, eggplants, and peppers.
At least there are wolfberries.
The dozen or so wolfberry seedlings that Lu Yuan had grafted with the new type of tomatoes have already produced small red wolfberries.
Originally, it takes two or three years for wolfberries to bear fruit after being planted.
But because it is grafted together with the new type of tomato, it can be watered with nutrient solution to make it grow faster.
So in less than a year, wolfberries can be harvested.
Looking at the shelves filled with a wide variety of fresh food in the mall, everyone seemed to have returned to the days before the end of the world.
Except for the fact that the weather remains unchanged, aren't days like these no different from those before the apocalypse?
You no longer have to worry about going to the mall with your points but not being able to buy enough food to fill your stomach.
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On the day of Little New Year, Han Ying, Lu Yuan, Gu Yuanping, Ke Qin, Li Ping, Lei Minghu and Liu Hefeng.
There were a total of 7 people. They came to the experimental field with sickles and began to harvest the 3rd generation of mutant rice one ridge at a time.
We are very careful when harvesting. After harvesting each plant, we have to check if there is any fallen rice on the ground. If there are any fallen rice grains or rice ears, we have to pick them up quickly.
Because the plants that had been tried before and then transplanted after tillering were also able to produce rice ears normally.
So this time, Lu Yuan and Li Ping transplanted three seedlings from each plant after it tillered.
That means there are a total of 2,360 rice plants this time.
It took seven people an hour to harvest just this little bit of rice.
After threshing the rice and air-drying it, a total of 2,200 kilograms of rice was harvested.
Seeing the harvest, everyone was so happy that they were grinning from ear to ear.
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