Melody From Pshycopaths
Gardened
"Well, is this the garden?" Efira. The girl ran around like a child so happy.
"Can Efira pick it up?" Ephira asked, stroking one of the ripe fruits there.
It was very funny according to Alex, it was rare that he saw Efira as happy as that, probably because their life before today was quite a difficult life.
"May son, you can pluck it all" replied the girl's father.
Finally Efira jumped to jump the pleasure, ran to and fro, occasionally picking fruit and directly devouring it. There are many expressions described, sometimes he looks very enjoying the fruit, sometimes frowning his forehead, sometimes also frowning until his eyes narrowed, maybe his strawberry taste is different.
At the end of his escape, Efira returns with his mother, starting to harvest, while Alex and Efira's father choose to sit on a bench that has been provided there.
"How do I take care of her?"
"We have a daily watering schedule. Since this is a strawberry, we should pay attention to the moisture of the soil, right? We also provide a schedule of spraying pesticides, so that there are no pests on the plants"
"What if there are damaged plants? Is it left alone? Or banished?" Ask Alex again, smiling at his friend's behavior. Harvesting and then eating the fruit. For a long time the strawberry ran out in the belly of Ephira. About as soon as his mind raged.
"Sometimes it is not only damaged, but also impaired growth, such as not growing perfectly. If that's the case, then the plants should be discarded, and we replace them with new seeds"
"What needs to be cultivated?" Alex's gaze had gone from Efira, to that of his best friend's father.
The question was answered only by a nod by Efira's father, and the middle-aged man walked into a pile of sacks in the corner of the garden room?
"Organic fertilizer and inorganic fertilizer. Giving this fertilizer, must be in accordance with the dose, is done when the age of the plant is two months. When giving fertilizer is the hardest thing in my opinion. You know strawberries have a sensitive body. When adding fertilizer, try not to touch the plant organs. Like stems, leaves let alone fruit" explained Efira's father in detail, like someone who is already an expert in his field.
"Let's give some fertilizer" Take Efira's father.
Sometimes they talk lightly or even plan to play sports together later.
To the point where Ephira's father cut off one of the strawberry buds.
"What are you doing?" Ask Alex. Let's just say the language between the two is a little stiff. Yes, because Alex already has a strong foreign dialect, the same as Efira.
"This is called plundering. This is one trick. Look at this is an exaggeration of her buds" Efira's father showed an overstretched shoot from her place.
"Summer he's down, we can cut 1-2 buds. Furthermore, it can be replanted as a seedling" continued Efira's father, the middle-aged man looking very deft while doing so. Now we know where the intelligence and the dexterity that was in Ephira decreased from where.
From father.
Alex is welcome to try. Of course the man was eager to learn new things.
"Om, is this not using some kind of liquid so that the fruit ripens quickly?"
"Phytohormones. Phytohormones are a collection of organic compounds. Phytohormones can be formed naturally, can also be formed by humans.Function of Phytohormones there are various levels, including those to encourage, inhibit or change the growth, development and movement of plants. For this alone, we use the gas hormone ethylene, it is a hormone to accelerate the ripening of the fruit on the tree. But, also not infrequently people also use the hormone indole acellic acid, the function of this hormone to thicken the stem and also melt the fruit"
Lookie! The explanation is very detailed, Alex must have come home to bring a lot of knowledge today.
They continued their gardening, of course with a break in the middle of the day, eating the provisions prepared by Efira's mother was a good choice.
They enjoyed the day so much that it didn't feel like all their work was done. They finally decided to go home.
"Later tonight, bring your father and mother here. Let's eat together" Efira said to Alex, before the man set foot into his residence.
