Mālama ʻia ka Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day o kēia makahiki ma ka Pōʻakolu, Sept. 26 ma PrairiErth Farm ma Atlanta, Illinois. E mālama ana ʻo Hans Bishop, ka mea nona ka PrairiErth Farm, i ka hanana i loko o ka hale hoʻopaʻa ukana hou o ka mahiʻai, a ʻo ia hoʻi ka hale meaʻai kūloko a me ke kikowaena hoʻonaʻauao. Hoʻolālā ʻia ka hanana e Sam Hitchcock Tilton, ka mea nāna i hoʻonohonoho i ka hanana o ka makahiki i hala a me ka ʻelele Midwest no KULT-Kress precision weeding tools, a me The Land Connection, he hui waiwai ʻole ʻo Illinois e hāpai ana i ka hoʻomaʻamaʻa mahiʻai a me ka mālama ʻāina.
ʻO ka lā kula kahi manawa kūpono no ka poʻe mahiʻai e aʻo e pili ana i nā mea hana a me nā ʻenehana weeding. I ke kakahiaka, e hāʻawi ka loea olakino ʻāina ʻo Alan Philo (ʻo ia ka mea lapaʻau kūikawā no Midwestern BioAg) i nā ʻano mahiʻai e mālama ai i ke olakino lepo a me nā ʻano hana kūkulu lepo e hiki ai ke kanu pololei ma hope.
ʻO ka manawa hōʻikeʻike e hiki mai ana he manawa kūpono no ka poʻe mahiʻai e ʻike i nā mea hana weeding mai nā hui ʻoi aku ma mua o 10 a kamaʻilio pū me nā ʻelele. E kaʻana like nā kānaka ʻepekema weed University mai nā mokuʻāina a puni i kā lākou noiʻi, e hōʻike ka poʻe mahiʻai Midwest i kā lākou mau mea hana weeding punahele, a ʻo ka hale lole "Walk-Behind Alley" e hōʻike ana i nā traktor hele wāwae ʻelua a me nā mea hana.
I ka ʻauinalā, e hōʻike ʻia ka nui o nā mea mahiʻai a me nā traktor mahiʻai ma ke kula ma nā beets i hoʻopili pololei ʻia a me ka lettuce transplanted. E hōʻike ana kēia mau hōʻikeʻike pehea e kau ʻia ai nā mīkini a hoʻoponopono pono ʻia, a e kōkua i ka poʻe mahiʻai e ʻike i ke ʻano o ka hana ʻana o nā mea hana ma kā lākou mau mahiʻai ponoʻī e hoʻonui i ka pono a me ka huahana.
E hele ana nā traktor mahiʻai a pau i kēia manawa (Tilmor, Oggun, a me Tuff-Bilt) a me nā mea ʻē aʻe he nui (IH-274, Hefty G, IH Super C, a me nā Allis G's i hoʻololi ʻia). E komo pū nā hō'ike'ike kula i ka weeder, nā manamana lima i ho'opa'a 'ia ma ka 'ōpū, ka pahu hana ho'okele ma hope, ka weeder, ka mea ho'ololi mekini, a me ka mea ho'opololei i ka lālani. Nui nā mea hana ʻē aʻe ma ka wahi hōʻikeʻike, e like me ka Lilliston rolling cultivator, William's toolbar system, Reigi/Eco weeder, a me propane flame weeder.
He $20 ke kumukūʻai o ka lā kula a loaʻa pū me ka ʻaina kakahiaka, ka ʻaina awakea a me ka ʻaʻa pia ma ka hopena o ka lā.
E hoʻopaʻa inoa ma ka pūnaewele: https://thelandconnection.org/farmers/mechanical-weed-control-field-day-2018
No ka ʻike hou aku, e kelepona iā Mallory Krieger ma mallory@thelandconnection.org a i ʻole ke kāhea aku (312) 840-2128.
Kiʻi: Sam Hitchcock Tilton, ka mea hoʻolālā o ka Midwest Mechanical Weed Control Field Day a me Grower's Postcard columnist no Vegetable Growers News, e kamaʻilio e pili ana i nā lako ma ka hanana 2017 i mālama ʻia ma Michigan.