Chapter 48 Seed (please read!)
"Boss Guo, what kind of tractor did you buy from the United States? This kind of hardened land can also be plowed."
Several construction workers The person in charge of the unit has been working with construction machinery all year round, especially Xinjiang Province Farm Reclamation and Long Province Farm Reclamation, and they are very familiar with various agricultural machinery.
But in their understanding, this kind of hardened saline-alkali land should be difficult to plow even with foreigners' agricultural machinery.
“Two 300-horsepower Fendt 930, Fendt’s latest product.”
"I thought it was John Deere. Wasn't Fendt acquired by American AGCO and now also sold to China?"
"You can definitely buy it if you are willing to spend money, but it is not a comprehensive technology. After the blockade, two machines will still be able to plow a thousand acres of land every day."
Guo Yang raised the data because he didn't know that Fen had been transformed by natural energy and mechanical fragments. To what extent can special abilities be improved?
Hou Huaijie and others were doubtful and looked at each other, mainly because no one had really seen the operation scene of Fendt 930.
After visiting the project construction site, it was noon time, and Guo Yang followed Lao Xiang to have dinner at the temporary project department of Luhe.
Interestingly, Guo Yang heard many people discussing the stone picker along the way.
“Have you noticed that there was a stone picker this morning but it was not repaired?”
“Hahaha, I saw it earlier. I heard that those two work every morning. The driver who was busy repairing the machine in the afternoon and evening turned green."
"I am in a hurry, driving a farm machine every day is like waiting for my daughter-in-law."
"That machine. Where did the stone picker come from? ”
The man covered his mouth and whispered:
“I heard that Boss Guo renovated the old machine he bought from the Xinjiang Provincial Farm Reclamation Company, but the waiting foreman was very angry.”
“Haha. Haha..."
Some forest trees have been planted one after another around the project area, between fields and roads, such as fast-growing poplar and big-fruited sea buckthorn...
It’s just that the weather is too hot. The trees are not in good condition and need to be watered every day.
Otherwise the survival rate may be very low.
The purpose of planting forest belts is naturally to prevent wind and sand, reduce ground evaporation, and improve the microclimate.
It’s just that the water demand of trees is much higher than that of ordinary crops, but this also has the advantage of effectively reducing the groundwater level near the crops and achieving the effect of biological drainage and salt discharge.
When he arrived at the simple project department, the logistics staff had specially arranged a table of meals for him.
In addition, the rest of the staff were also dining at several large round tables.
Guo Yang also took this opportunity to communicate with the employees of the Alfalfa Project Department for a while to understand their work emotions and needs.
The temporary project department is indeed very crude, and the working environment is even worse. Water, electricity, transportation environment, entertainment facilities, etc. are all very difficult.
However, the land approval for the alfalfa processing plant and office building is already in process, and the factory should be ready for occupancy early next year.
The basic environment is poor, but fortunately, the food provided by the Alfalfa Canteen is quite rich, and the main focus is large portions and filling.
After dinner, Lao Xiang couldn't wait to take Guo Yang to see the multiplication seed field of 'Alfalfa No. 1', which was already taking shape.
The seed field of 'Alfalfa No. 1' was chosen by Lao Xiang to the north of Shuangqiao Village, but it is still some distance away from the village and is close to the protective forest belt under construction.
When Guo Yang came, he had already seen that the seed field was fenced off, and not far from the seed field, the cowshed he had requested before was also under construction.
Lao Xiang’s ability to do things is certainly not something to be said, but he has also heard complaints from the construction company and employees that Lao Xiang is not sociable.
Not drinking is only part of the problem. The main reason is that Lao Xiang seldom chats with others except at work.
The biggest hobby is to play chess with the three apprentices he brought after get off work. The reason is to prevent Alzheimer's disease.
In addition, health-care theories such as getting up every morning to practice Golden Rooster Independence, eating at least one apple and three to six walnuts every day are also spread in the project department.
There is a bush inside and outside the fence of the seed field.
