Super Orchard

Chapter 25 Drip Irrigation Systems
Within a few days, Shen Yangguang was pleasantly surprised to find that it was a wise decision to catch sparrows and insects, and there were much fewer fat and big insects that could be seen everywhere in the greenhouse!
A few days later, with the sparrows eating and the weather getting colder, there were hardly any traces of insects on the strawberry seedlings. In order to prevent the sparrows from pecking at the seedlings when they were hungry, some grains were sprinkled in the greenhouse every day. Satisfy the living needs of sparrows.

It was the end of October, and the outdoor temperature suddenly dropped a lot, but it was as warm as spring in the greenhouse. Needless to say, during the day, it was no cooler than in summer under the sunlight, and a certain temperature could be guaranteed at night, even without the warm light. In the case of lamp heating, otherwise the temperature will be higher.

As the outdoor temperature drops, the daily window opening time of the greenhouse is also gradually reduced. After a period of time, the doors and windows will be closed 24 hours a day to ensure that the heat in the greenhouse does not flow out.

Shen Yangguang went to the county to find a company, and brought an instrument to measure the air ratio in the shed. When the doors and windows are closed and there is no external air circulation, the carbon dioxide produced by the hot spring can basically meet the needs of fruit growth in the shed.

This result made Shen Guangguang ecstatic. In this way, there is no need to worry about too much carbon dioxide affecting the health of employees and sparrows, and at the same time, the lack of carbon dioxide will not affect the growth of fruit trees. A good ecological cycle can be formed in the entire greenhouse!
Then, having nothing to do, Shen Yangguang began to think about adding a set of drip irrigation equipment to the greenhouse. This is the time when strawberries are growing vigorously and they need water most.

In fact, there are only a dozen acres of land at present, and there are six professional employees. There is no problem with manual watering and irrigation. In addition, as time goes by, after the doors and windows of the greenhouse are completely closed, the water vapor will not leak out, and the shed can be maintained for a long time. With high humidity, there is almost no need for watering in the future. You only need to wait for the spring and summer of the next year before you need a lot of watering.

Shen Yangguang considered that the strawberries would be even busier after two months when they matured. Instead of hiring more people, it is better to save manpower. Moreover, the drip irrigation system can be used for a long time. Anyway, it will be done sooner or later. It is better to lay it now. Nothing happened for a while.

The reason why we want drip irrigation instead of sprinkler irrigation is mainly because sprinkler irrigation is a large-scale sprinkling of water, which will wet all the furrows, which is not conducive to people walking, and it is not conducive to pushing carts. Another point is that drip irrigation is more water-saving than sprinkler irrigation.

After returning home and having lunch, Shen Yangguang took out his mobile phone to check the types and quotations of the drip irrigation system online. Before he opened the browser, Xia Yunxuan called again.

Some time ago, Xia Yunxuan would receive calls from time to time. At the beginning, she was worried that the wild grapes would not survive, and kept asking how to take care of the plants.

Later she asked how to water and fertilize. She was afraid that the wild grapes would be drowned, or that the wild grapes would die from drought, that there was not enough fertilizer, and that too much fertilizer would burn the roots.

There was another time not long ago, when Xia Yunxuan saw the freshly grown branches and leaves of wild grapes start to turn yellow and fall off, and asked nervously if she had raised the wild grapes to death. Grapes will lose their leaves, which is normal, so Xia Yunxuan hangs up the phone in peace.

Thinking of the stupid and nervous look of the other party a few times ago, Shen Yangguang smiled and connected the phone, and asked, "Mr. Xia, is there something wrong with Wild Grape?"

"No, no, the weather is turning cold now, and the temperature at night is below zero. These two wild grapes are so small, I worry that they will freeze to death if they are left on the balcony. Do you want to move them to the bedroom at night?"

Wild grapes are very resistant to cold and have golden air currents. Under normal circumstances, they will not freeze to death at all. Considering that Xia Yunxuan is only planted in flowerpots, it is really possible to freeze at the coldest time. Shen Yangguang said: "This You don’t have to worry, the vitality of wild grapes is very tenacious, and it’s fine to put them on the balcony, but you need to reduce the amount of watering, once a week, and just moisten the surface soil every time, so as not to freeze.”

After thinking about it carefully, Shen Yangguang continued: "After another month, the temperature at noon will be below zero, so you can move the wild grapes into the living room. As for the bedroom, forget it, wild grapes are not so delicate. "

Xia Yunxuan wrote down Shen Yangguang's words in the notebook, and after repeating that there was no problem, she was completely relieved.

