ʻO nā kukama (Cucumis sativas) nā lālā o ka ʻohana Cucurbitaceae, me ka Squash, Pumpkins, Musk Melons, Watermelons, a me nā ʻumeke. Hana ʻia nā kukama ma ka honua holoʻokoʻa, a ʻo ʻAmelika ka ʻehā o nā mea hana nui ma hope o Kina, India, a me Rusia. ʻO Mexico ka mea lawe mua i ka wā o ka hooilo manawa e hoʻokō ai i ka noi a puni ka makahiki mai nā mea kūʻai aku o US. ʻO ka ʻāpana ulu maikaʻi loa no nā Kukama ma USA ʻo Zone 5a.
Pehea e hoʻomaka ai i ka mahiʻai kukumba ma USA
Nā kūlana no ka ulu ʻana i ka Kukama ma ʻAmelika
- ʻO nā kukama nā mea kanu i ka wā mahana a ulu maikaʻi ma waena o 18 a 35 ° C. Hoʻoulu ʻia nā kukama ma nā kula a i ʻole i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Hoʻomaka maʻamau nā mea kanu kūkaʻi i ulu ma ke kula ma ke ʻano he ʻanoʻano a ma ke ʻano mīkini a kanu lima paha.
- Nui nā hana pāʻoihana e aʻo i nā mea kanu e ulu ma luna o nā pou a i ʻole nā trellises e mālama i ka hua. Hoʻohana ʻia kekahi mau ʻōnaehana hoʻomaʻamaʻa e ulu i nā trellis, akā ʻo ka ʻōnaehana umbrella ka mea maʻamau. Ma nā ʻōnaehana canopy, wehe ʻia nā lālā ʻaoʻao a pau e like me ka ʻike ʻana a hiki i ke kumu i kahi kiʻekiʻe i koho mua ʻia. A laila, ʻae ʻia ka mea kanu e ulu manuahi e nānā i ka ulu ʻana i nā hua ma mua o ke kiʻekiʻe.
- Ke kanu nei kekahi mau mea kanu i nā ʻano ulu lāʻau a waiho i nā hua e laha ma ka honua. No ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā ʻano ʻohi like ʻole, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia nā Kukama i ulu ʻia no nā mākeke hou a ʻokiʻoki ʻia ma kahi o 36-72 iniha ke kaʻawale me 8-10 iniha no nā pickles. ʻAʻole like me nā Kukama i ulu ʻia i ka mahina ʻai, hoʻokumu pinepine ʻia nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma ke ʻano he transplants.
- Nui nā lau a ulu ikaika nā mea kanu ʻo Greenhouse Cucumber. Aia ma kahi o 5-7 kapuaʻi kuea ka nui o kēlā me kēia mea kanu a ulu mau ʻia ma kahi trellis. Pono nā kukama i ka nānā pono ʻana i nā meaʻai e mālama ai i ke olakino maikaʻi a me ka huahana.
ʻO nā ʻano kukama ma USA
ʻO nā ʻano kukama maikaʻi loa ma USA ʻo Bristol, Dasher II, Dominator, General Lee, Intimidator, Mongoose, Python, Speedway, Stonewall, Talladega, Thunder, Suyo Long, a me Tasty Green.
- Nā kuʻikahi: Turbo (F1) (kū'ē i nā ma'i he nui), Market Moor 80 (kū'ē i nā ma'i he nui)
- ʻO Pickles: H-19 Li'ili'i Lau (kū'ē i nā ma'i he nui), Max Pack (kū'ē i nā ma'i he nui)
- Parthenocarpic: Diva (F1), Poniente (F1)
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hala: ʻO nā ʻanuʻu 20 kiʻekiʻe e hoʻonui i ka hua kukama: Pehea e hoʻonui ai i ka nui o ka kūkamo, ka maikaʻi, a me ka hana ʻana.