The purpose is to take into account the biological characteristics of alfalfa as a leguminous pasture. Being close to shrubs and protective forests is conducive to insect pollination, but artificial assisted pollination is still needed in the later stage. Generally speaking, in order to obtain high yield and good quality seeds, the alfalfa seed base should be located in the best field, and it is required that alfalfa has not been planted in the past 5-6 years.
At the same time, it requires flat terrain, sufficient sunshine, fertile soil, few weeds, good drainage, and irrigation conditions are essential.
In addition, if you consider breeding other seeds here in the future, an isolation zone of no less than 200-400 meters must be set up to prevent biological mixing between species and varieties.
Biological hybridization is divided into cross-genus hybridization, intra-genus hybridization, etc.
For example, the citrus family of the Rutaceae family is famous for its chaos. Almost all species are descendants of three wild species: orange, pomelo and citron.
The hybridization of pomelo and tangerine produces orange, the hybridization of tangerine and orange produces tangerine, the hybridization of citron and lime or tangerine produces various lemons, the hybridization of pomelo and sweet orange produces Grapefruit
In addition, wheat, one of the staple foods, was also born through cross-genus hybridization twice in thousands of years, ignoring reproductive isolation.
Potato tomatoes and tomato potatoes obtained from the fusion of potatoes and tomatoes;
'lodging-resistant' bamboo rice;
The offspring of horses and donkeys: mules;
The most exaggerated width The beaked dolphin is the "Ximen Qing" among whales, and has hybridized with at least 13 other species of dolphins.
Fortunately, we didn’t cross the family line, and we saved the last dignity of mammals as a prestigious family.
Distant hybridization under artificial conditions should be supported naturally if it is beneficial to agricultural production and does not intrude on the natural world.
However, genetic contamination that should not occur due to human influence should still be avoided as much as possible.
This is also the purpose of setting up fences and isolation belts in seed fields.
Guo Yang walked into the seed field under the leadership of Lao Xiang.
Compared with the saline-alkali land improvement project, Lao Xiang actually pays more attention to the seed field of ‘Alfalfa No. 1’.
After all, whether the 200,000 acres of saline-alkali land can be successfully improved ultimately depends on what Guo Yang calls the super alfalfa ‘Alfalfa No. 1’!
So, when Lao Xiang introduced the progress of the seed field to Guo Yang, he was also very detailed.
"Alfalfa seeds are small, seedlings are weak, and early growth is slow. In order to provide good germination and growth conditions for 'Alfalfa No. 1', the preliminary preparation work has been very detailed."
"After leveling the land, we applied 2,000 kilograms of organic fertilizer, 8 kilograms of urea, 8 kilograms of available phosphorus, and 8 kilograms of available potassium per acre."
"After deep plowing, it was left to dry for a few days, and we just started planting today. Stones and weeds were manually cleared and raked, and irrigation water was quickly supplied. ”
"It will take at most one week to start suppressing the sowing."
"Boss, are you going to come and control the sowing in person or..." asked Xiang Tianshan.
He knew very well how much Guo Yang attached importance to 'Alcove No. 1'.
"I'll come over and take a look then. I still have to give specific instructions."
At this moment, Guo Yang suddenly remembered that the alfalfa seeds in the 200,000 acres of saline-alkali land had not yet been planted.
Unlike the amount of seeds used for seed production, the amount of seeds used for ordinary alfalfa is generally about 3 pounds per acre.
And this is still newly renovated land. The amount of seed used per acre must be at least 5 jin, and for 200,000 acres, it must be at least 1 million jin.
Although before the expansion of 'Alfalfa No. 1', these alfalfa were eventually used to deep plow the fields to improve the physical and chemical properties of the soil.
But in order to ensure the germination rate and the effect of returning to the field, the number of seeds must not be less.
“Lao Xiang, it’s time to prepare alfalfa seeds in saline-alkali land in advance. One million kilograms is not a small amount. Do you have any channels?”
Xiang Tianshan thought for a long time, and then said hesitantly: "Would you like to look for Huihuang Seed Industry again?"
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