Agriculture Idol

Chapter 207 Strawberry
After the raccoon's video explanation was finished, Li Chengxin and Professor Pan took a short break and began to explain the next group of videos that had been sorted out. The protagonist of this group of videos was the civet cat.

The civet cat was also found in the Chenghuang Temple early last year, and it has been more than a year now.The activity areas and food sources of civet cats overlap with raccoon dogs, so the live broadcast team also collected many images of civet cats.

Civet cats are also nocturnal creatures, so the first video I opened was still a black and white picture familiar to netizens.

The infrared thermal camera was set up near the persimmon tree where raccoon dogs and civet cats were found. In the middle of the lens is a round persimmon.

After a while, a creature came into the camera, with a small triangular face and a white spot from the forehead to the middle of the nose, it was a civet cat.

Seeing a square black object in its usual activity area, the civet couldn't help but come forward to check it out. In this way, its entire body was exposed.

Civet cats are cats with a light body and like to climb trees. Their claws have five fingers and are very sharp. They can also jump up the thin branches of persimmon trees.The back view of a civet cat is actually somewhat similar to that of a cat, but it is not the same at all when viewed from the front.

After the civet, another small figure emerges from the darkness in the distance of the camera.

Professor Pan let out a "huh" and moved closer to the screen.

After the first civet jumped onto the persimmon tree, the figure of the civet that appeared behind also jumped up holding the branches of the persimmon tree, and finally a third civet appeared behind.

Judging from the body size, Professor Pan concluded that the two civets that climbed up earlier were small civet cats, and the last one was probably their mother.According to Professor Pan, civet cats lead a family life centered on the matrilineal line, and the mother takes full charge of taking care of the lively and active children.

Therefore, the two civet civets were the first to climb up the tree because they became interested in the camera and took a closer look, and the mother who stood the farthest and was wary of the camera was the mother.

Like raccoon dogs, civet civets will start a new journey to find new habitats after they grow up.

For civet cats, which can climb, Professor Pan deduced: "Maybe civet cats will live on the roof of Geyue Entertainment!"

Civet cats are also omnivores and can eat many things. Although they mainly like to eat fruits on trees, aquatic organisms including frogs, fish, and crabs are also their food.

The implication of Professor Pan's words is naturally referring to the creatures in the heart pool.

When they finally finished explaining the civet video, Li Chengxin and Professor Pan stretched their bodies and said, "Let's go up to the top floor and have a look."

Li Chengxin arrived in a hurry and didn't even have time to take a look at the top floor before starting the live broadcast.Thinking about it, the last time I did a live broadcast on the rooftop was in the middle of last year. I don’t know what kind of disaster Qi Lanting caused on the rooftop.

At the beginning of this year, he and Brother Xiaoyong also brought a batch of rare strawberry seedlings for Qi Lanting to plant. Before Li Chengxin was still in Hongming Village, he only watched the top-floor show hosted by Qi Lanting. At that time, the strawberries had already opened. Small white five-petal flowers, think about it, it's time for strawberries to bear fruit now.

After the strawberry blooms, the pollen on the larger stamen on the outside of the flower will be attached to the smaller pistil on the inside of the flower through the wind and some pollinating insects. After that, the pistil cluster will begin to swell, and the front end will become a strawberry seed.

After the flower withers, the calyx partially closes upwards, and in the calyx, the strawberry pulp begins to grow.

"Wow, there are so many strawberries!" Li Chengxin went up to the top floor and saw the strawberries in the basin made of white foam at a glance.

A large bunch of small blue strawberries grew on the outermost strawberry plant that Li Chengxin saw, and the embryonic form of strawberries was already in the calyx.

Looking at the strawberries on the inside again, the few strawberries hidden under the leaves have completely turned red and look completely edible.

Li Chengxin picked a strawberry. This strawberry was flat and very different from the long and thin original variety he saw in the strawberry farm at that time.

Professor Pan explained: "The appearance of strawberries has a lot to do with the growing environment. The strawberries you saw before are the result of greenhouse cultivation, with temperature and humidity controlled. But these strawberries that are grown on the roof are exposed to wind at an altitude of 200 meters every day. It's normal to look different after being exposed to the sun."

Li Chengxin handed the strawberry in her hand to Professor Pan, picked another one herself, and shook the lens of the live broadcast camera carried by the staff: "Then let me eat and watch first."

A bunch of complaints popped out of the barrage.

[Don’t you want to wash the strawberries too? 】

[Even if Qi Lanting didn't spray the strawberries with pesticides, there is still dust in Lanhai City anyway! 】

Li Chengxin just remembered this after being reminded by netizens. When he was doing live broadcasts to help farmers, he basically ate directly, without washing. It seems that he has developed a bad habit.

Thinking of this, he took a bottle of mineral water from the staff, watered the strawberry in his hand a little, and then put the strawberry in his mouth.

After biting half of a strawberry and chewing it carefully, Li Chengxin nodded and said: "Not bad, it's delicious. The sourness is just right, and you can feel the original taste of strawberries. Compared with those sweet strawberries on the market today, this strawberry is not sweet at all. But very refreshing."

Professor Pan also ate the strawberry that Li Chengxin handed him before, nodded and said, "This one is very ripe, very sweet, and a little sour, so sour that it really tastes good."

Li Chengxin picked another ripe strawberry and bit it down: "Yeah, it's really delicious, and the balance between sweet and sour is particularly good. Not only is it sweet and sour, but the aroma of strawberries is also very strong."

As they were talking, the two continued to eat strawberries, almost getting five strawberries each.

"Leave the strawberries!!!!" A hurried voice came first.

Li Chengxin looked around, and it was Qi Lanting who had just rushed into the top floor area: "Hey, Lanting, the strawberries are growing well."

As he spoke, he put the next strawberry in his hand into his mouth.

Qi Lanting rushed over and pulled Li Chengxin away from the strawberry: "This is the strawberry I planted, I haven't eaten it yet, why are you... only one left!"

Li Chengxin snickered, when he found that the ripe strawberries were hidden under the leaves, he guessed that Qi Lanting had hidden them on purpose.Thinking of this, he remembered that Qi Lanting and Han Long ate the vegetables he planted when the project of growing vegetables on the top floor started, so he didn't show mercy to the strawberries Qi Lanting planted.

Handing the last strawberry to Qi Lanting, Li Chengxin pointed to the stolons of strawberries hanging from the foam flower pot: "These stolons can also be cultivated into strawberry sub-strains, right? If they can take root smoothly, one strawberry plant can branch into more than four plants. Zi Zhu."

Professor Pan usually studies wild animals, but he can also be an expert in ordinary plant cultivation. Regarding Li Chengxin's proposal, he nodded and said: "These daughter plants can continue to grow as long as they are given water and nutrients. If everything goes well, here are ten strawberry plants. , next year it will become fifty."

Qi Lanting was drooling, as if he had seen the wonderful scene of next year's strawberries on the roof, and ate the last ripe strawberry: "For the sake of next year's strawberries, I will let you go this time!"

(End of this chapter)