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Chapter 46: What's New in the Vegetable Planting Class

The plan was recognized by Wei Bing, and Li Siming's confidence became more strong. He summoned his men and gave an inspiring speech:

"Dear comrades, sisters and aunts, our vegetable growing class will be fully launched. Everyone knows that this year we will do something we have never done before, that is greenhouse vegetables. The so-called greenhouse vegetables are to change God's arrangements, to make spring ahead of time and autumn delay. Chairman Mao taught us: "Fighting with the sky is endless fun!" So this time we are also verifying Chairman Mao's teachings and fighting nature! We educated youth often complain that vegetables are only eaten in summer all year round, so some employees' families often disappear. Haha, don't laugh.

The comrades who have children here know that the children are growing up and want to eat delicious food, but we can only harvest some vegetables in summer and usually eat some cabbage that can last the winter, and we are tired of it! But the greenhouse vegetables we are going to make today will be a great change to change this situation. Do you have confidence?" Li Siming's words are more inflammatory.

"Yes!" a group of women responded. Although it was very uneven, it was full of confidence. Li Siming also brought the instructor to mobilize, which was a bit like a fake tiger's power, and the instructor's words were even more incitemental.

Next, the construction will be officially started. Other educated youth are still preparing for spring farming in March, and the vegetable planting team is already working hard. Of course, there must be a greenhouse to plant vegetables in greenhouses. We do not have the conditions to do it according to the greenhouses of later generations, but a simple greenhouse with local materials can still be afforded. The fifth company has 30 acres of vegetable fields. Li Siming chose a piece of land with abundant sunshine, fertile, loose land, and convenient drainage and irrigation. It looks like about 10 acres of land for greenhouses. If it fails, you don’t have to spend too much effort to demolish it.

Build a greenhouse. Li Siming sent Xu Dashuai to take two employees to the attachment to buy bamboo, and there are small fir trees everywhere. A standard bamboo and wood greenhouse, about 6 meters times 50 meters, including ditches, foundations, and about 20 greenhouses are built for 10 acres of land. Dig up the ground and walk east to facilitate lighting. The north, east and west sides are made of the soil left when building the house last year. The wall should be larger than the local frozen soil layer, the wall is 1 to 1.5m thick, the wall is 1.8m high, and the shed is 50m long. The buried beam column is erected at a distance of 4 meters, 1.8m high, and the beam is built, and the beam is wrapped firmly with thin iron wire. Use a circle ruler and line to determine

For a good greenhouse baseline, use reinforcement piles to knock each one at a distance of 1 or 5 meters, tie the crossbar 1 meter away from the ground, and then use steel brazing to make a hole 30-40 cm deep for later use. Then insert the buried arch rod, and the arch rod is made of bought bamboo. The rod spacing and arch curvature should be kept uniform and consistent, and use iron wire or tie to be firmly tied. The joint should be tightly tied to prevent the sky membrane from being tamped with the sky membrane when covering the membrane. Tie two horizontal ribs on the back of the greenhouse arch to enhance the firmness. Keep the door position as needed at the east end of the greenhouse according to the required size, evenly erect the vertical crossbars on the sides of the two doors, pin it firmly, and bandage it with old nylon at the intersection. The greenhouse door should be opened on the south side to facilitate insulation.

The job is fresh, and the vegetable growing class is working very enthusiastically every day. Other educated youth and staff run to the vegetable field for nothing, squatting aside to watch the fun, occasionally posting "high opinions". The company commander and instructor come to check from time to time, pat their shoulders, and encourage all members of the vegetable growing class. Li Siming wanted to give up at this time, but he didn't even think about it.

Li Siming couldn't see people on the vegetable field. When working every day, he explained the tasks and work standards, and asked Shuai Xu to stare at it, saying: Those who are capable work harder and run back to the dormitory to raise seedlings by themselves. Compared with greenhouse infrastructure, this seedling cultivation is even more important. Because off-season vegetables, the seedling cultivation must be affected by the climate and must meet the conditions for its germination. Whether the seedlings can be produced and whether the seedlings grow well is directly related to future growth. Fortunately, with the technical guidance of Wei Bing, the problem is not big.

