Chapter 130: New Agricultural Products Developed in Various Places
The temperature required for ordinary potatoes during the seedling stage is 7-8°C, the seedling stage is 10-12°C, and the suitable temperature during the growth period is 20-22°C. During the growth process, sufficient water is also required to achieve high yields.
Newly cultivated potatoes can germinate at around 25℃ during the seedling stage, and can survive if the temperature is maintained at around 30℃ during the seedling stage. As long as the temperature during the growth period is not higher than 45℃, they can continue to grow until maturity.
And during the planting of new potatoes, except for the seedling and seedling stages, sufficient water needs to be maintained. In other periods, only a little watering is required every day, which will not affect the yield.
The growth cycle of ordinary potatoes is about 90-120 days, and the yield of one acre of land is about 5,000 kilograms. However, the new potato only needs 60-70 days, and the yield has increased instead of decreased, and the yield of one acre of land can reach 7,000 kilograms.
"It's a pity." Fu Baiwei sighed and said regretfully: "The tornado destroyed several indoor planting sites, and a large amount of food that was about to be harvested was lost."
"I heard from Grandpa Luo that if there hadn't been a tornado, some of the grain would have been sold at the trading point after it was harvested. But now there aren't enough potatoes to sell, so we have to keep them all to plant the next batch of grain."
"This bag of potatoes was given to my boyfriend by the power station because he worked hard. It weighs five kilograms. In exchange for your two fish, isn't that a good deal?"
Xia Xiaoman raised her eyebrows. She was not interested in ordinary potatoes, but this new type of potato. Collecting some might be useful in the future. "Give me all five kilograms of potatoes. Why don't you keep some for yourself?"
Fu Baiwei shook her head. "Ayun and I don't have time to plant, and we don't know how to plant. We're afraid that these five kilograms of potatoes will be wasted."
She had just joined the shooting team. During working hours, she needed to patrol the community with the patrolmen. During rest time, she would cooperate with the team leader to organize the team members to practice archery and crossbow. She had no time to farm at home.
Instead of wasting these potatoes, it would be better to exchange them for two live fish to satisfy your craving.
Xia Xiaoman thought about it for a while, and then caught two sea fish to exchange with her. Fu Baiwei got the fish and ran home happily, planning to steam the fish for dinner.
Xia Xiaoman took out a few buckets from the space and went to the yard to fill them with some soil to prepare for planting potatoes.
The soil in the yard is not fertile, but in today's environment, it is difficult to find fertile land, so it is good enough to have soil for farming.
These potatoes are the size of a fist, with many buds. One potato can be cut into seven or eight buds. When cutting the buds, Xia Xiaoman found that there was a lot of fiber in these potatoes, which felt like old kudzu root, with more fiber than starch.
Apart from that, the potatoes don't have much moisture, just like the half-dried kudzu root. If you touch the cross-section with your hand, you can feel a thin layer of powder, but you can't feel any moisture at all.
Xia Xiaoman regretted it a little. She knew at first glance that the potato tasted terrible. Alas, it was all her fault that she was curious and wanted to see if the new potato was really so magical. She didn't consider whether the taste was up to standard.
No wonder Fu Baiwei kept emphasizing the advantages of the new type of potatoes and didn't mention its shortcomings at all.
Forget it, just plant some potatoes so they won’t be so conspicuous when I take them out to exchange for supplies later.
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In a blink of an eye, it was the day when the Ye family fleet came to Fucheng to sell seafood.
Xia Xiaoman gave Sun Qing the two new types of potatoes that she had specially reserved.
Fucheng has developed high-yield potatoes, so it will not only care about itself, but will definitely send some of the potatoes to surrounding cities to help them tide over the difficulties. Otherwise, how could it not spare some of the tens of thousands of tons of potatoes to sell?
So she guessed that Yuancheng, not far from Fucheng, was probably growing potatoes, and perhaps in the near future Sun Qing and her friends would be able to get these new potatoes easily.
But the same thing can have vastly different values in different time periods.
For example, right now, coastal cities are most in need of starch. If they take these two new types of potatoes back and plant them, two months later, if they act quickly and sell the newly harvested potatoes at a high price before the official release of the new potatoes, they will definitely make a fortune.
Throw potatoes for watermelons.
Sun Qing took the potato, turned around and carefully took out a small watermelon the size of a volleyball from the carriage. "You Fucheng has developed a high-yield potato, and we in Yuancheng are not bad either. We have developed a super drought-resistant watermelon."
She stuffed the watermelon into Xia Xiaoman's arms and said, "Don't look at the small size of this watermelon. It is full of water and is extremely drought and heat resistant."
"After you eat the watermelon, pick out the seeds and dry them in the shade. Then throw the seeds into a cup filled with water. When the seedlings grow to 20 to 30 centimeters long, plant them in a piece of loose soil. Water them every three to five days, and you will be able to harvest a bunch of watermelons in about 90 days."
"These watermelons don't spoil easily. After picking them, place them in a cool, dry place and they can be stored for at least 45 days. The downside is that they taste ordinary and eating too much can cause diarrhea. We use them as emergency drinking water and only eat them when there is no water to drink."
Xia Xiaoman tapped the watermelon rind with interest, and when she heard a dull thump, she asked, "Is the watermelon ripe? It sounds like it's still raw."
Sun Qing said with certainty: "It's ripe, but the skin is thicker and harder, just like a coconut."
Xia Xiaoman nodded, put away the watermelon and asked casually: "Last time you said you wanted to get a car, did you get it?"
"No, the repair shop was burned to ashes, and there was nothing left for me. But I found a talented person, his name is Yang Wei, you should know him."
"Yang Wei?" Xia Xiaoman frowned and thought for a while before remembering who it was. "Oh, it's Brother Ponytail. Did you recruit him?"
Sun Qing nodded. "He has good skills. He can not only repair cars, but also boats. It's hard to get a car in Yuancheng, but it's easy to find a broken boat. Xiaojie and I got a few boats and asked him to help us repair them."
"Once the ship is repaired, we will have our own fleet." As for the car problem, if it really doesn't work, we can find a way to rent a car. We can always find a solution.
After leaving behind the seafood traded with Shuiyue Bay, Sun Qing took his men away.
When Xia Xiaoman got home, she immediately cut open the watermelon that Sun Qing had given her. She hadn't eaten fruit for almost a year.
With a clang, the kitchen knife cut into the watermelon, leaving only a one-centimeter-deep cut.
Xia Xiaoman: “…”
Sun Qing said that the watermelon rind was as hard as a coconut. She thought Sun Qing was joking with her, but she didn't expect that what she said was the truth...
After chopping it four or five times, I finally cut the watermelon in half, leaving enough juice on the table. It was obvious to the naked eye that the watermelon was very juicy.
Xia Xiaoman couldn't wait to pick it up and took a bite. He ate it in one gulp, "Hetui~ What is so disgusting!"
The taste of this coconut shell watermelon is neither too sour nor too sweet. It feels like... the taste of manure, but without the greasiness.
No wonder it is used as emergency drinking water. If there is water to drink, who would eat this stuff? It tastes so disgusting.
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