It is not easy to grow melons.
260,000 blood money "smashed" into 40 acres of melon shed
Liu Mingsuo, 5 1 year old, raises fish and pigs in Baoyan Town, Dantu District, Zhenjiang City. This year, he heard that growing melons can make money, so he put the hard-earned money accumulated for decades180 thousand, plus a loan of 80 thousand, into growing watermelons in greenhouses at one time. On the eve of the Spring Festival, Liu Mingsuo confidently took his wife, brother-in-law and son to Dalu Village, Yanling Town, which is more than 0/0 away from Baoyan/Kloc-0. He rented more than 40 mu of land here and started the difficult road of watermelon planting.
Liu Mingsuo chose to contract in Dalu Village, mainly considering that there are more than 600 acres of watermelon bases here, and the village also specially invited technicians from Shandong for technical guidance. As a novice melon farmer, Liu Mingsuo is naturally welcome. On the eve of the Spring Festival, Liu Mingsuo's family came here to dig, loosen soil, fertilize and raise seedlings under the guidance of technicians. Every day is hard. Liu Mingsuo said that in fact, he had heard that growing watermelons was very busy before, but he didn't expect to be so tired.
Although there are technical personnel to give special guidance, in the process of seedling raising, Liu Mingsuo still suffered the pain of one dead seedling after another. I don't know why, three hard training efforts were in vain, and the technicians couldn't tell the real reason. Finally, it is difficult to cultivate Japanese "all-round watermelon" seedlings.
Strange explosion
Ear is full of "chip, chip, chip" deep dull voice.
After several months of hard work, Liu Mingsuo's family lived and ate in the melon shed, learning and doing, and at the same time hired more than one villager 10 to help manage it. The whole family dreams of turning watermelons into "basketball".
In April, seven watermelons and eight watermelons were produced in the melon shed. The whole family was delighted to find that their watermelons were not only bigger than those of other parents, but also very dense. Many melon farmers also visited after hearing the news. Lao Liu is even more happy from ear to ear. As the temperature rises gradually, the watermelon in the melon shed is like magic. In one day, it changes from the size of an egg to a "balloon" and a "basketball". The Liu family has already started waiting for the first bucket of gold in the melon shed.
On May 6th, the technician rushed to inform him that two medicines "Watermelon Swelling Sweetener" and "Instant Calcium" bought from Shandong had been consigned to Zhenjiang for Lao Liu to use to ensure a bigger and better watermelon harvest. Because Lao Liu planted melons in the first year, the technician's words are tantamount to "imperial edict" for him. On the morning of the 7th, the technician told Lao Liu that the two medicines must be used separately. So Lao Liu quickly prepared the potion and sprayed it in the greenhouse according to the requirements of the technician.
The next day, when the Lao Liu family came to the greenhouse with joy, they were surprised to find that the green and lush watermelon leaves stood up like stimulants and looked good. Just as Liu was smiling, he looked intently and was surprised to find that many watermelons had opened their mouths, split in two, and some were fried like flowers. At this time, Liu began to stand up, eyes wide open, instinctively looking into the distance. Almost at the same time, there was a muffled sound of "beep, beep, beep" in Liu's ear, and Liu reacted immediately. This is clearly the explosion of watermelon. The wife and son also found the problem at the same time, and the whole family couldn't help shouting: "What's the matter? Why are watermelons bursting! " Watching these watermelons explode one by one, the whole family burst into tears.
Preliminary study on reasons
Old melon farmers think that the "swelling agent" is not used at the right time.
Seven big eight small watermelons exploded strangely, and Liu's family was anxious. The first reaction is to find a technician to solve it quickly. Lao Liu hurried to find the technician, who came to the scene and carefully looked at the watermelon bursting on the ground, frowning and puzzled. I said a word for a long time, so that Liu's family almost fainted. "I don't know why. Anyway, my pesticides are fine. " Then he turned and left.
Liu's family almost fell into despair. When I found the village cadres, I got the answer: "We don't understand, let alone why." Old Liu Can didn't sleep for two days and nights, nor did he eat or drink. His wife loves him dearly and cooks porridge for him. Lao Liu told reporters that these days I feel that the sky has collapsed and I am weak. After months of sweat, he became a bubble. His heart ached when he watched the huge round watermelon explode in front of his eyes.
1 1, Lao Liu called an acquaintance of Anhui Agricultural College for help. The technician said, "This medicine should be used when watermelon eggs are big, and it is not appropriate to use this medicine at this time." Lao Liu told reporters weakly that he had also consulted some experts in melon cultivation, and they all said that they had never used this medicine before. An old farmer who planted melon 10 years explained that this swelling agent seems to be a hormone, which is mainly used when watermelon is not big. Watermelon is growing well and fast now. If we use this hormone again, the watermelon will burst. In the past five days, Gua Tian of Lao Liu's family has exploded 1000 Jin of watermelon every day, and now he has fried more than 6,000 Jin. Many exploding melons were given to people nearby to feed pigs or fish. After learning that Liu's watermelon suddenly exploded, other melon farmers were surprised to find that fried melons appeared in their melon shed one after another. A melon farmer named Zhang will fry more than 200 melons a day.