336: Watermelons are growing on durian trees?!

“Start now? No need to understand the situation beforehand, or look at their previous semi-finished products?”

Li He really wanted to ask.

But thinking of the ability the other party had shown earlier, he decisively chose to shut his mouth again.

“As for tools, Teacher Su, what do you need? If it’s just simple scissors, ties, saws, and such, the tool shed over there has them.”

Jiang Chuan quickly took over the conversation, speaking eagerly.

As a member of the research team, he was also very familiar with the situation here. Because of his young age, he usually handled all the errands.

Dean Li cast a gratified look at Jiang Chuan, clearly very satisfied with his proactive and enthusiastic attitude.

Su Yu thought for a moment and replied.

“Hmm, all these basic things are needed. Of course, besides these, I also have some other tools I’ll need. I’ll write you a list, and you can see if you can get them as soon as possible.”

“No problem, leave it to me!”

Jiang Chuan jogged to Mr. Su, pulled out a pen and paper he carried with him, and had Mr. Su write down everything he needed. Then he walked aside to call a colleague in the procurement department, asking him to buy them as quickly as possible.

Meanwhile, Mr. Su, seeing Jiang Chuan go to prepare the tools, didn't idle.

He walked to the edge of the fruit tree experimental field and looked up. It was the season for citrus fruits like oranges and pomelos to ripen. Looking around, the fruit trees were laden with heavy fruits.

With the Academy of Agricultural Sciences' cultivation techniques, every fruit tree was grown exceptionally well. Even the high-priced premium fruits sold on the market were no better!

The fruit trees were categorized by region.

Fruit trees requiring a tropical environment were all placed on the far left. An artificial sun was installed above the growth acceleration shed there, continuously providing ample sunlight.

At the same time, underground mist sprayers began watering at the pre-set times.

The hot and humid tropical environment was perfectly replicated one-to-one!

To ensure the purest growing environment for each fruit tree, even the soil used for planting each plant was excavated locally and air-shipped directly!

On the right were cold-tolerant fruit trees that ripened in winter.

In the middle were summer fruits, such as watermelon and grapes, which were vine-type fruits requiring trellises.

Because these fruits required a large cultivation area, this was also the largest of the three experimental fields.

Which fruit tree should he start with?

Since he was here, he might as well tackle something with a higher difficulty.

Having made up his mind, Mr. Su turned his gaze to the watermelon patch and the fruit trees.

Vine fruits and tree fruits, in people's conventional impression, should be very difficult to graft.

Most people might even think that grafting between the two is impossible.

But Mr. Su knew that these two types of fruits were actually the easiest to graft.

He chose the watermelon and durian, which he was relatively familiar with and were similar in size.

Taking the simple tools from Jiang Chuan's hand, Mr. Su strode into the watermelon patch and selected a very thick watermelon stem, cutting it off with a single stroke.

Normally, the watermelon vines outside would have withered and died by this season, but in the growth acceleration shed's field, the watermelon vines were luxuriant and thriving.

Some watermelon vines even showed signs of about to bloom!

Mr. Su did not choose the vines that were about to bloom.

Because such vines were already about to bloom, using them for experiments would not possess scientific rigor.

He chose an ordinary-looking watermelon vine.

Holding the watermelon vine, Mr. Su took several large steps, crossing several areas, before arriving at a durian tree.

This durian tree was not bearing fruit at this time; it should be in its growth stage, making it perfectly suitable as the grafting subject.

Seeing Mr. Su's eager look, Li He finally couldn't help but remind him.

“Mr. Su, every single fruit tree here is very difficult to cultivate. We’ve put in a lot of effort to keep them in a healthy state.”

“If you want to conduct a grafting experiment, why don’t you just use a small portion to try first?”

They had cultivated three sets of every type of fruit here, precisely because they were worried that an experimental failure might damage the fruit trees' root systems.

Previously, when they conducted experiments, they were always cautious, only using a very small portion of branches for grafting each time.

Seeing Mr. Su prepare to directly work on an entire tree as soon as he started, the stone in their hearts rose again, and everyone became nervous.

Especially since the two fruits Mr. Su chose were watermelon and durian, which had an extremely high disparity!

Before this, even they had never attempted to graft these two fruits.

However, Mr. Su did not stop his actions upon hearing this, instead looking at Dean Li, who was watching intently from the side.

Dean Li saw this and shook his head at Li He, as if to say, “Don’t worry, since Mr. Su made such a choice, he must have his own reasons.”

Everyone can rest assured; the other party is not someone who lacks a sense of proportion.

After confirming there were no issues, Mr. Su made his first move, beginning his initial grafting experiment.

As the saying goes, an expert's first move reveals everything!

Watching Mr. Su's familiar and incredibly smooth movements, everyone quieted down at that moment, holding their breath.

Although Mr. Su was doing it for the first time, his Lackey had already presented the entire experimental process to him in VR, combining it with the system's grafting knowledge.

And he only needed to follow the VR operation instructions step by step... Half an hour later.

Sweating profusely, Mr. Su jumped down from the durian tree. Wiping the sweat from his forehead, he looked with satisfaction at the place where the watermelon vine and the fruit tree were joined and sutured.

There should be no problem!

According to the knowledge the system had given him, even without verification, Mr. Su knew that the co-existence grafting of watermelon and durian on the same plant had been successfully completed.

Li He looked at the spot on the branch, which resembled a top-tier surgical suture, in disbelief.

The grafting Mr. Su performed just now involved many techniques they had never seen before in their daily lives. There were also some theories that likewise broke their conventional understanding.

“Is that all it takes?”

Jiang Chuan swallowed hard, speaking with some difficulty.

Mr. Su nodded.

“It’s done!”

“If you don’t believe me, I can set up the growth acceleration shed right now, and we can see the final effect.”

After speaking, without waiting for everyone to react, Mr. Su pulled out a small black box from his pocket, opened the switch, and threw it towards the durian fruit tree.

Five minutes later.

The watermelon vine coiled up the durian tree trunk, and flowers bloomed one after another.

Two more minutes passed.

Green watermelons and durians, like small hedgehogs, began to grow simultaneously.

watermelons actually grew on the durian tree!!!