He lālā kaulana o ka māla mea kanu, ʻo kaʻuala kekahi o nā mea kanu maʻalahi e ulu. Mālama kahi mālama liʻiliʻi, nā mea kanu potato huahelu nunui e kāohi i ka ulu mauʻu a mahi i kou lepo. E like me ka hauʻoli o ka ulu ʻana i loko o nā ipu a hānai ʻia i nā moena a i ʻole nā mea kanu ʻoiai lākou i ka honua.
Akā i ka manawa hea e mākaukau ai kāu mau kūmaka potato e ʻohi? A, ʻoi aku paha ka mea nui, pehea ʻoe e ʻohi ai iā lākou? E haʻi kā mākou alakaʻi i ka ʻohi ʻana i kaʻuala i nā mea āpau āu e ʻike ai.
Āhea wau e ʻohi ai i kaʻu mauʻuala?
Ke mākaukau kāu mau mea kanu no ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana ma muli o nā kumu he nui, e like me nā kūlana ulu o kou wahi a me ke anilā. Aia nō ia i ka ʻano o ka ʻuala āu i kanu ai. Māhele ʻia nā mea kanu ʻuala i nā mahele 3:
- ʻO ka mua,
- ʻO ka lua o ke kakahiaka,
- Maincrop.
ʻO nā mea kanu uala mua
E like me ka inoa e hōʻike nei i nā mea kanu ʻo kaʻuala mua kekahi o nā mea kanu mua loa hiki iā ʻoe ke kanu a, no laila, hoʻomaka i ka ʻohi ʻana. Hiki i nā māla ma nā wahi he nui ke kanu i nā earlies mua mai ka hopena o Pepeluali a hiki i ka waena o Malaki. Mākaukau nā paila no ka ʻohi ʻana ma kahi o 10 a 12 mau pule ma hope. Inā maikaʻi ke aniau, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻohiʻohi iki ma mua.
ʻO nā pepeiao pepeiao mua kekahi o nā ʻano maʻalahi o ka ʻuala e ulu no ka mea ʻaʻole ʻemi lākou i ka blight. ʻIke ʻia no ko lākou palupalu, ʻono, ʻono nā earlies mua ma mua o nā ʻano maincrop, e like me ka nui o kahi hua manu, a me ka ʻili palupalu. ʻO nā ʻano like ʻole e pili pū me:
- Duke Pula o Ioka,
- ʻO Arran Pilot,
- ʻO Lady Christl,
- Pentland Ihe.
E ʻike pololei i ka hoʻomaka ʻana e ʻohiʻohi i kāu mau pepeiao pepeiao mua, e nānā pono i kā lākou pua. Hoʻokumu nā ʻano mua i nā pua pua a pua paha. Ke hoʻomaka ke kulu o nā ʻōpuʻu, a i ʻole e hoʻomaka ka mae o nā pua ʻo ka manawa kēia e hoʻomaka ai e ʻohi i kāu mea kanu. E hoʻomaka paha kekahi o nā lau e lilo i melemele.
E nānā i kāu mea kanu ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana e ʻohi, e neʻe mālie i kekahi o ka lepo a puni ka piko o ka mea kanu. Inā loaʻa iā ʻoe kaʻuala ka nui o ka hua manu hiki iā ʻoe ke hāpai i ka ʻohiʻohi ʻana. Inā makemake ʻoe i nā spuds nui aʻe, waiho iā lākou i ka honua no kahi liʻiliʻi iki.
Nā ʻano wanaʻao ʻelua
Kanu ʻia nā earlies ʻelua mai ka mua a i waena paha o Malaki ma mua, maʻamau mai ka lā mua o ka puna, ma kahi o 2 a 3 mau pule ma hope o kou kanu ʻana i kāu pepeiao mua. Makemake kekahi mea kanu e kanu iā lākou i ka manawa like me kā lākou pepeiao mua, akā ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi ke kali. Ke kali nei i kekahi mau pule ʻo ia ka mākaukau o kāu pepeiao ʻelua no ka ʻohi ʻana ma kahi o 3 mau pule ma hope o kou hāpai ʻana i kāu pepeiao pepeiao mua. ʻO nā ʻano ʻelua o nā ʻano mua e like me:
- ʻO Kestrel,
- ʻO Maris Peer,
- ʻO Jazzy,
- ʻO Nicola.
E like me nā pepeiao pepeiao mua, ʻo ke ala maʻalahi e haʻi inā mākaukau kāu mau pepeiao ʻelua no ka ʻohi ʻana e kiaʻi i nā pua. Ke hoʻomaka e hāʻule nā pua a i ʻole nā ʻōpuʻu wehe ʻole mai ka mea kanu, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka i kāu ʻohi ʻuala.
ʻUala Maincrop
Kanu maʻamau ma kahi o hoʻokahi mahina ma hope o kāu mau pepeiao ʻelua hiki iā ʻoe ke kanu i nā spuds maincrop mai ka waenakonu o ka hele i mua no kahi ʻohi mua. Makua nā Maincrops ma kahi o 20 mau pule. ʻO nā tubers ʻoi aku ka nui ma mua o nā ʻano mua, koi lākou i kahi manawa ulu lōʻihi. ʻO nā tubers maincrop maʻamau maʻamau ka:
- ʻO King Edward,
- Cara,
- Ka Mōʻī Lila,
- Nā ʻano Lūkini,
- ʻO Apple Fir.
