Chapter 48 Seeds (Please read!) "Boss Guo, what kind of tractor did you buy from America? It can plow this hardened land."The heads of several construction units have been dealing with construction machinery all year round, especially the Xinjiang Agricultural Reclamation and Gansu Agricultural Reclamation, and are very familiar with various agricultural machinery. But in their opinion, this kind of hardened saline-alkali land should be difficult to plow even with foreign agricultural machinery. “Two 300-horsepower Fendt 930s, the latest product from Fendt.” "I thought it was John Deere. Wasn't Fendt acquired by AGCO of America? Is it also being sold to China now?" "If you're willing to spend money, you can definitely buy it. It's not a complete technological blockade. Two machines can still plow a thousand acres of land every day." Guo Yang exaggerated the data because he didn't know to what extent Fent could be improved after being transformed by natural energy and mechanical fragments. Hou Huaijie and others were skeptical and looked at each other in bewilderment, mainly because no one had ever actually seen the Fendt 930 in operation. After touring the project construction site, it was already noon, and Guo Yang followed Lao Xiang to Muhe’s temporary project department for lunch. Interestingly, Guo Yang heard many people discussing the stone-picking machine along the way. "Did you notice that one of the rock pickers was not started for maintenance this morning?"
"Hahaha, I saw it a long time ago. I heard that the two drivers who work in the morning and are busy repairing machines in the afternoon and evening are all green in the face." "I would be anxious too. Driving a farm machine is like serving my wife every day." "Where did that stone picker come from?" The man covered his mouth and whispered: "I heard that Boss Guo bought an old machine from the Xinjiang Agricultural Reclamation Bureau and modified it. This really pissed off Foreman Hou." "Hahaha……" Around the project area, between fields and roads, some trees have been planted one after another, including fast-growing poplars, sea buckthorn... It’s just that the weather is too hot and the trees are not in good condition, so we have to continue watering them 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 an advantage. It can effectively lower the groundwater level near the crops and achieve the effect of biological drainage and salt removal. When he arrived at the simple project department, the logistics staff had already prepared a special meal for him. In addition, the rest of the staff also ate at several large round tables. Guo Yang also took this opportunity to communicate with the employees of the Alfalfa Project Department and understand their work moods and needs. The temporary project department was indeed very simple and the working environment was even worse. Access to water, electricity, transportation, entertainment facilities, etc. was very difficult. However, the land use approval for the alfalfa processing plant and office building is already being processed, and the factory should be ready for occupancy by early next year. The basic environment is poor, but fortunately the food provided by Muhe Canteen is quite rich, and the main feature is that the food is large in quantity and filling. After dinner, Lao Xiang couldn't wait to take Guo Yang to see the propagation seed field of "Alfalfa No. 1" which had already taken shape. The seed field of 'Alfalfa No. 1' was chosen by Lao Xiang to be located in the north of Shuangqiao Village, but it is still some distance away from the village as it is close to the protective forest belt under construction. When Guo Yang arrived, he saw that the seed field was already fenced off, and not far from the seed field, the cowshed he had requested was also under construction.
There is no doubt that Lao Xiang is capable of doing things, but he has also heard construction parties and employees complain that Lao Xiang is not very sociable. Not drinking is only one aspect. The main reason is that Lao Xiang rarely chats with others except for work. His biggest hobby is playing chess with his three apprentices after get off work, in order to prevent Alzheimer's disease. In addition, the health-preserving theories such as practicing the Golden Rooster Stand every morning, eating at least one apple and three to six walnuts every day have also spread within the project department. Inside and outside the fence of the seed field is a thicket of bushes. The purpose is to consider the biological characteristics of alfalfa as a legume forage. It is close to bushes and shelterbelts to facilitate insect pollination, but artificial pollination is still needed in the later stage. Generally speaking, in order to obtain high-yield and high-quality seeds, the alfalfa seed base should be located in the best fields, 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, you must set up an isolation zone of no less than 200-400 meters to prevent biological mixing between species and varieties. Biological hybridization is divided into inter-generic hybridization, intra-generic hybridization, etc. For example, the citrus family of Rutaceae is known for its chaos, with almost all species being descendants of three wild species: orange, pomelo, and citron. The cross between pomelo and tangerine produced orange, the cross between tangerine and orange produced tangerine, the cross between citron and sour orange or tangerine produced various lemons, and the cross between pomelo and sweet orange produced grapefruit. In addition, wheat, one of the staple foods, was born through two cross-genera hybridizations over thousands of years, ignoring reproductive isolation. The potato-tomato and tomato-potato fusions are obtained; 'Lodging-resistant' bamboo rice; The offspring of a horse and a donkey: a mule; The most exaggerated bottlenose dolphin is the 'Ximen Qing' among whales, having hybridized with at least 13 other species of dolphins. Fortunately, there is no cross-family relationship, thus preserving the last dignity of mammals as a noble family. If distant hybridization under artificial conditions is beneficial to agricultural production and does not interfere with nature, it should naturally be supported. However, genetic pollution caused by human influence should be avoided as much as possible. This is also the purpose of setting up fences and isolation zones in seed fields. Led by Lao Xiang, Guo Yang walked into the seed field. 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 20 mu of saline-alkali land can be successfully improved ultimately depends on what Guo Yang calls the super alfalfa 'Alfalfa No. 1'! Therefore, Lao Xiang was particularly detailed when introducing the progress of the work in the seed field to Guo Yang. "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 early preparation work was done very carefully." “平整好地后，每亩施用了有机肥2 000千克、尿素8千克、速效磷8千克、速效钾8千克。” "After deep plowing, we dried the soil for a few days and today we started to manually clear the stones and weeds and harrow the soil. The irrigation water source was also connected soon." “In a week at most, we can start suppressing and sowing.” "Boss, are you going to come here personally to control the sowing or..." Xiang Tianshan asked. He knew very well how much Guo Yang valued "Alfalfa No. 1". "I'll come over and take a look when the time comes. You'll still have to give the specific instructions."
It was at this time that Guo Yang suddenly remembered that the alfalfa seeds for the 20 acres of saline-alkali land had not been found. Different from the amount of seeds used in seed production, the amount of seeds used for ordinary alfalfa is generally around 3 jin per mu. Moreover, this is newly reclaimed land, and the seed yield per mu must be at least 5 jin, so 20 mu requires at least 100 million jin. Before the propagation of 'Alfalfa No. 1', these alfals were finally used for deep plowing and returned to the fields to improve the physical and chemical properties of the soil. However, in order to ensure the germination rate and the effect of returning the seeds to the field, the necessary seeds must not be less. "Lao Xiang, it's time to prepare alfalfa seeds for the saline-alkali land. One million kilograms is not a small amount. Do you have any channels?" Xiang Tianshan thought for a long time before hesitating and said, "How about looking for Huihuang Seed Industry?" There are also big guys who have recommended votes, please also support them.
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