Most of the land here in Beichao Village is a sand dune environment composed of fine sand.
Fine sand is different from ordinary sand. Its particles are very small and very dry. It cannot be held in the hand, and it will flow away along the pores.
Because of this, when the wind blows, the sand will fly with the wind, flying very fast.
According to the distinction made by a more scientific method, when the wind speed is greater than five seconds, the fine sand will move with the wind, forming what is commonly known as "quick sand", which will continue to expand with the wind direction; when the wind speed is greater than ten seconds, the quick sand will become a sandstorm , the combination of wind and sand, the destructive power will become particularly amazing, overwhelming.
There is no good way to plant trees in such an environment. We can only make wind barriers on the sand dunes first, that is, grass grids or grids made of branches to slow down the speed of wind and sand, and then plant them in the wind barriers. Tree.
Of course, this is a stupid way, because it takes a lot of manpower and time to make a grass grid.
Moreover, the grass grid can only last for one to two years.
If tree planting fails to fix sand during this period, then we have to overthrow and start over again, which means that everything before has been done in vain.
"Here is the result of five months of hard work by our family."
After leading Chen Mu, Qin Gang and the town officials to their homeland, the Mongolian man proudly introduced them.
"We try to plant the trees on the windward side of the sand dunes, which is about half of the position, so that when the strong wind comes, the sand on it will be blown away and filled to the bottom of the leeward side. The protection of the trees planted will not move, so that the sand dunes will be gradually flattened, which is called the method of cutting peaks and filling valleys and planting trees."
"Another advantage of planting trees in this way is that you are not afraid that the sand dunes will move, which will expose the roots of the saplings, and you will not be afraid that the movement of the sand dunes will bury the saplings. If all trees are planted, it will be a real success.”
"When we plant trees, we usually flush them with water, but Haloxylon seedlings and Salix saplings are a little bit, so we water first and plant the saplings..."
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When Agudamu introduced, Chen Mu, Qin Gang and the town officials listened carefully, all of them showed satisfaction on their faces, and they recognized Agudamu's ability to plant trees very much.
Later, Cheng Zijun and the others listened, but they couldn't grasp the main point. They didn't know what's so interesting about it.
In their eyes, some saplings were planted in a mess around, making the sand dunes a little more green, that's all.
Moreover, the saplings on these sand dunes were all planted on the windward slope, and there were no saplings on the other side, which felt as if they had not been planted.
The young man who spoke earlier curled his lips, and said disdainfully: "I don't know what to brag about. This tree has just been planted, and it looks like it has no seeds. It is estimated that the guys in these places want to get political achievements, and they are desperately trying to get there." Put gold on your face."
"Shut up!"
Cheng Zijun was the more knowledgeable member of the group. He bent down and looked at one of the Haloxylon trees. He felt that it had already taken root in the soil. He tried hard, but he couldn't pull it out.
Although he doesn't know how to plant trees, he also knows that it is not easy to plant trees in such a place, let alone plant so many trees.
He had been listening carefully to Agudam's words just now. It took his family five months to grow it. How could it be putting gold on his face
"These saplings... were cultivated by that kid?"
Cheng Zijun was thinking about it secretly, and couldn't help but cast his gaze on Chen Mu.
According to Agudam's words, the quality of these saplings is very good, which is why he has successfully planted so many trees...
Combined with the previous attitude of the town officials and Qin Gang towards Chen Mu, Cheng Zijun really felt that people should not be judged by their appearances. It was unexpected that this boy who opened a gas station had such a skill, which was really impressive.
Seeing Cheng Zijun squatting on the ground touching the saplings as if fascinated, another young man also squatted down and asked, "Brother Jun, are these trees really planted so well?"
Cheng Zijun came back to his senses and said, "It is extremely difficult to plant trees in the desert, otherwise the country would not have made great efforts to build a Three-North Shelterbelt."
Pointing to the surrounding sand dunes, he said: "Look at this place, the environment is so harsh, it is not possible to successfully plant trees in a day or two, it will take many years to do it. Well, everything is difficult at the beginning, and now there are five The tree can be planted in a month, don't you think it's good?"
When he was talking, he glanced at the young man who spoke before: "Don't just talk nonsense if you don't understand anything, let's learn to be humble, listen to what you don't understand, and don't shout if you don't understand it, lest you be shy and make others laugh .”
The young man blushed and didn't dare to say anything.
Over there, Chen Mu listened to Agudam's introduction for a while, and suddenly said: "Brother Agudam, can you find a tree that has been planted for a long time, dig it up and let me see how the roots grow under it?" gone."
"no problem!"
Agudam immediately started to find a Haloxylon tree that had grown to half a person's height, and dug it up.