This season, other vegetables are no longer available. Li Siming only chose cucumbers and tomatoes. He was busy with too many, so it was not certain whether he could grow it. However, in order to have confidence in his assistant Comrade Xu Zijian, Li Siming once promised confidently that he would succeed. If he dared to say that it might not succeed, Xu Dashui would definitely kill him.

Pour the selected seeds into hot water at 55 to 60℃ for 12 to 14 hours, and stir at any time. The cucumber seeds do not need to be hot. The purpose of soaking seeds is to fully absorb water to meet the water needs during germination. The soaking time is related to the types, varieties and other factors of vegetables. The last step in treating the seeds is to germinate. After soaking the seeds, rub the seeds thoroughly (the eggplant must wash the mucus), then wrap them in gauze or wet burlap, put them in a clean pot, and place the pot in a warm place.

Germination is carried out. During the germination process, it is often kept moist and kept at a certain temperature. Turn it every 2 to 3 hours. The germination temperature of tomatoes and cucumbers is appropriate to 25 to 27℃. In order to maintain the indoor temperature, Li Siming burns the kang to a hot day and burns the stove in the house. Li Siming cares about the seeds every day, and is as careful as a baby. He records the seed germination situation every day and even every hour. He often gets up in the middle of the night to observe the germination situation.

The seed class is full of energy. The infrastructure work is completed in less than two weeks. Looking at the greenhouses, everyone feels very accomplished.

"Aming, can it work?" Shuai Xu was still a little worried.

"It's true, of course it can be true!" Li Siming said this, still a little guilty.

"The comrades in the company are talking about it, and they are trying to see monkeys in the field every day. If it fails, we will be embarrassed!"

"Don't worry, you have to have confidence in me. When will we let you down?"

"I'm not sure about you. When did you become an agricultural expert? You act like an expert!" This is no wonder that Shuai Xu is worried. People with too much confidence are always heartbreaking.

"Hey, you've made me so sad. Dashun, just trust me again, okay?"

"So what if I'm not relieved? I've already boarded your pirate ship anyway." Shuai Shuai accepted his fate.

"I promise, I will succeed." Li Siming still swears and then buried his head in observing the seeds.

Hard work pays off. In early March, the cucumber seedlings finally sprouted. Li Siming was so happy that he told everyone: "It's been born, it's born."

"Who gave birth?" someone asked.

"Boy or girl?" Someone asked. I haven't heard of anyone having a baby.

"What is this? The seeds of Li Siming's education have sprouted!" Someone explained that the listener suddenly realized that what is this? It's like having a baby! This incident became a joke about Li Siming that he could never get rid of.

Fertilizers are made of farm fertilizer. According to Wei Bing's suggestion, Li Siming dug a large pit in the vegetable field, piled up the manure and urine of humans and animals into the pit, covered it with soil, allowing the fertilizer to ferment naturally, and improve fertility. Li Siming now has realized the difficulty of being a farmer, especially a farmer in the new era. For Li Siming, the layman, he has a profound understanding of what "the layman watches the excitement, the expert looks at the trick" is. Everything in this vegetable greenhouse is knowledgeable. The time and quantity of fertilizer used, the size of the plant spacing, the temperature adjustment, how to track the light, and the prevention and control of diseases and pests are all necessary. Planting these 10 acres of vegetables is more troublesome than doing ten major projects in the previous life.

However, what made Li Siming happy was that the vegetables were growing quite well. At this time, spring had really arrived, so there was no need to carefully observe the ground temperature in the greenhouse every day. "The first time we did it, it was like launching a rocket, and it was successful in ignition. Hard work pays off! We are really talented!" Li Siming said with smugness.

Seeing that the fruits of labor are expected to bear fruit, the members of the vegetable planting class are still very motivated. Growing vegetables in greenhouses is a meticulous job, and it is also appropriate for women to do this. If Zhang Hua comes to do this, he will definitely make a mistake. When weeding, the seedlings will definitely be pulled out for you with the grass. The elder of the officer Li watched the growth of vegetables every few days. He is probably the person who is the most diligent in the vegetable field except the members of the vegetable planting class. In his words, "We are just cooking, and vegetables are our weapons. Why don't you ask someone to touch the weapon?"
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