Travel through the farmhouse leisurely

Chapter 201 Opening a Vegetable Field (2)
Fortunately, in Lin Xiaoqiao's previous life, she would spend ten days and a half months with her grandparents in the countryside every summer vacation. Although she hadn't tried it in the fields by herself, she had seen it in the field, and it was from her successful planting. After planting mustard seedlings, Lin Xiaoqiao felt that his understanding was not ordinary.

It was not useless to practice behind closed doors for such a long time ago, at least she now has a little understanding of the growth habits and environment of various crops.

Based on her knowledge and understanding, Lin Xiaoqiao is about to start raising these tomato seeds. She remembers that her grandmother used to use warm water of about [-] degrees before sowing the seeds of many kinds of crops. Soak it again.

It is said that this method can promote and speed up the germination of seeds, and can also kill some viruses and insect eggs. Lin Xiaoqiao has also read such methods in agricultural books, such as cotton seeds and some fruit tree seeds, which are planted in the soil In the past, this step was done first.

To be on the safe side, Lin Xiaoqiao kept half of the seeds and only took out half for experimentation. If the seeds germinated successfully, she would do the same with the other half of the seeds. If the experiment failed, then she could still The remaining half of the seeds can continue to explore.

The first step is of course to prepare water, because the water required to soak the seeds must have a temperature of about [-] degrees, and there is no thermometer here to measure it accurately, so Lin Xiaoqiao can only rely on his own Feel, feel the temperature.

Today, she is the only one in the whole family who stays in the new house, so she is the only one in the kitchen boiling water. Lin Xiaoqiao randomly filled several sticks of firewood into the stove hole, and then ran to the front of the pot watch over.

From time to time, I put my hand into the boiling water pot, feel it, and when I feel that it is about the same, I take three bowls and fill three bowls of water with similar temperature.

Put those seeds into three bowls respectively, and then kept stirring them until the water temperature dropped to a little cool, then stopped, fished out the seeds and dried them.

Lin Xiaoqiao opened up a small piece of open space in the courtyard of her newly bought house. The land was originally planted with flowers and plants, so the soil was relatively fertile and loose. The dried seeds were planted in three places.

It was also the first time for Lin Xiaoqiao to grow this tomato seed, so she planted it with an experimental mentality, so she took a pen and paper from the beginning, and prepared to write down the three kinds of temperatures that were similar but different. The water, the soaked seeds, what is the difference when they germinate and grow.

After sowing the seeds, Lin Xiaoqiao watered them all. For the accuracy of the experiment, she watered each piece with the same amount.

In the next few days, Lin Xiaoqiao didn't go to the shop to help much, anyway, there are enough people now, and she is not afraid of being overwhelmed, so she stays at home every day, guarding the sown land, observing the their changes.

While waiting for the tomato seeds to germinate, Lin Xiaoqiao worked alone every day, and opened a large vegetable plot in his yard.

She picked out the seeds that Qin Ye brought her, took out several seeds, and planted them in the newly opened vegetable field in her yard.

For example, the seasonal cucumbers, cantaloupe, spinach, leeks, eggplants, pumpkins, Lin Xiaoqiao based on the records in the book and the information he got from Mrs. Li, and then he thought about it himself, and planted them all into vegetables. in the field.

Mrs. Li did not stop her little girl from making such a fuss. She knew her little girl's temperament. If she wanted to do something wholeheartedly, even if others persuaded her, it would be useless.

Besides, she didn't lose anything by tossing around like this. Now Mrs. Li is busy in the shop every day, and she doesn't have time to open a vegetable plot or anything, but Lin Xiaoqiao opened the vegetable plot and planted it With so many vegetables, Li felt that there was nothing wrong with this, even if they didn't grow anything in the end, there was no loss.

Therefore, the whole family also left Lin Xiaoqiao alone to fiddle with it all day long, and Lin Erniu even gave him support and encouragement, often reminding Lin Xiaoqiao when it was time to water and fertilize.

Seven or eight days later, some of the seeds that had been planted had already sprouted. Since Lin Xiaoqiao buried them in the soil, he had been waiting for these seeds to germinate as soon as possible. This waiting process was of course tense and Looking forward to it again.

Therefore, when Lin Xiaoqiao discovered the spinach seeds sprouting for the first time, she was really excited and excited. The look of the model.

What made her even more happy was that ten days later, more than a dozen small green shoots had sprouted from the soil where the tomato seeds were planted, and in the next three or two days, those seeds appeared one after another. Buds sprouted from the ground.

In short, all the seeds she planted have germinated successfully, so Lin Xiaoqiao quickly processed the remaining half of the seeds according to the time when these seeds sprouted sooner or later, according to the corresponding water temperature for soaking the seeds. , buried in the soil.

Until the last seed germinated, Lin Xiaoqiao was in a happy mood every day. During this process, whenever a seed germinated, she would apply fertilizer to them according to the book, dry the soil, When they grow, they will be poured with some water in time to maintain the humidity of the soil.

After half a month, Lin Xiaoqiao started from scratch, pondering and researching bit by bit, learning how to plant these things that grow in the soil.

From the moment each seed was planted in the soil, she carefully cared for their growth every day, just like taking care of a baby.

When the seeds can germinate and grow vigorously, she feels joy and excitement, but there are also some seeds, whether it is due to congenital or acquired factors, that cause them to fail to grow and germinate normally, Lin Xiaoqiao will also feel a little depressed.

She has lived for more than 20 years, and this is the first time she has such a complex feeling of nervousness and caution. Lin Xiaoqiao looks at the seedlings of these vegetables and fruits every day, and they are growing day by day. The sense of satisfaction and accomplishment in the head is full.

She used to eat ready-made vegetables and never planted them herself. She couldn't understand this kind of feeling, especially when she saw that Mrs. Li cherished every vegetable in the vegetable field before, Lin Xiaoqiao didn't know how to eat it. The only thing she could understand was that she knew that Mrs. Li might be used to being poor in the past, that's why she valued those cheap vegetables and fruits so much.

(End of this chapter)