Ye Mo's parents came very early, arriving just after nine o'clock.
"In-laws." Dad laughed, carrying a box of milk and a bucket of Jiabao fruit.
The Jiabao fruits in Gaoshanping have always been ripe, but no one has gone to pick them. Father Ye went to pick the fruits yesterday afternoon...
"Is the Garbo fruit ripening in large quantities?" Lin Shan said with a smile when Dad Ye brought so many Garbo fruits over.
"All, that's all I picked."
After a while, Chen Chen and his family also came over, and Ye Ran sat in Chen Chen's passenger seat.
Behind us are Uncle Ye Mo, Tang Xun and his family.
After ten o'clock, Uncle Xiaomian and others also came over, a family of five, a family of four like this...
By noon, the house was very busy.
Today is the sixth day of the Lunar New Year.
Xiaomian's relatives here include her sister-in-law's family and her eldest daughter-in-law's family.
For Ye Mo's relatives, his uncle has already hosted a reception, and his brother-in-law's family has also hosted a reception...
As for Ye Mo's family, the second uncle's family has not held any reception yet.
"Dad, how many watermelons have been planted at home?" Ye Mo asked. He has been staying with Uncle Xiaomian these past few days and has not gone back.
Father Ye said: "Your second uncle, third uncle, and uncle Tang will come over to help whenever they are free these days. Don't worry, just follow the time."
Follow the time, that is, plant the melon seedlings in the order in which they are raised. In this case, there will not be many melon seedlings left, and the planting can be completed around the 10th.
There are many things going on at home.
After lunch, Ye Mo said goodbye and went back.
After being out for several days, Ye Mo was really worried, especially about the watermelons in the greenhouse. He had to go back to water the spiritual spring.
Back at Gaoshanping, Ye Mo went straight to the greenhouse.
The watermelons in the greenhouse have already set fruit, which is as big as a duck egg.
The temperature is now high. During the day, it is 30 degrees Celsius in the greenhouse.
Ye Mo checked the soil moisture and found that there was no need for watering in the greenhouse for the time being. However, Ye Mo brought out the spiritual spring and gave each watermelon a liter of spiritual spring...
Last year's big watermelon was watered with Lingquan after it set fruit. Then during the expansion period of the watermelon, Lingquan was watered with Lingquan several times.
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Ye Mo's family hosted receptions on the seventh day of the lunar month, second uncle's house on the eighth day of the lunar month, third uncle's house on the ninth day of the lunar month... and Tang Xun's family on the tenth day of the lunar month.
After the Tang Xun family hosted the reception, Ye Mo's watermelons were all planted.
"This year is finally over." After returning home, Ye Mo exhaled: "I won't plant any more early watermelons next year."
Xiaomian's father smiled and said, "You can follow your work later, right?"
"Yes." Ye Mo said with a smile: "I am busy myself, so I can call my second uncle and third uncle to come over and help."
"The contractor continues to work again, and Xiaomian's mother and I have to go back," Lin Shan said.
"Why."
Xiaomian's mother looked at Xiaomian: "Have a good time here. Don't let you get lazy again as soon as we leave."
"I'm very diligent." Lin Xiaomian said, "Don't work too hard when you go back."
"Speaking of hard work... I feel that building walls is easier than working in the fields." Lin Shan smiled and said, "Let's go."
Watching Xiaomian's parents leave, Ye Mo stretched out hard, picked up Lin Xiaomian... and went back upstairs with a smile: "I can finally relax."
This year has been very tiring.
"My parents just left, and you wanted to bully me." Back in the room, Lin Xiaomian's face was full of embarrassment.
"I won't bully you when my parents are here." Ye Mo scratched the tip of Lin Xiaomian's nose and kissed it.
After the tenderness, Ye Mo hugged Lin Xiaomian and asked: "How much money is left in the account?"
"100,000 yuan."
"Spending money is like running water." Ye Mo sighed.
"I didn't spend the money..."
"I didn't say you spent money." Ye Mo held Lin Xiaomian's head and kissed her gently on her red lips: "I mean, when you manage such a big piece of watermelon, spending money is like running water."