Because it is fine sand, some water must be poured first to keep the sand from flowing before digging, but it is not difficult at all to dig.
Underneath, the roots of the Haloxylon tree can be seen very quickly. The roots grow very densely, growing downward and all around, densely packed.
Because of such roots, the sand around the Haloxylon tree is a little wet, and it is no longer fine sand. Obviously, the sand-fixing effect is taking effect.
Chen Mu asked Agudam to keep digging. After digging nearly two meters, the bottom of the root could not be seen. Satisfied, Chen Mu asked Agudam to rebury it with sand, and then asked him to continue digging a tree planted two months ago. .
Without saying a word, Agudam continued to find a Haloxylon tree planted two months ago, and dug it up again...
Finally, Chen Mu looked at another sapling that was just planted yesterday...
After reading it, Chen Mu had a clear idea.
In such a sandy land, the Haloxylon seedlings of our own will be weaker than those in ordinary wasteland.
This "weakness" is mainly at the beginning of planting.
Because the surroundings are full of fine sand, the roots of the saplings cannot grasp the ground well and gain enough strength to resist the wind and sand.
However, as long as they can survive for three days, the Haloxylon seedlings will quickly drill deep into the ground, take root and develop, so that they will be really not afraid of the wind and sand.
Of course, in the process of its survival, water is also indispensable.
After all, there is too little water on this kind of sand, and there is no way for it to get enough water.
After thinking about it, Chen Mu told Agudamu about his observations, and instructed him to be careful when planting trees.
Although Agudamu can pull Chen Mu ten streets ahead in terms of tree planting experience, even if he faces some tree planting experts from large public forest farms, he can still stiffen his neck.
But facing Chen Mu at this time, he listened carefully to Chen Mu like a primary school student, and asked some questions from time to time, asking Chen Mu to answer him.
After wandering around the forest farm in Agudam, the group started to walk back.
Agudam felt that Chen Mu was about to leave, and he was still a little reluctant. He followed Chen Mu and said, "Mr. Chen, why don't you stay for dinner, and I'll ask my wife to cook you chicken."
"Native chicken?"
Chen Mu was drooling a little. After he signed a contract with Agudam last time, he ate the stewed chicken made by Agudam's wife. It tasted really good.
Seeing Chen Mu's gluttonous appearance, Agudam immediately stepped up his efforts to seduce him: "Mr. Chen, stay here, we'll eat whole stewed chicken and drink some wine. You can sleep at my house tonight and leave tomorrow. "
Chen Mu hesitated for a moment, thinking of going to see the leaders of City L tomorrow, he could only shake his head: "Brother Agudam, thank you, but I have to go back to the city tonight, we will meet again later if we have a chance Let's eat chicken stew."
"It's so fast..."
Agudam was quite disappointed, and asked again: "Then when will you come back next time?"
Chen Mu smiled and said: "Then I will definitely come again, um, when the cistanche grows in your field, you call me, and I will definitely come."
Agudam was curious: "Mr. Chen, Kurbanjiang and Ilya told me that our Cistanche can grow in one year. Is this true? I also planted Cistanche before, and it took three years to grow. from."
Of course, Chen Mu has confidence in his Cistanche, but it has been added with "nutrition soil", all of which have been ordered with vitality points, and it is no wonder that they can't be planted if they are used in those seeds.
What he is most worried about now is that there is too much vitality in the nutritious soil. What if the cistanche grows in half a year? He doesn't know how to explain it.
Generally speaking, Cistanche will emerge in spring and autumn, especially from March to May in spring.
The cistanche in his forest farm has already emerged, and he is about to harvest it when it is really ripe.
At this time, the cistanche has been planted here in Agudam for half a year. If it really pops up, it will be somewhat troublesome to explain.
Chen Mu hopes that they will come out again in autumn, and that will be a success.
Of course, he observed just now, and there was no sign of cistanche sprouting in Aguda's field, which made him relieved a lot.
Accompanied by Agudamu reluctantly, Chen Mu and his group finally left Beizhuo Village.
Back in front of the gate of the town government in Beizhaokou, Chen Mu and Qin Gang wanted to rush back to L City, while Cheng Zijun and the others wanted to continue their self-driving tour, so they had to part ways.
When Cheng Zijun was leaving, he half-jokingly and half-seriously said to Chen Mu: "I will definitely visit you later to play, and you will entertain me well then."
Chen Mu didn't care. Anyway, because of Cheng Zijun's care for him before, he already regarded him as a friend. Since the other party said he would come to play, he would definitely greet him well, so he nodded and agreed: "Call me before you come." Call, I'll get you a whole roasted lamb."
The two hugged each other before waving goodbye.