Koho paena no ka mahiʻai ʻana ma ka ʻAmelika
Pono e hoʻoulu ʻia ka kukama ma nā ʻāina me ka hoʻokomo ʻana i ka wai maikaʻi a me ka hiki ke paʻa i ka wai. ʻAʻole pono e hoʻopili ʻia ka lepo a loaʻa ka pH o 5.8-6.6. Pilikia loa nā kukama i ke anu, a hiki ke hōʻeha ʻia nā mea kanu a me nā hua i ka hau māmā. Eia kekahi, pono nā kukama i ka hoʻolako mau ʻana i ka wai i ka wā ulu. ʻO ka piʻi ʻana o ka wai, ʻoi aku ka dehydration o ka lepo, e hoʻopilikia i ka ulu ʻana, e hōʻemi ana i ka hua a me ka maikaʻi.
Hiki iā lākou ke ulu i loko o nā moena hoʻokiʻekiʻe me ka ʻeleʻele, uliuli, a i ʻole ke kālā plastic mulch, a drip nenoaio i? hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia no ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu maikaʻi loa. Hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia ka wai hoʻoheheʻe e hoʻomomona i ka wā ulu. Hoʻoulu pinepine ʻia nā pickles no ka hana ʻana a me ka ʻole o nā moena hoʻokiʻekiʻe a me ka mulch plastic.
ʻO ka wā ulu kūkaʻi ma USA
Hoʻokumu ʻia ma ka USDA (United States Department of Agriculture), ʻo nā mokuʻāina kiʻekiʻe loa i hana ʻia i ka Cucumber ʻo Georgia me 283.5 a me Florida me 280.8 miliona paona. ʻEkolu kau ulu ʻana o nā Kukama ma South Florida. ʻO ke kau hoʻoilo no ka Kukama mai Sepatemaba a ʻOkakopa, ʻo ke kau hoʻoilo no ka Kukuma mai Nowemapa a Dekemaba, a ʻo ke kau puna mai Ianuali a Malaki.
ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o nā Kukama ma Florida ke ulu ʻia ma ke kula. Ke ulu nei nā Kukama i ka mahina ʻai mai Pepeluali a ʻApelila a ʻAukake a Kepakemapa ma North Florida. ʻO ka manawa kanu ma Central Florida ʻo Ianuali a Malaki, a ʻo Kepakemapa no ka wā hāʻule. No ka hema o Florida, hiki ke hoʻomaka ke kanu ʻana i kēlā me kēia manawa mai Kepakemapa a ʻApelila. Hana ʻia ka hana ʻana i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma Florida mai Kepakemapa a Iune. Hōʻalo ʻia ke kanu ʻana i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo i ke kauwela no ka mea he kiʻekiʻe ka wela a me ka haʻahaʻa, e hōʻemi ana i ka hua kanu.
Hooponopono wai
Pono ka ʻōnaehana wai no ka mea pono e hoʻolako ʻia ka mea ulu me ka nui o ka wai me ka ʻole o ke kahe ʻana a me ka hoʻonele ʻana i kona aʻa i ka oxygen. Mālama ʻo Trellis i ka lewa a hoʻohana ʻia e hoʻonui i ke kahe o ka ea, e kōkua ana e hōʻemi i ka pilikia o ka maʻi. Mālama pū ʻo ia i nā Kukama mai ka pōʻino o ka wai ma muli o ka waiho ʻana i ka lepo. He nui nā ʻōnaehana irrigation e hana maikaʻi no ka Kukama mahiʻai.
ʻO ke ʻano o ka ʻōnaehana irrigation i hoʻohana ʻia e pili ana i nā kumuwaiwai kūlohelohe a me nā pono kumukūʻai: drip, ʻāpīwī, a me nā ʻōnaehana irrigation ili i hoʻohana ʻia me ka hana mulched. Hoʻohana ʻo Drip irrigation i nā ʻano paipu plastik e lawe i kahi kahe haʻahaʻa o ka wai ma lalo o ke kaomi haʻahaʻa i nā mea kanu. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka wai liʻiliʻi ma nā aʻa o nā mea kanu e mālama i ke koena o ka ea a me ka wai i loko o ka lepo, e ʻae ai i ka ulu ʻana o nā mea kanu. ʻOkoʻa nā ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe sprinkler mai nā ʻōnaehana ʻē aʻe no ka mea pili pono lākou i ka wai i ka lepo ma o ka lewa.