Lin Xiaomian pouted: "I thought you said I was aggressive with money."
"Am I such an unreasonable person?" Ye Mo said: "100,000 yuan..."
"Should we still buy fertilizer?"
Ye Mo said 'hmm'.
“How much fertilizer should I buy?”
"20 tons of cake fertilizer, 2 tons of urea, and 1 ton of potassium fertilizer." Ye Mo said: "The organic fertilizer at home is enough."
"How much does it cost?"
"Cake fertilizer, 2,600 yuan per ton, 20 tons, 52,000 yuan..."
"There is so much fertilizer in the warehouse, is it not enough?"
“Originally, we only planned to fertilize less than 60,000 plants, but now we have nearly 80,000 plants,” Ye Mo said.
Lin Xiaomian nodded and said, "After buying this batch of fertilizer, you won't buy any more fertilizer in the future, right?"
"Probably not." Ye Mo turned around, took the cigarettes on the bedside table, and lit one.
"I have also read a lot of information on how to manage watermelons." Lin Xiaomian said: "One vine and one melon for small melons, not two melons per vine. One vine and two melons will hurt the vine too much. If the melon vine is injured, it will not be able to produce another crop.
melon……"
Most of today's small watermelons can produce two or even three batches of fruit.
Ye Mo also read the introduction on this aspect and said: "You should do as I say, I have more management experience and experience than you. During the second crop of melons, it depends on the situation. If the condition of the main vine is not good, just cut it off.
The price of the first-crop melons is good...the second-crop melons will be produced in late May at the earliest. Besides, I don’t know if they will produce second-crop melons.”
Last year's big watermelon, after picking the watermelon, Ye Mo dug up the vines and did not try to cultivate a second crop of melons. But the condition of the melon vines was good at that time. The dug vines were thrown on the ground, and flowers bloomed later... and
The fruit was produced. But there were no roots, and those melons did not grow...
There is another reason why Ye Mo insists on a multi-melon plant, so as to prevent the watermelon from growing too big.
When Lin Xiaomian saw Ye Mo's insistence, she stopped. Indeed, she had never grown watermelons before. And Ye Mo was a man who grew more than two hundred kilograms of watermelons.
Ye Mo took out his mobile phone and called the fertilizer company...
The next day, 20 tons of cake fertilizer were delivered.
The weather is getting warmer day by day now.
There is a lot of organic fertilizer in the melon fields, weeds grow quickly, and melon vines also grow.
Ye Mo continued to call his second uncle, third uncle, Tang Xun and his family to come over and help. Ye Mo remembered that he was definitely not asking everyone to come and work voluntarily. When the watermelons are sold, everyone will be credited.
52,000 watermelons, 25,000 cantaloupes, and 11,000 reticulated melons.
The reticulated melons are planted next to the bamboo rafts...
There are so many melon seedlings and all the work needs to be followed.
The first watermelon seedlings were planted, and they have already grown seven or eight true leaves.
Originally, when there are five or six true leaves, the melon vine will start to grow. Place a piece of mud or soil at the base of the melon vine in the opposite direction of the main vine extension, and pat it firmly to force the melon vine to grow in one direction.
After that, we need to start water and fertilizer management.
Vine fertilizer is a water-soluble fertilizer that promotes vines...
When dumping, clean up the weeds. These tasks can only be done manually...
There is a lot of work in the watermelon field.
After the vines fell, they should be trimmed every two or three days.
After the vines have grown and bloomed, you need to press the vines. Pressing the vines is to position the melon vines in a directional manner, promote the growth of adventitious roots, and expand the plant's nutrient absorption area.
Watermelon and cantaloupe management are similar.
The reticulated melon has climbed up the shelf, and the melon vine needs to be fixed.
The management of reticulated melons is the easiest, just fix them with straps.
After fixing the netted melons, it’s the end of the month and I have to start sorting out the melon vines again. The time is very tight and it’s a lot of work.
Although there are many people, there is also a lot of work to be done.
When planting watermelons, time waits for no one. All work must be done according to time...
