ʻO Cambs Farms Growers Ltd he ʻāpana o ka G's Growers Group. He ʻoihana ʻohana ia ma East Anglia, e ulu ana i ka salakeke a me nā mea kanu, me ka ʻike ma mua o 60 mau makahiki.
ʻO Rob Parker ka luna hoʻomalu o nā mea kanu lau, a ʻo ia ke kuleana no ka ʻoi aku o 1,000 ha o kā lākou hau hau a me nā mea kanu ʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi ma UK, a ʻo ke alakaʻi o ka hale hoʻolaha o G. ʻO Rob ka luna o ka British Leafy Salad Association (BLSA) a noho ma ka papa no AHDB Field Vegetables, Plant Propagators Ltd a me ke komite R&D BLSA.
Ke kū nei ka ʻāpana saladi UK a me ka ʻoihana mahiʻai ākea i nā pilikia like, mai ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hana a hiki i nā hana ulu hoʻomau. Kūkākūkā ʻo Rob pehea ʻo ia i manaʻoʻiʻo ai ʻo AHDB i kēia manawa e kākoʻo i ka ʻoihana ma o kekahi mau pilikia paʻakikī e hiki mai ana.
Ke komo ʻana i ka hana
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hana maikaʻi kekahi o nā pilikia nui e kū nei i ka ʻāpana holoʻokoʻa a ua wikiwiki ʻia e ka coronavirus.
I ka hoʻomaka ʻana o kēia kau hōʻiliʻili o UK, pono mākou i nā helu limahana, akā makemake nui mākou i ka pākēneka o nā 'hoʻihoʻi' ʻike - ka poʻe ʻike i ke ʻoki ʻana a hoʻopaʻa i ka letus a hiki ke kōkua i ke aʻo ʻana i nā limahana ʻē aʻe. He paʻakikī nui kēlā i kēia makahiki.
ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hana a me ke kumukūʻai o ka hana ke hele wale nei i kahi ala. Loaʻa i kahi ala i hui pū ʻia, me ka AHDB e hoʻomaʻamaʻa a hoʻokele i ka pono hana a me ka hōʻemi ʻana i nā mea hana ma o SmartHort, mea nui loa i kēia manawa.
He mea koʻikoʻi ka hana Lean no nā ʻoihana liʻiliʻi i manaʻo ʻole i kēia ala i ka wā ma mua. Ua loaʻa iā mākou kahi papahana Lean ma G's no kekahi mau makahiki, akā hoʻouna mākou i ko mākou poʻe ma ka papahana AHDB e aʻo iā lākou i nā kumu i hiki iā lākou ke hoʻomaopopo a kūpono i kā mākou ʻoihana ʻoihana.
A ʻoiai hiki iā G ke kīkēkē i ka puka o kahi hui robotics a loaʻa ka hoihoi i ke kūkulu ʻana i ka pahu hou, hiki i ka AHDB ke loaʻa ia hopena a hoʻoulu i ka hoihoi no nā mea ulu liʻiliʻi. Hiki iā lākou ke hōʻike i ka nui o ka makana, ka waiwai o ka ʻenehana a kūkulu i ka manawa. ʻO ia ka pōmaikaʻi o nā mea ulu nui a mālama iā mākou āpau i ka wikiwiki me nā hoʻomohala ʻenehana.
ka ʻO ka mea kanu ua hoʻomohala ʻia e Luca Scimeca, kahi haumāna PhD i kākoʻo ʻia e AHDB i kahi ʻōnaehana hōʻiliʻili robotic no ka letus hau. Akā, he pāhana ʻāpana ʻokoʻa kēia, ʻoiai inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi ʻōnaehana kumu (e laʻa no ka lawelawe ʻana i nā mea kanu palupalu), hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia e kūpono i ke ʻano mea kanu. He mea nui ka hoʻomohala ʻana i kēlā ʻenehana kumu.
Hoʻomau ka nalowale o nā pesticides
Ke nalowale nei ka ʻoihana i kekahi mau lāʻau pesticides e hoʻopilikia nei i kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona ʻoihana. ʻO ka EAMU He mea koʻikoʻi ka papahana i nā makahiki ʻelima i hala aku nei akā e lilo i mea nui i ka wā e hiki mai ana.
E mahiʻai ana mākou me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā bioprotectants a pono mākou e aʻo pehea e hoʻohana ai. Ma ke ʻano he mea ulu hoʻokahi, hoʻomake ʻia ʻoe me nā huahana i ʻōlelo ʻia e nā mea hana hiki ke hana i nā mea like ʻole, akā ma hea ʻoe e hoʻomaka ai?
ʻO kāu mea e pono ai he ala hoʻohui. ʻO kahi hana e hiki ke hoʻāʻo i kēia mau huahana ma ke ala kaohi, e hāʻawi i nā mea ulu i kahi alakaʻi i kahi e hiki ai iā lākou ke hoʻomaka i ka noiʻi, e like me ka Pāhana AMBER.
SCEPTREplus kōkua iā mākou e loaʻa nā huahana i ʻāpono ʻia a hāʻawi nā hoʻokolohua hōʻike i nā mea ulu i ka ʻike maikaʻi e pili ana i ka hoʻohana ʻana i kēlā mau huahana i kā lākou ʻōnaehana ulu. E lilo ana kēia ʻano hana i mea paʻakikī loa e hana ai ka poʻe uku ʻauhau.