Hiki ke hoʻokaʻawale ʻia ka wai ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka paipu a i ʻole ke poʻo sprinkler, i kāpī ʻia i ka lewa, a hāʻule i ka honua e like me ka ua. Hāʻawi nā ʻōnaehana irrigation i ka wai ma o ke kahe ʻana o ka wai ma luna o ka ʻili o ka ʻāina. E like me kēia, mālama ka lepo i ka wai, a ke hana nei ka ʻōnaehana ma ke ʻano he ala no ka laha ʻana o ka wai a me ka infiltration. ʻO kekahi ka hale kō Hoʻoulu ʻia nā mea kanu kūkaʻi me ka hoʻohana ʻana i kahi ʻano hoʻoheheʻe i pani ʻia i kapa ʻia ʻo kahi ʻōnaehana hoʻoheheʻe-a-waste irrigation.
Pehea e mālama ai i kāu hua Kukama
ʻO ka ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maikaʻi loa no ka mālama ʻana i kāu mau Kukama, ʻo ia ka wai mau iā lākou. ʻO nā kukama nā mea kanu lōʻihi e pono ai ka nui o ka wai, ʻoi aku ka wela o waho. E hoʻoinu i kāu mau mea kanu Kūkaʻi i ke kakahiaka nui e pale i ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana. Hiki i ka wai kakahiaka ke komo i ka lepo a kanu i nā aʻa ma mua o ka haʻalele ʻana o ka lā. ʻO ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka plastik ʻeleʻele ma luna o ka puʻu he manaʻo maikaʻi ʻē aʻe e mālama i ka makū, a maʻamau palu ana i loko o ke kau e mālama i kāu mau mea kanu Kūkaʻi maʻamau a ulu.
E ho'āʻo e hāʻawi i nā mea kanu Kukama ma ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi ʻīniha o ka wai i loko o ka pule a pālua i ka pono i ka wā e hoʻomaka ai ka mea kanu e hoʻohua i nā Kukama. ʻO ka hoʻoinu pinepine ʻana i kāu mea kanu e ʻono ai nā Kukama i ka ʻawaʻawa. Inā makemake ʻoe e hoʻāʻo i ka lepo e ʻike inā ua hiki i ka wai, e pipili i kou manamana lima i hoʻokahi ʻīniha i ka lepo. Maikaʻi kāu mau mea kanu inā ʻoluʻolu ia i kou manamana lima.
ʻO nā pilikia e ulu ana i ka kūkaʻi a me kā lākou mana ma USA
Hoʻohana ʻia nā lāʻau pesticides ma ke kaʻina mahiʻai ʻo Cucumba e kōkua i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka hopena o nā pests i ka mea kanu. Hiki i nā mea ʻino ke hoʻouka i nā Kukama, akā ʻo nā mea ʻino nui e kū nei ma Florida ʻo ia ka ilo pīkī, ilo melon, a me nā lau kala keʻokeʻo. I ka hoʻoulu ʻana i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo o ka Kukama, ʻo ka pest maʻamau ka whitefly.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hala: Mahi'ai Kukumu Hydroponic, Ka'ina kanu
ʻO nā mea ʻino ʻē aʻe e pili ana i ka hana ʻana ma waho o ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo, he arthropods e like me kele thrips, nā mea liʻiliʻi lau, nā pīkī Kukumu kāʻei, nā naʻau ʻauʻau, nā mite, nā ʻōpala pila, nā uea, nā ʻūhini, nā lau, ka'ōpala nā ʻōpala, nā mea hoʻolāʻau kumu waina, a me ka looper. He mea koʻikoʻi kēia mau pests no ka mea kanu, e like me ka Cucumber nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi ka hoʻomanawanui no ka pōʻino pest. ʻEono ʻano ʻano ʻokoʻa o nā pīkī Kukama ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
Loaʻa ʻekolu o kēia mau pīkī Kukuma ma Florida. ʻO ka pīkī Cucumber beetle he kanaka maoli ia ma ka hema o Florida. Loaʻa ʻia nā pīkī Kūkaʻikaʻi Spotted Cucumber a me nā pipi ʻoniʻoni ma ka ʻākau o Florida. Hoʻohana pinepine ʻia nā pesticides e hakakā pepili ʻia wilt. ʻO ka maʻi maʻi mosaic squash, ka mea i laha ʻia nā iniseti, i ka wā i loaʻa ai ka maʻi o ka mea kanu, pono e wehe ʻia, i ʻole e hoʻopōʻino i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Eia kekahi, nā hana pale, e like me ka nāhelehele i hiki ke ho'āʻo e pale aku i ka hele ʻana o ka maʻi.
