Chapter 48: Live long and prosper
According to Chen Xin’s estimation, if he could get the materials to upgrade the greenhouse from Mo Qingyan this month and plant vegetables in time, he would not only harvest seven times the current vegetable yield next month but also collect the carrots planted last month, which would be quite a bounty.
However, with such a large harvest of vegetables, he would need to handle them promptly, as Chen Xin couldn’t possibly consume all of them himself. The only option is to trade them for supplies.
After all, the large freezer he exchanges from Mo Qingyan can hold only a few hundred pounds of vegetables before it’s full, which is just his monthly harvest. If the yield truly increases sevenfold, he certainly wouldn’t have enough space for all the vegetables.
After careful consideration, Chen Xin decided to stick to his original plan and plant upland rice.
If he uses the materials for an upgrade, simultaneously increasing the planting area and hydroponic growing trays, Chen Xin could plant upland rice on the ground and move the vegetable planting to the hydroponic trays.
This way, he could harvest enough grain for himself while having enough fresh vegetables to trade for supplies.
After all, the upgraded greenhouse would be 200 square meters, with an equal area of hydroponic trays. Two hundred square meters of land for upland rice could yield about 600 pounds of rice annually with two harvests each year.
The vegetables on the hydroponic trays, with his current planting ratio of half carrots and half cabbage and lettuce, would yield about 600 pounds of cabbage, 600 pounds of lettuce, and roughly 300 pounds of carrots each month on average.