Ke loli mau nei ka ʻoihana, ʻaʻole ʻoe i ʻike i ka wā e pono ai ka hana EAMU a me SCEPTREplus. I ka loaʻa ʻana o ka polokalamu SCEPTER kumu i ka ʻae ʻia ma hope o ke kanu ʻana no Stomp (pendimethalin), ʻaʻohe waiwai nui e like me ka loaʻa ʻana o nā herbicide ʻē aʻe, e like me CIPC (chlorpropham). I kēia manawa ua nalowale mākou i ka CIPC, ʻoiai ʻo nā mea kanu ma nā ʻāina ʻeleʻele ma Cambridgeshire, ua koʻikoʻi nā noi Stomp post-planting iā mākou.
Ua ʻike ʻia nā mea kanu Celery i ka wā i nalowale ai ka linuron (herbicide). ʻO ka weeding lima wale nō ka mea i koho ʻia, no laila, ʻoi aku ka nui o ke kumu kūʻai o kēlā me kēia lāʻau. ʻO ka loaʻa ʻana o Emerger (aclonifen) i ʻae ʻia ma o SCEPTREplus he pōmaikaʻi maikaʻi loa ia i ka ʻāpana.
Pono mākou e hoʻokele i ka hana SCEPTREplus a me EAMU no ka mālama ʻana i nā mea hana e like me ka hiki akā, i ka manawa like, e hoʻolilo i kā mākou kālā i nā haʻawina e loaʻa ai nā pōmaikaʻi no ka wā lōʻihi. Manaʻolana mākou e hoʻokō ʻia kēia ʻoiai ke koe nei kekahi mau mea hana.
ʻO ka pane ʻana i nā hoʻoweliweli maʻi
ʻO ka letus fusarium wil he maʻi hou ia i paʻi i ka poʻe mahiʻai ma mua. ʻAʻole loa mākou e loaʻa i kēia manawa nā hāʻina kālā-poka, akā ua hōʻike ka noiʻi AHDB i kekahi mau huahana i loaʻa kekahi hopena. Ma ke ʻano he mea ulu i waho, ʻaʻole ia i paʻi iā mākou, akā ke nānā nei mākou i nā hoʻokolohua a me ke aʻo ʻana e pili ana i nā huahana hoʻohiki e kōkua iā mākou e hoʻomākaukau i ka wā o kahi maʻi maʻi. Ua ʻae pū mākou i nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo maʻemaʻe ma kā mākou kahua hoʻolaha.
Loaʻa i ke ana o ke olakino lepo
Ke manaʻoʻiʻo nei au he mea nui ke olakino lepo, carbon carbon a me ka hoʻomau i loko o kā mākou hana. He mau hoʻoholo paʻakikī loa ka ʻoihana i nā makahiki e hiki mai ana i hiki iā mākou ke hoʻomau i ka hana ʻana i nā mea a mākou e hana nei.
ka polokalamu GREATsoils he hoʻomaka maikaʻi loa ia a ke manaʻo nei au e ulu ana kēlā. I ka lilo ʻana o nā pesticides, pono mākou e makaʻala i ko mākou lepo. ʻO ka lepo paʻa ka hopena i mea kanu kūpaʻa, ʻo ia hoʻi, ʻaʻole mākou hilinaʻi i kā mākou kemika no ka pale ʻana i ka mea kanu mai nā pōpoki a me nā maʻi.
Nui nā hana ma AHDB a ma ke kula e hana i kahi hoʻolālā no kāu ana i ke ola kino lepo. Ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana, ʻaʻohe pilikia koke mākou i kēia manawa, no laila he paʻakikī ke hōʻoia i ka hoʻopukapuka kālā, akā pono mākou e noʻonoʻo lōʻihi i kahi e hele ai mākou ma ke ʻano he ʻoihana mahiʻai. ʻO ka nānā ʻana i ke kaiapuni i ka hoʻolālā AHDB hou he 100% ke ala pololei.
A pono mākou i kahi ʻano hui pū. ʻAʻole ia he hua lettuce wale nō, he hua ia i loko o ka hoʻololi ʻana. Pono mākou e nānā i ka hopena o ka ʻuala, ka maile, ka palaoa, ka ʻakaʻaka, ke kō, ka brassicas, kāloti a i ʻole nā mea kanu a me nā mea kanu e hoʻololi ai. He hopena ko nā mea a pau. No laila ke loli nei nā manawa, ʻaʻole hiki iā mākou ke noho i loko o nā silos. ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana ʻoi aku ka hoʻohui ʻana a me ka ʻāpana ʻāpana. Pehea mākou e hoʻokō ai me ke kino ʻole e like me AHDB? Loaʻa iā ia ka hiki ke hōʻuluʻulu i nā mea a pau a waiho i nā manaʻo i mua no nā papahana nui aʻe.
Ke kālā noiʻi kumu
ʻAʻole hiki i kahi hui ka nui o G ke hana i nā mea āpau, hiki ʻole. ʻO ka ʻoi aku o nā ʻano hana i loaʻa iā ʻoe e hana i ka noiʻi he mea maikaʻi ia.
Ma G's, e lawe mākou i nā ʻike mua mai ka noiʻi AHDB akā e hoʻohana i kā mākou mau kumuwaiwai e hoʻomaʻemaʻe iā ia i mea e hana ai no mākou. Lawe mākou i ka ʻepekema kumu a hoʻohana. ʻAʻohe āu kālā pau ʻole ma ke ʻano he hui pākahi. ʻAʻole hiki i ka ʻauhau a mākou e uku ai i ka noiʻi, he pipiʻi! Me AHDB, hoʻokahi wale nō noi a me hoʻokahi kahawai hana. ʻO ia ke ala maikaʻi loa e loaʻa ai ka ʻikepili nui loa no kāu kālā.