Ke kōkua nei kekahi mau ʻenehana i ka hōʻemi ʻana i ka manawa o ka maʻi Kukama. Hiki i nā mea kanu pāʻoihana ke hoʻohana i nā hua i hōʻoia ʻia me ka ʻole o ka maʻi a mālama i ka māla a me nā wahi a puni me ka ʻole o nā mauʻu e hoʻopaʻa ai i nā iniseti e hiki ke hoʻoulu i nā maʻi a me nā maʻi bacteria. Ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻana, pono e hoʻoneʻe nā mea kanu i nā ʻōpala o nā mea kanu i waiho ʻia ma ke kīhāpai no ka mea hiki ke ola kekahi mau maʻi ma luna o nā ʻōpala mea kanu. ʻO ka hope, he ana koʻikoʻi ma kaohi maʻi ʻo ke kūʻē ʻana o ka pūʻali koa.
ʻO ka Glyphosphate kahi lāʻau lapaʻau, inā e hoʻomoʻa ʻia e nā Kukama, e hōʻino ʻia e like me ka wehe ʻana o ka lau mai ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻōmaʻomaʻo a i ka melemele, ke ʻoki ʻana i ka ulu ʻana, a me ka piʻi ʻana i luna. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā fungicides ke hoʻohana ʻia ma mua o ka maʻi a pono e hoʻopili hou ʻia i kēlā me kēia ʻelima a ʻehiku mau lā ma hope o ka maʻi. ʻO kekahi piliwaiwai ʻO Previcur Flex, Gavel, Tanos, a me Ranman.
ʻO ka wā ʻohi kūkaʻi ma USA
- Pono e ʻohi ʻia nā kukama no ka ʻono a me ke ʻano maikaʻi loa inā he 1.25 a 2 ʻīniha ke anawaena a he 6-8 ʻīniha ka lōʻihi, e pili ana i ka mea kanu. Hoʻopili ʻia nā kukama i nā manawa like ʻole, pono nā ʻohi lima he nui no ke kula, maʻamau i kēlā me kēia lā. No ka hōʻoia ʻana i ke kūʻai ʻana aku i kahi huahana kiʻekiʻe, helu ʻia ʻo Cucumbers ma ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka nui a me ke oʻo ʻana a nānā iā lākou no ka pōʻino o nā pepeke.
- ʻOhi mau ʻia nā pīkī e ka mīkini a ma lalo o ka ʻaelike me kahi kaʻina hana kūloko, ʻoiai aia kahi mākeke palena no nā pickles hou.
- ʻOhi ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i nā Kukama no ʻelua kumu kumu: pickling a me ka kūʻai hou. Ma kahi o 11,200 mau mahiʻai ma nā mokuʻāina hikina hikina i hoʻohua ʻia ma mua o 6,600 mau ʻeka Kukama. ʻO ka waiwai hana no ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma luna o $ 410 miliona. Ua hana ʻo Pennsylvania ma kahi o 337 ʻeka o nā Kukama, ʻo ka mea nui no ke kūʻai ʻana hou.
- ʻOhi ʻia nā kukama ma nā pae like ʻole, mai ka ʻōpiopio a hiki i ke oʻo ʻana, ma mua o ka oʻo ʻana o nā hua a paʻakikī. ʻO ka poʻe i ʻohi ʻia ma mua o ka ulu ʻana o ka hua, kūʻai ʻia me ka hua ʻole. ʻOhi ʻia ka hua i ka loaʻa ʻana o ka lōʻihi like ʻole, ke ʻano, a me ke anawaena a ma mua o ka huli melemele ʻana o ka pua i ka hopena o ka pua. ʻO ka maʻamau, hoʻoholo ʻia ka lōʻihi o ka hua e ka mākeke i ʻimi ʻia.
