Super Ranch: Brothers come to Africa to farm

Chapter 56: Maximizing Sisal Land’s Economy!

As soon as the call was connected, after Kong Jianpeng learned about Wang Lu's intention, he immediately said enthusiastically:

"So that's what happened. Don't worry, our Agricultural Reclamation Group can still solve this small problem!"

After receiving Kong Jianpeng's promise, Wang Lu was in a good mood.

Moreover, the efficiency of the Farm Reclamation Group was really impressive. In the afternoon of that day, Kong Jianpeng personally delivered the fruit tree saplings Wang Lu needed.

Also coming with Kong Jianpeng was a Chinese-faced man wearing amber-rimmed glasses, about fifty years old. He was wearing gray work clothes and his temperament showed that he often went to the field. There were also several young figures behind him. , all Chinese faces.

"Little boss, let me introduce you. This is Professor Qin Jianqin who is in charge of sisal planting and improvement technology in our Farm Reclamation Group. Professor Qin is an expert in sisal planting in China. He will be responsible for your sisal planting guidance. I believe you won’t be disappointed!”

Hearing this, Wang Lu suddenly became happy.

If I don't have a professional person to guide my [-] acres of sisal land, I'm afraid that any pest or disease could cause me to lose all my money.

Professor Qin, who was wearing work clothes, also shook hands with Wang Lu as a greeting.

"Mr. Wang, I'm afraid we will have frequent contacts in the future. I hope we can have a pleasant cooperation!"

Through communication, Wang Lu also understood why such a great professor was willing to come all the way to Africa, and even came to his own ranch to serve as technical guidance.

People's main focus in China is the improvement of sisal planting technology, but there are not many areas suitable for sisal growth in China, and there are many limitations. Otherwise, the annual domestic sisal import gap would not be so large.

Fortunately, the local area is a traditional sisal producing area, so the agricultural reclamation group came here. The young faces following Professor Qin were all his students.

At least half of the people's graduation thesis points to Wang Lu's [-] acres of sisal field.

Wang Lu is naturally eager to have such a professional agricultural technical team to help him check the situation. It can be regarded as a win-win situation!
Without any extra pleasantries, Qin Jian, accompanied by Wang Lu, took the group of students directly to the sisal field that had been planted and began to investigate on the spot.

All of a sudden, the old professor Qin Jian's eyes revealed a strong look of envy, and he couldn't help shouting.

"The land you own is really unique, especially for growing sisal. We can only grow sisal in the cracks of rocks in China!"

Through communication with Qin Jian, Wang Lu learned that there are only one or two provinces in China where the climate meets the requirements for growing sisal, but due to geographical restrictions, sisal cannot be grown on a scale of [-] acres like Wang Lu's.

However, even with various limitations, Professor Qin's team's attainments in sisal planting technology are absolutely top-notch.

Not long after he got off the ground, he pointed out many problems for Wang Lu.

For example, the spacing specifications of sisal seedlings, as well as the prevention and control of some pests and diseases in the early stage, etc. Wang Lu also nodded repeatedly.One of the suggestions especially interested Wang Lu.

"In fact, if possible, the plots in the middle of these rows of sisal seedlings can be fully utilized to plant some shorter-cycle crops to improve planting efficiency."

In Wang Lu's [-] acres of sisal land, for the convenience of picking and harvesting in the future, enough space is left in the middle of each row for agricultural machinery to travel.

Moreover, sisal is planted too densely, which is not very good for yield, so the land area left vacant by this row spacing is still quite large.

Originally, Wang Lu didn't think about this at all, but after Professor Qin reminded him, Wang Lu suddenly came to his senses.

Before Wang Lu could start thinking, Professor Qin directly gave him advice on how to do good things to the end.

"When we work in domestic experimental fields or instruct farmers, we generally recommend that they plant pumpkins between rows. Especially in your pasture, pumpkins are a good choice!"

At this time, Wang Lu transformed into a primary school student and humbly asked for advice.

"Professor Qin, is there anything you want to say here?"

During the short exchange, Wang Lu showed no airs of a rich man and was always respectful to Qin Jian. Qin Jian had a pretty good impression of him, so he explained it with a laugh.

"First of all, even if you plant sisal seedlings, it will take at least one or two years to harvest sisal. The land between the rows is basically idle. No matter what you plant, it will be an extra year. As for why I chose pumpkin, the most important thing is that it consumes less soil resources and does not absorb a large amount of nutrients from the ground like other crops, causing the land to gradually become barren."

Hearing this, Wang Lu couldn't help but nod.

My parents usually grow some pumpkins, but I have never heard of it, because the fertility of the pumpkin patch is no longer good, but for other crops, I usually need to add some farmyard manure to increase the fertility of the soil.

"The root system of pumpkins is very developed, and it also plays a good role in consolidating the soil. Of course, it is not very useful for your land, but it is very valuable in mountainous areas. However, pumpkins have well-developed branches and leaves. After the vines grow, the leaves It can easily cover a large area. There must be a lot of grass growing in your sisal field before plowing, right? When the vine leaves of these pumpkins are spread over a large area, they can completely rob the grass seeds of those needed after they germinate. Sunlight, which cannot carry out photosynthesis, can naturally reduce the growth of a large number of weeds!”

By the end, Wang Lu was nodding his head like rice.

I have to say that people who are professional are professionals.

Wang Lu was still worried before. In his ten or twenty acres of rice fields, he could still rely on breeding guinea fowl to eat grass seeds and control weeds. But if this method were also used in these forty thousand acres of sisal land, If so, I'm afraid I will go bankrupt directly!

Unexpectedly, Professor Qin solved this problem as soon as he came!
And by the way, this [-] acres of sisal land can be used to plant an additional cash crop, which will also be an extra income. Even if the price of pumpkins is not high, it can still bring back some blood, right?

The growth cycle of pumpkins is about three to four months, and the local temperature is constant, which means that they can be grown for up to three seasons a year.

Like sisal, pumpkin also has drought resistance and can grow normally even in the dry season. It is simply not suitable for the sisal land in Wanglu Ranch!
　happy New Year to all!
　　
　
(End of this chapter)