Ke neʻe nui aʻe nei ka mahi ʻai ʻana mai ke komohana hema o Netherlands a i ka hikina akau ma muli o ka piʻi ʻana o ka maloʻo a me ka loaʻa ʻole o ka wai. Whiskerke chaienne mai ka ʻonika Whiskerke.
He ʻoiaʻiʻo loa kēia hoʻololi ʻana no nā ʻala hua, e like me ka ʻōlelo a ka luna o Zeeland ka mea kanu a me ka mea kūʻai aku. I kēia makahiki, e like me ka Central Bureau of Statistics, he 3,382 ʻeka o nā hua aniani i ulu ʻia ma Zealand. ʻO kēia ka 12 pakeneka o ka nui o ka onion wahi ma Netherlands, a no ka panalāʻau, kokoke i 2,000 mau ʻeka ma lalo o 5,210 mau ʻeka ma 2018.
Ma Drenthe, ʻo ka wahi ma lalo o ka mahi ʻai ʻana i ka makahiki 2018 he 765 ʻeka wale nō. I ka makahiki 2022, ua ulu kona wahi i 1909 eka. Wiskerke: 'Oi aku ka ma'ema'e o ka lepo ma Drenthe a hiki i ka nui o ka poe mahi'ai ke hooinu i laila. ʻOiai ʻaʻole wau e manaʻo e nalowale ka hua ʻo Zeeland, ke ulu nui nei nā pilikia ulu. ʻOi loa i ka wā maloʻo.'
Hoao fertigation
No ka hoʻokō ʻana i ka maloʻo, ke alakaʻi nei ʻo Wiskerke Onions i nā hoʻokolohua fertigation no ka lua o ka makahiki i ka lālani ma 2022, a ʻōlelo ka hopena. I kēia makahiki, ʻo 60 tons no kēlā me kēia ʻeka ka hua ʻai ma ka māla hoʻāʻo fertigation. He piʻi kēia o 37 tons i hoʻohālikelike ʻia me nā ʻāpana hoʻolālā i waho o Zeeland, ʻaʻole i ʻoi aku ma mua o 23 tons no ka ʻeka.
"ʻAʻole loaʻa ka wai irrigation maikaʻi ma nā wahi āpau o ka panalāʻau, ma muli o ka paʻakai," wahi a Werner Verschueren ka mea kūʻai aniani ʻo Wiskerke. “I ka wā ulu, ʻaʻole pono mākou e ʻohi wai ma nā wahi āpau. ʻO ia ke kumu e ʻike ai au i nā manawa kūpono e mālama pono ai i ka wai maikaʻi ma ka mālama ʻana i loko o nā kīʻaha wai i hui pū ʻia me ka fertigation.