Kūʻai kūkaʻi ma USA
- Ua hoʻonui mau ʻia ka lawe ʻana mai o ka kūkaʻi i ʻAmelika i nā makahiki i hala. Hōʻike ia i ka piʻi ʻana o ka makemake o ka mākeke, ʻoiai ʻaʻole pono mākou e haʻalele i ka loaʻa ʻana o Florida a me Michigan, nā mokuʻāina hana nui, i nā kūlana ʻino. Ua hoʻopilikia kēia mau kūlana maikaʻi ʻole i ka hana ʻana i ka home a koi aku i ka US e hoʻonui i ka lawe ʻana mai.
- Aia kekahi ʻoiaʻiʻo ʻo ka hoʻohana ʻana o Mexico i nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā tunnels macro e hiki ai i ka ʻāina ke hana i nā Kukama kokoke i ka makahiki, kahi lanakila hoʻokūkū nui i hoʻohana maikaʻi ʻia e ka poʻe mahiʻai Mekiko. ʻO ka hopena, ʻo lākou ka mea hoʻolako nui i nā Kukama hou i ka mākeke US.
- ʻO Mekikoka ka ʻehiku o nā mea hana nui a me ka mea hoʻopuka nui o nā Kukama, ʻo ia ka 30 pakeneka o nā kūkaʻi kūkaʻi hou honua. ʻO ka USA he 36 ka nui o ka lawe ʻana mai i ka honua i nā Kukama hou. Hoʻopau ʻo ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa i 1.6 miliona metric tons o nā Kukama i kēlā me kēia makahiki a hoʻopuka ʻo ia i 636,000 tons, ʻoi aku ka nui o hoʻokahi miliona mau tona o ka lawe ʻia mai a ʻoi aku ma mua o 60 pakeneka o ka lako Kukama.
- Hoʻokuʻu aku ʻo Mexico ma kahi o 800,000 tons o nā Kukama hou i ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa ma waena o Nowemapa a me Mei, ʻoiai ʻo Kanada e hoʻokuʻu aku i 200,000 tons ma waena o Malaki a me ʻOkakopa.
- Hoʻoulu ʻia ka hapa nui o ka US Cucumbers ma nā kula ākea. ʻO ka poʻe mahiʻai ʻo Michigan ka mea kūikawā i ka ʻohi ʻana i nā Kukama i ʻohi ʻia e ka mīkini, ʻoiai ʻo nā mea kanu ma Florida, Georgia, a me North Carolina ʻoihana kūikawā i nā Kukama hou a ʻoki ʻia paha.
- Loaʻa pinepine ʻia nā Kukama ma ka mākeke hou ma Pennsylvania mai ka hopena o Iune a Nowemapa. Kūʻai maʻamau lākou i nā pahu pahu pahu 47 a 55-paona. Loaʻa nā ala kūʻai kūʻai i ka mea kanu kūkaʻi e like me ke kūʻai kūʻai nui ʻana, hoʻopuka i nā kudala, nā hui, nā mea kūʻai kūʻai kūloko, nā kū alanui, a me nā hana koho ponoʻī. Ke hoʻolālā i ka hana, e noʻonoʻo i kou hiki ke kūʻai mua. E kōkua nui ia inā hana ʻoe i ka noiʻi mākeke no ka mea ʻoi aku ka nui o nā mea ulu i ko lākou hiki ke kūʻai aku ma kahi mākeke. He mea maʻamau ka hana ʻana o ka ʻeka liʻiliʻi ma mua o hoʻokahi no ka hapa nui o nā mahiʻai.
