E hauʻoli ka poʻe mahiʻai o New Hampshire e ʻimi nei e ulu i nā pepa bele kala i nā tunnel kiʻekiʻe e ʻike i nā mea noiʻi mai ka Ke kahua hoao NH Mahiai ua loaʻa nā ʻano ʻano he nui i hua maikaʻi a maikaʻi loa i ka hoʻāʻo noiʻi i mālama ʻia ma ke kahua hoʻokolohua Mahiʻai ʻImi Hoʻolāʻau Woodman.
Becky Sideman, He mea noiʻi me ka NH Agricultural Experiment Station a hoʻonui i ke kaukaʻi o ka horticulture hana hoʻomau, ʻo Kaitlyn Orde, haumāna puka ma ka ʻepekema mahiʻai, a me Talia Levy, haumāna lae pua i ka mahiʻai a me nā ʻōnaehana meaʻai, ua alakaʻi i kahi hoʻokolokolo bele kala e hoʻoholo ai i ka nui nā ʻano ʻano kūpono no ka hana ʻana ma New Hampshire ma kahi ʻano kiʻekiʻe-tunnel ʻaʻole wela.
“ʻO ka ulu ʻana o nā pepa i loko o nā awāwa kiʻekiʻe i wela ʻole e ʻae i ka hana ʻana i nā hua kala kiʻekiʻe loa. Hiki i nā pepa bele kala ke lilo i mea ʻai maikaʻi, ʻokoʻa no ka poʻe mahiʻai o New Hampshire, ʻoiai he nui nā kumu e like me ke kumukūʻai ʻoihana, nā hua kūʻai, a me nā kumukūʻai mākeke pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia, "wahi a Sideman.
Ua hōʻiliʻili nā mea noiʻi i ka ʻike e pili ana i ka huina holoʻokoʻa a me nā hua hiki ke kūʻai ʻia o 10 mau ʻano o nā pepa bele kala. ʻO nā ʻano ʻano UNH i loiloi ʻia ʻo Bentley, Felicitas, Orangela, Sympathy, Early Sunsation, Moonset, Karma, Sprinter, Karisma, a me Orange Blaze.
Ua loaʻa iā Sideman a me kāna hui nā hua mai ka 3.5 a i ka 5 paona hua no ka mea kanu, me ka nui o nā hua mai ka 46,000 a 66,600 paona no ka ʻeka. ʻOi aku kēia ma mua o ʻelua mau hua pepa maʻamau o 23,000 a 27,000 paona no ka ʻeka.
Na Bentley, Felicitas a me Orangela nā hua kiʻekiʻe loa, i helu ʻia ʻo High-Tech Greenhouse Peppers e Johnny's Select Seeds. No ka nui o ka paona o na hua kuai, ua hoohua mai ka Orange Blaze, he ano hua liilii, i na hua haahaa loa ma mua o Bentley a me Felicita. A i ʻole, ʻaʻohe ʻokoʻa nui.
Ua ʻike nā mea noiʻi he pilina pololei ma waena o ka nui o nā hua a me ka helu o nā hua i hana ʻia i kēlā me kēia mea kanu. ʻO ka ʻAlani Blaze (ʻo ka nui o nā hua maʻamau o 4.1 ʻoz.) i hoʻopuka i nā hua ʻoi aku ka nui o kēlā me kēia mea kanu ma mua o nā ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe a pau, ʻoiai ʻo Karisma (ka nui o nā hua awelika he 11.2 oz.) i hoʻopuka i nā hua liʻiliʻi loa no kēlā me kēia mea kanu. ʻO nā pepa ʻelua he pepa māla na Harris Seeds. He haʻahaʻa ka helu a me ka pākēneka o nā hua kūʻai ʻole no nā ʻano like ʻole.
Ua ʻike pū ka poʻe noiʻi ʻo ka maʻi maʻamau ʻo ka sunscald, hiki ke paʻakikī ke hoʻokaʻawale mai ka pala o ka pua i ka pepa. ʻO kekahi hemahema maʻamau, ʻo ia ka pala hua Alternaria ma muli o ka haʻo Alternaria alternata.
"ʻO ka hana ʻana o ka pepa kūleʻa i loko o nā tunnels e pono ai ka nānā ʻana i nā mea ʻino like ʻole, a hiki paha ke hoʻonui i nā hua ma ke kanu mua ʻana, nā ʻōnaehana spacing a me nā ʻōnaehana ʻokiʻoki, a i ʻole nā mea ʻē aʻe," wahi a Sideman.
Hoʻolālā ka poʻe noiʻi e hoʻomau i kā lākou noiʻi ʻana i nā ʻano pepa bele kala i kēia kauwela.
Hoʻokumu ʻia kēia mea ma luna o ka hana i kākoʻo ʻia e ka NH Agricultural Experiment Station, ma o ke kālā hui ʻana o ka National Institute of Food and Agriculture, US Department of Agriculture, ma lalo o ka helu helu 228522, a me ka mokuʻāina o New Hampshire. No ka 'ike hou aku no keia noi'i, e kipa extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource005720_Rep8006.pdf.
- Lori Wright, Ke Kulanui o New Hampshire
Puna: NH Agricultural Experiment Station