Flowers in full bloom

Chapter 388 Huaguo Mountain

Because tea trees planted in single rows can better receive sunlight and wind, it is beneficial to the photosynthesis and respiration of tea, improving the quality of tea, and the quality of roasted tea is better.

Moreover, tea trees planted in single rows are easy to manage and prevent pests and diseases. In this era without pesticides, single row planting is more suitable, and picking is also convenient. When the time comes, tea pickers can directly stand on the edge of the ridge to operate, which improves the picking efficiency.

After the fields were prepared, Hualei took out the tea tree seeds given by Boss Yu and started to grow seedlings. He selected plump, healthy and mature seeds and dried them in the sun for a few days to sterilize them. Then he soaked the seeds in warm water for four to five days, changing the water twice a day and removing the seeds floating on the surface.

After soaking, spread the tea tree seeds on the sand, sprinkle water every day to keep the seeds moist, and control the temperature. After the radicle of the tea tree seeds is exposed, you can start sowing.

Dig small holes about an inch deep at certain intervals, put four to five tea tree seeds in each hole, cover them with fine soil, water them enough, and then cover them with a straw fan to provide shade.

After a period of time, the tea tree seeds will emerge. At that time, you can thin out the tea tree seedlings, fill in the seedlings, weed, moisturize, and apply fertilizer according to the actual emergence situation.

When the tea tree seeds were almost planted, Mr. Yu's cuttings and divisions were all delivered. So Hualei began to properly prune the divisions received, removing the overlong or damaged roots and pruning the cut ends smooth.

At the same time, the weak seedlings were removed, and then the large and small seedlings were separated to avoid mixing large and small seedlings. The ramets were soaked using the method taught by Boss Yu to promote the root growth of the ramets and increase the survival rate.

Then, place the ramets in the ditch at a certain spacing. Arrange the roots, cover with fine soil, and tamp them down. Meet the requirements of "deep ploughing and shallow planting, and tamp down the fine soil". Then, water them sufficiently, cover them with shade straw fans during the day, and remove them all at night so that the tea trees can absorb the moisture of rain and dew.

The planting of tea trees was proceeding in an orderly manner. After handing over the planting and division to Uncle Fu, Hualei checked the tea tree cuttings. However, it should be that Boss Yu asked his men to help Hualei with the preliminary work, so Hualei didn't need to do anything for the cuttings now.

So, after leveling the land, insert the cuttings, which are about an inch long and have a plump axillary bud and a healthy leaf, obliquely into the soil.

The depth should be enough to expose the petiole, and the cuttings should be compacted with fine soil while being inserted to keep them close to the soil. Water thoroughly immediately after cutting, and then use straw fans to build an empty sunshade to shade the cuttings.

After the cuttings were planted, there was no more vacant space on the West Mountain, and the next thing to do was to water, fertilize and keep warm.

The tea tree planting process is really troublesome, whether it is seed planting, cutting seedlings or division, it is not easy. And there are many things to pay attention to in the follow-up.

However, whether it is the survival rate of the cuttings and divisions or the survival rate of seed seedlings, they are all relatively high. After a month, the West Mountain is already green and the flower buds are still very satisfactory.

In order to ensure the smooth growth of the tea trees, Hualei asked an experienced tea farmer under Boss Yu to come and help train the newcomers so that the transition would be smooth during this difficult period.

By the time all the tea trees were planted, it was almost early November. The pioneers who were originally supposed to leave at the end of October had their departure extended to the end of the year thanks to the efforts of Rong Jin and Old Marquis Pei.

The reason for the fight was that during the summer rainstorms, Hua Lei took the initiative to lead the pioneers to help drain the official corn fields and prevent waterlogging. They had not been on the barren hills for more than a month, so he hoped to postpone it. Emperor Shengwu did not care about such a small matter and agreed directly.

This also ensured that the planting of tea trees on the barren hills could be completed so quickly before early November. Then, before the winter frost damage came, the flower buds covered the tea garden to keep it warm.

The tea bushes are covered with straw and weeds, but not tightly, with sparse leaves showing, to prevent the tea trees from freezing. In addition, before the snow falls, the flower buds are left about a foot above the tea tree canopy, covered with straw fans to prevent freezing damage.

The work on the barren mountain was almost done, with only some corners left. Although they were just corners, the barren mountain was large, and the corners added up to a lot of area, so the stingy flower bud didn't want to waste them.

So, Hualei moved the corn cobs that were not used this year here, and also moved some of the mushroom roots here, and placed them in some corners of the barren mountain.

Of course, under the vineyards, at the bottom of some big trees, especially between the water pipes, there are small corners that can no longer be used. The flower buds stuffed the corn cobs with mushroom roots into them and covered them with a handful of withered weeds to keep them warm, hoping that natural mushrooms will grow in the spring of next year and make them money.

Anyway, these don't require much effort or money. With the mentality of turning waste into treasure, every penny gained counts.

Hualei once again demonstrated her attitude of never letting go of a penny, allowing these mushrooms from nature to return to the embrace of nature after living in her home for a period of time. And with more vigorous vitality, they continued to bring back a steady stream of silver to Hualei.

Hualei was very happy to see the newly renovated barren mountain. Since she got this barren mountain, she was very disappointed at first and had no idea where to start. Now the mountain is full of medicinal herbs and tea leaves. It really took a lot of people's efforts. The hardest-working ones should be Rong Jin and the pioneers.

In addition, I occasionally draw people from the farm to help open up the wasteland. Now the barren mountain has really become my gold mine. Although there will still be a lot of things to do next, everything is developing in a positive direction. It really fits the saying, "The road is long and difficult, but if you keep walking, you will reach your destination. If you keep walking without stopping, the future is promising."

While feeling happy, Hualei decided to give this barren mountain a nice name that would make people feel shocked when they heard it. So she read a lot of books and thought hard for a long time, but still couldn't think of a suitable name to name the barren mountain.

So, the naming of Fei Hualei repeated the same old trick and stole a name from a previous cartoon and gave the barren mountain a very direct name, "Huaguo Mountain".