- Ma ke kūʻai kūʻai nui ʻana, ʻaelike nā mea hana me nā mea lawe moku e kūʻai aku a hoʻouna aku i nā Kukumu ma ke kumu kūʻai i koho mua ʻia. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e hoʻohana i ka mea hana ʻaelike a hoʻouna aku i kāu Kukuma i ka mākeke kūʻai nui, e kau ʻia kāu huahana i ka nui o ke kumukūʻai. Holo nā kudala hana i kēlā me kēia pule. Eia naʻe, e kōkua ana ʻoe inā hāʻawi ʻoe i nā Kukama i ke kudala. Hoʻohana maʻamau nā ʻoihana kūʻai aku i nā kumukūʻai a me nā kumu kūʻai i kēlā me kēia lā, e hoʻolaha ana i nā loli kumukūʻai ma waena o nā mea hana āpau. ʻO nā mea kūʻai kūʻai kūloko kahi mākeke ʻē aʻe, akā pono ʻoe e lawe i ka manawa e hoʻokaʻaʻike aku i nā mana hana a hāʻawi i nā Kukama maikaʻi i ka wā e pono ai nā hale kūʻai. Ma muli o kāu wahi e ulu nei, hiki i nā mea hana ke koho a ʻaʻole paha he koho kūʻai. ʻAʻole hiki ke hoʻopaʻa ʻia nā mea hana me nā mea kanu liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi (ma lalo o 5 mau ʻeka).
ʻO ka hua kūkaʻi ma USA
ʻO ka huina i manaʻo ʻia e pili pono i ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana manawa. ʻO nā hua kukama mai ka 1 a 3 paona o hua i kēlā me kēia pule i ka wā o ka ʻohi kiʻekiʻe. ʻO kahi manawa ohi maʻamau ma kahi o 12 mau pule i loko o kahi mea kanu i mālama maikaʻi ʻia e hiki ke hoʻohua mai 20-25 paona hua i kēlā me kēia mea kanu. Hiki i nā wela kiʻekiʻe ke hoʻoneʻe i ke kala a me ka ʻawaʻawa o ka hua ʻōmaʻomaʻo māmā i nā ʻano Kukama ākea. E ulu ana nā kukama ma kahi o nā ʻāina i hoʻoheheʻe maikaʻi ʻia. He 300 busela no ka ʻeka o ka ʻohi Kukuma maikaʻi ma Oklahoma, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka nui.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe i hala: Mahiʻai Kūkaʻikaʻi ma ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo
Nā nīnau i nīnau pinepine ʻia e pili ana i ka mahiʻai ʻana i ka ʻumakua ma USA
ʻAuhea ka nui o nā Kukama i ulu ma ʻAmelika?
ʻO Florida ka mea alakaʻi nui i nā ʻano like ʻole o nā Kukama hou. I ka manawa like, ʻo Michigan ka mea alakaʻi mokuʻāina i nā ʻano ʻano Cucumber i kūpono no ka pickling. ʻOi aku ka nui o nā ʻano kukama no ka hoʻohua ʻana i ka pīkī ma mua o nā mākeke hou a pau i hui pū ʻia.
No hea mai ka US i nā Kukama?
I kēia mau lā, ulu nui ʻia ka Kukama no nā mea kanu hou (ʻokiʻoki) a me nā hua ʻai (pickling). Ke alakaʻi ʻia nei nā huahana hou e Florida a me Georgia, ʻoiai ke lawe mai nei ka US i nā kālā nui mai Mexico mai, me nā mea liʻiliʻi mai Kanada, Honduras, a me Dominican Republic.
He waiwai anei ka mahi kukama?
Hiki ke loa'a ka waiwai o ka mahi 'ukama ke hana pololei 'ia.
ʻEhia ke kumukūʻai o ka Kukama ma US?
ʻO kahi kilo o nā Kukama ma US ma kahi o US $1.94 ma Wakinekona a me New York, paʻa a mākaukau no ka lawe ʻana.
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ʻEhia mau manawa e hoʻoinu ʻia ai nā Kukama?