After hanging up the phone, Shen Yangguang continued to search on the Internet. After an hour, he also had a general understanding of the drip irrigation system in his heart.

Each drip irrigation system is composed of a water pump, a filter element and a pipe. The water pump pumps out the river water and pressurizes it into the pipe, and the pipe is sent to the place where it is needed. There are small holes in the pipe, and the water flows out through the small hole and sprinkles on the roots of the plants. .

Of course, this is not a simple hole, but like a shower, it atomizes the water flow and sprinkles it evenly, reducing the impact of the water flow on the soil and improving the water utilization rate.

As for the filter element, as the name suggests, it is used to filter the sundries in the water, because the small holes in the pipe are very small, and it is easy to be blocked by the sundries and cannot be sprinkled. life.

The reason why the drip irrigation system saves water is that it transports all the water to the roots of the plants, reducing the evaporation of water in the air, and at the same time, it will not be sprinkled far away from the plants, wasting water.

And this kind of drip irrigation system is not too expensive, the main cost is on the pipes, Shen Yangguang wants to buy the one with the thinnest pipe diameter, the ordinary open pipe is only a few cents per meter, with a shower head similar to that The pipes cost only ten yuan per meter.

Then Shen Guangguang began to calculate again. The greenhouse is 50 meters wide, and each furrow is two meters wide. Except for the middle canal, there is a simple path. A total of 24 pipes are needed, each of which is 200 meters long, plus the joints of the pipes. The length of 6000 meters is more than enough with a little reservation.

Plus a complete set of mechanical equipment, less than 10 yuan is enough, and now there is 90 yuan in the account, so it is no problem to buy a drip irrigation system.

After finding a manufacturer of this kind of equipment in the county on the Internet, Shen Yangguang called Zheng Hao again and learned that he was in the county at this time. Considering that he might not come back at night, he said in advance that he might be there tonight. Well, I gave Jiang Xiaoxi another key, and if she doesn't come back at night, ask her to help feed Dumb.

After walking out of the village, he was standing on the side of the country road and was about to take a minibus into the city. A dazzling BMW stopped, and Huang Weicheng, who was combing his hair with oil, stretched his neck and said, "Where is Sunshine going? Come on, Brother will take you for a ride!"

Shen Yangguang was not interested in this proposal: "No need, I still have something to do by taking a car to the county town."

"It just so happens that I'm going to the shed, so I'll drop by with you. My brother will give you a ride, and let you experience what a luxury car is."

Shen Yangguang glanced at the vegetable shed in the north. It was so close that he didn't need to step on the gas pedal. There was no difference between taking a minibus there and taking a car here. It was just that he couldn't get over Huang Weicheng's hard work, so he got into the car helplessly. .

One minute did not arrive, and the trip of "taking a ride" was over. After Shen Yang got off the bus, he stood on the side of the road and continued to wait for the bus.

After Huang Weicheng stopped the car, he wiped the door handle lightly with his sleeve and said, "How about it, the feeling of riding in a luxury car is different, right?"

"Yes Yes Yes!"

"The minibus hasn't come yet, so I'll take you to the shed to have a look."

"The car may arrive at any time. I'm waiting. Besides, I also have a shed. It's nothing to see if I stay in it every day."

Huang Weicheng couldn't help but took Shen Yangguang's arm and walked into the vegetable greenhouse, and said as he walked, "Minibus runs every half an hour, and there will be another one when it comes. Besides, your greenhouse is only about ten acres. The ten greenhouses add up to a hundred acres, so can it be the same, brother will show you what is a big deal!"

This kind of greenhouse is the most common plastic greenhouse. The area inside each shed is about two mu of land. Except for the walls and brackets, it is covered with a thick layer of plastic cloth, which is really nothing to look at.

During this time, Huang Weicheng finally recruited dozens of employees, some from Jinquan Village and some from neighboring villages. They were busy planting and watering in the shed, and Wang Chunmei's brother Wang Chunshu was among them.

Of course, not all of these people are long-term employees. Except for Wang Chunshu and a small half of the employees, most of the rest are temporary workers who come to help when they are busy, and their wages are settled on a daily basis.

After Huang Weicheng showed off enthusiastically, he finally stopped. Seeing this, Shen Yangguang hurriedly said that he was in a hurry to go to the county to do business, so he escaped, jumped on a minibus and rushed to the county.

(End of this chapter)