ʻO kahi ʻōnaehana mechanical hānai kāʻei i kapa ʻia ʻo PlantTape e hoʻohiki e hōʻemi i nā koina hana a mālama i ka manawa i ke kanu ʻana.
ʻO ke kūlana ʻoihana he rotary a i ʻole carousel-style transplanters. Akā, ua kamaʻāina nā mea kanu mea kanu liʻiliʻi i nā mea kanu mīkini lālani ʻole, hoʻokahi lālani i hānai ʻia e kahi ʻōnaehana o nā ipu pepa, kahi e ulu ai nā mea kanu i loko o nā pahu pepa pākahi e waiho ana i loko o kahi pā plastik nui. Hoʻohui ʻia me kahi kaula pepa, ʻili hoʻokahi nā pahu pepa pākahi no ke kanu ʻana i ka mīkini i ka lālani hoʻokahi.
Hoʻohui ka mīkini PlantTape i kēlā manaʻo i kahi hoʻokele mana e hiki ke mālama i nā lālani kanu ʻewalu i ka manawa. Hiki ke hoʻonohonoho ʻia nā pā he nui no kēlā me kēia lālani - ua hui pū ʻia nā kaula o PlantTape mai nā papa ʻokoʻa me nā kiʻi biodegradable. Hōʻike ka mīkini i kahi module mechanical kaʻawale no kēlā me kēia lālani, a kau kēlā me kēia module i kahi kokoke i ka lepo a me nā mea kanu i ke ahi wikiwiki.
"ʻO ka mea a mākou i kapa ai i ka module he ʻano puʻuwai" o ka mīkini, wahi a PlantTape Pelekikena Brian Antle. "Hoʻohālike ia i kahi pū mīkini i hānai ʻia i ke kāʻei."
Hiki i ka mīkini ke hoʻopaʻa i 60 pā i ka manawa, a paʻa i kēlā me kēia pā 810 mea kanu. Hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka laulā o nā lālani, a hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia ka laulā o nā mea kanu mīkini mai 60 a 84 iniha.
Ma kēia ʻano, hiki i kahi hui ʻekolu kanaka - kahi mea hoʻokele tractor a me ʻelua mau mea lawelawe mīkini - hiki ke kanu i 1.5 a 2 mau ʻeka i hoʻokahi hola, wahi a Antle. No ka hoʻohālikelike ʻana i kēlā wikiwiki me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā ʻano o kēia manawa, pono ka mea kanu i ʻelua mau mea kanu kuʻuna me kahi o 30 mau kānaka, wahi āna.
Hoʻopili ka mīkini PlantTape i kahi tractor i loko o kahi ʻōnaehana ʻekolu a hoʻoikaika ʻia e ka hoʻokele hydraulic o ka tractor. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Antle e hana maikaʻi ana ka mīkini me kahi tractor series John Deere 6150, a hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia e kanu i nā ʻano mea kanu like ʻole.
"I ka lōʻihi o ke komo ʻana o ka hua i loko o ka lipine, hiki iā ʻoe ke ulu pōʻino kokoke i kekahi mea," wahi āna. "Ua hana mākou i nā ʻōmato, ka paka, nā melons, nā beets sugar, nā aniani, nā leeks, nā bele - ua hana mākou i nā mea āpau i manaʻo ʻia e kekahi," wahi āna.
Ua hoʻohui ʻo ia, ʻoiai ʻo ka hapa nui o ka hoihoi i kēia manawa e hele mai ana mai nā mea kanu mea kanu komohana.
Ua hoʻokumu mua ʻia ka ʻenehana ma Sepania i ka makahiki 2000, wahi a Antle. Ua loaʻa iā Tanimura & Antle i ka makahiki 2014 no ka hoʻomohala ʻana ma ʻAmelika Hui Pū ʻIa.
ʻO Scott Rossi, ʻo ia ka luna o ka mahiʻai kūloko ma Tanimura & Antle, e hana pū ana me nā mīkini no ʻehā makahiki. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia, ʻo ka poʻe mahiʻai e hoʻohana ana i ka hoʻololi ʻana mai ke kanu ʻana i nā mea kanu no ka manawa mua e hoʻoponopono i kā lākou mau hiʻohiʻona o nā ʻōpala, ka wai, nā mea momona a me ka hoʻomākaukau ʻana i kahi moe - a nānā pono i nā transplants ke komo lākou.
"Pono ʻoe e wehe i ka manaʻo," wahi āna. "Pono ʻoe e makemake e hoʻololi."
Mālama ka hui i kahi wahi ma Sepania, a i kēia makahiki, hoʻomaka ka hui i nā kūʻai kūʻai ma ʻAmelika ʻAmelika. Hoʻohana ʻia ia ma kahi hoʻokolokolo ma Australia i ka makahiki 2018.
"Ke kūʻai aku nei mākou i nā mīkini a me nā mea kanu ma ʻAmelika ʻĀkau," wahi āna. “He 25 ke kūkulu ʻia nei i kēia manawa a ua ʻōlelo ʻia lākou a pau. I kēia manawa, ʻo ke kūkulu wikiwiki ʻana iā lākou e hoʻokō i nā koi.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Antle aia ma kahi o ʻeono pule i kūkulu ʻia. Hana ʻia nā modules ma Sepania, a ʻo ka mīkini holoʻokoʻa, me ka chassis, ua ʻākoakoa ʻia ma Oregon.
ʻO ke kumukūʻai o ka mīkini mai $ 100,000 a i $ 200,000 ma muli o ka nui o nā modula i ka mīkini - ka helu o nā lālani e makemake ai ka mea kanu e kanu. Holo nā mīkini i ka awelika o $ 165,000, i ʻōlelo ʻo ia.
ʻO ke kumu kūʻai ʻē aʻe ʻo ka transplants iā lākou iho. E kanu ka mea kanu i nā ʻanoʻano a me ka vermiculite i loko o kēlā me kēia ʻeke o ke kaula lipine, a laila pono lākou e hoʻopuʻu a ʻōpuʻu, maʻamau ma kahi kahua hānai.
"I kēia manawa, ke kūʻai aku nei mākou i nā mea kanu no ka mea ʻo mākou wale nō me ka laina lūlū," wahi āna. Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Antle e kūʻai ʻia nā mīkini laina lūlū; akā naʻe, hōʻole ʻo ia e kūkākūkā i nā kumukūʻai no kēlā mau mīkini.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo ia a hiki i kēia manawa, ua ikaika ka hopena o nā mea kanu.
"Manaʻo wau ke ʻike nei nā kānaka i kēia me ka wā e hiki mai ana," wahi āna. ʻO nā ʻōnaehana ipu pepa e like me PlantTape e maʻalahi ke kanu ʻana i nā ʻano transplants ākea. "E nā hua lettuce, ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke ulu maikaʻi mai ka hoʻololi ʻana no ka mea ʻaʻole hiki iā ʻoe ke loaʻa ke kumu kūpono."
He nani nō hoʻi ʻo PlantTape i nā mea ulu ma muli o ka emi ʻana o ka hilinaʻi ʻana i ka hana, wahi a Antle.
"ʻAʻohe oʻu manaʻo e paʻa ana ka hanu e ʻike i ka maikaʻi o ke kūlana hana."
- Stephen Kloosterman, Kokua Lunahooponopono
Maluna: kanu ʻakomi ʻia nā mea kanu i nā lālani he nui e ka ʻōnaehana PlantTape. Nā kiʻi: Brian Antle