Hāʻawi iā lākou i ka lā piha a me ka lumi e ulu ai, a hoʻomaʻamaʻa iā lākou ma nā trellises a i ʻole nā pā. ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o nā kukama me ka hoʻoinu maʻamau a hohonu i hoʻokahi manawa i ka pule a ʻoi aku ka nui inā wela loa ka lewa no kekahi mau lā. Hiki i ka makū kūpono ʻole a i ʻole like ʻole ke hopena i nā hua ʻano ʻano ʻano ʻino a maikaʻi ʻole paha.
Loaʻa ka waiwai o ka kūkaʻi?
ʻO ka mahiʻai kūkaʻi ka mea maikaʻi inā mālama ʻoe a mālama pono i loko o ka mahiʻai Kukumba.
ʻO wai ka mea momona maikaʻi no nā Kukama?
Pono nā mea kanu kukama i ka nitrogen haʻahaʻa a me ka phosphorus kiʻekiʻe a me ka potassium, no laila ke aloha ʻoi aku ka haʻahaʻa o ka mea kanu me ka helu mua ma mua o nā mea ʻelua hope (e like me 3-4-6).
He aha ka mea huna o ka ulu ʻana i nā Kukama?
E ulu koke nā kukama me ka mālama iki. Hoʻokahi ʻīniha wai ka mea kanu i kēlā me kēia pule. E hana maikaʻi e hoʻoulu i kāu meaʻai ma ka hānai mau ʻana i nā mea kanu i hiki ke hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai nā meaʻai.
He nui ka wai no ka ulu ʻana?
ʻO ke koi nui o ka mālama ʻana i ka Cucumber ka hoʻoinu mau. Pono ka liʻiliʻi o hoʻokahi ʻīniha wai i kēlā me kēia pule (a ʻoi aku paha inā wela loa ka mahana). ʻO ka hoʻoinu ʻole ʻana e alakaʻi i nā hua ʻawaʻawa.
No ke aha e maloʻo ai kaʻu mau Kukama a make?
E mae a make nā kukama i ka wā e anuanu loa ai ka lepo a i ʻole ka ea no ko lākou makemake. Wahi a ke Kulanui o Minnesota, e hoʻomaka ana nā kukama e maloʻo a lilo i ʻeleʻele ke haʻahaʻa ka wela o ka lepo.
He aha nā maʻi maʻamau e pili ana i nā Kukama?
He mau ma'i ko'iko'i ia o ka Kukuma ke kiko lau angular, ka ma'i bacteria, ka lei o Phytophthora, ka pala aa, a me ka pauda. ʻO ka manawa o ka hiki ʻana mai o kēia mau maʻi, ka paʻakikī, a me ka hopena o nā pohō ʻokoʻa ma ka ʻāina.
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He aha ke ʻano o nā Kukama i wai nui ʻia?
ʻO ka melemele ʻana o nā lau mea kanu he hōʻailona maʻamau o ka wai nui. Ke noho nā aʻa i loko o ka wai, lilo lākou i mea pōʻino a hiki ʻole ke komo i nā meaʻai. Ke melemele nā lau mai ka hoʻoinu nui ʻana, ʻōniʻoniʻo lākou a lohi a hāʻule paha. Ke hana ʻia kēia, e nānā i ka ʻauwai a puni ke kumu o ka Kukama a hoʻemi i ka wai.
No ke aha la e melemele ai ka'u lau kanu Kuka a make?
I ka ulu ʻana o kāu Kukama a me ka ʻōpala, ʻike paha ʻoe i ka lau melemele a make. ʻO ia ka hōʻailona nui o ka hewa o kāu mau mea kanu Kukama. ʻO ke kumu maʻamau o ka melemele ʻana o nā lau ʻo ia ka pilikia wai. ʻO ia hoʻi ke hoʻoinu nui nei ʻoe i kāu meakanu a i ʻole ka liʻiliʻi.
Ehia ka manawa e ulu ai ka Kukama?
ʻO ka mea maʻamau e pili ana i nā ʻano like ʻole, nā kūlana climatic, nā meaʻai, a me nā mea ʻē aʻe. ʻO ka mea maʻamau, lawe ʻia nā mea kanu Kukama ma kahi o 55 a 70 mau lā mai ka germination a hiki i ka pae ʻohi.