ʻO ka maʻamau, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka i ka ʻohi ʻana i ka ʻoka maincrop i ʻAukake. Hiki ke ʻohiʻohi i loko o Kepakemapa, kaukaʻi ʻia i kāu lā kanu. Mākaukau nā Maincrops no ka ʻohi ʻana ke melemele ka hapa nui o nā lau a hoʻomaka i ka ʻeleʻele a i ʻole ke aniani. ʻAe i ka mea kanu e make make ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana e ʻohiʻohi hiki i nā tubers ke mālama i ka nui o ka starch. Kōkua kēia e hoʻopiha iā lākou i ka ʻono.
E ʻohi i kāu mea nui, ʻokiʻoki i ka mea kanu ma kahi o hoʻokahi ʻīniha ma luna o ka honua. Mai huki i nā tubers i kēia manawa wale nō. Kali i kekahi mau pule hou, mālama maikaʻi lākou i ka lepo, ma mua o ka ʻohi ʻana. Kōkua kēia i ka hoʻōla i kaʻuala, paʻakikī i ka ʻili a maʻalahi hoʻi i ka mālama ʻana. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e noʻonoʻo e mālama i kāu maincrop overwinter, hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻomaka i ka ʻohi ʻana ke mākaukau nā mea kanu.
I ka wā eʻohi ai i nā Tubers Kau Hope
Inā ua kanu ʻoe i kahi maincrop lohi no kahi ʻohi hoʻoilo, e ʻae i ka wā a me ka mea kanu e haʻi iā ʻoe i ka wā e ʻohi ai. E like me nā mea kanu mua, e ʻae i ka piko o nā mea kanu e make ma mua o kou hoʻomaka ʻana e ʻohi.
Hiki i ka mahana ke hoʻopili i ka wā e ʻohi ai. Hiki i nā mea kanu uala ke ʻae i nā hau ʻālohilohi akā pono e hāpai ʻia a mālama ʻia ma mua o ka hōʻea ʻana o ka hau paʻa mua. Pono ka lepo ma kahi o 40 ℉ a hiki ke hana. Ma hope o ka hoʻōla ʻana i ka hua hiki ke mālama ʻia no ka hoʻoilo a me ka mua o ka puna. Ke ulu nei i kahi hua nui, hopena kau e hiki ai ke mālama he ala maikaʻi loa ia e ulu i kāu ʻai ponoʻī a puni ka makahiki.
Pehea e ʻohi ai i kaʻu ʻuala
E akahele ke ʻohi ʻana. E hoʻāʻo e pale i ka hōʻino ʻana i nā tubers. He mea nui kēia inā makemake ʻoe e mālama i kāu spuds. ʻAʻole mālama maikaʻi nā tubers i hoʻopōʻino ʻia a, ma kahi o, e pala ai kāu mea kanu holoʻokoʻa.
ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana i nā tubers i kahi lā maloʻo. ʻO ka nui o ka wai i ka wā e ʻohi ai hiki ke hoʻoikaika i ka pala a me ka maʻi. Inā ʻo ʻoe ke kanu nei i kaʻuala i loko o nā ipu aiʻole i ka honua, like ka ʻohiʻohi nui.
Pehea e ʻohi ai i nā Earlies mua a ʻelua
ʻIke wau he maʻalahi ka hoʻohana ʻana i koʻu mau lima e kāpae i nā mea kanu ʻuala mua. Nā mīkina lima māla kōkua i ka hoʻomaʻemaʻe a pale ʻana i kou mau lima.
E hoʻohana i kou mau lima e kiʻi i ka lepo a ʻeli i nā spuds i hiki ke loaʻa. Inā ʻoe i hoʻonui i ka lepo a puni ka mea kanu i ka wā o ka ulu ʻana, e lawe pono i ka lepo a lawe i kaʻuala āu e makemake ai ma mua o ka remounding ʻana i ka lepo a puni nā mea kanu. Ke lawe wale nei ka ʻohi ʻana i ka mea āu e pono ai, ʻaʻole mālama maikaʻi nā ʻano ʻōpio. Mālama ʻoi aku lākou i ka maikaʻi ma ka lepo. I ka ʻoiaʻiʻo he nui ka hoʻomau e ulu a ulu.
Ma hope o kaʻohiʻohi ʻana mea hoʻomomona emulsion iʻa i nā mea kanu. Paipai kēia i kahi mau tubers hou a me ka ulu hou e hana.
Inā ʻoe e ulu ana i kaʻu mauʻuala i loko o kahi ipu e like me ʻO Delxo 7 Gallon ulu ʻeke he puka aniani ko mākou, e hāpai wale i ka pale a hemo i ka honua a ʻike ʻoe i kaʻu mau ʻuala. Ma hope o kou ʻohi ʻana i ka mea āu e pono ai hiki ke pani ʻia ka honua a hiki i nā koena i koe ke hoʻomau i ka ulu a hiki i kou mākaukau e hoʻohana.
Ke ʻohi ʻana a me ka lawelawe ʻana i nā mea kanu kaʻuala ʻike paha ʻoe i nā ʻano ʻuala liʻiliʻi ma waena o nā lau. ʻAno like lākou ʻōmaʻomaʻo, kōmato cherry. He mea ʻawahia kēia a pono e luku ʻia a kau ʻia ma luna o ka ahu compost.
Pehea eʻohi ai i kāu Maincrop
No nā mea kanu ʻoi aku ka nui e pono paha ʻoe e hoʻohana i kahi māla māla e hāpai i ka mea kanu a pau. Hoʻokomo i ke ʻō i loko o ka lepo ma kahi o hoʻokahi kapuaʻi ka mamao mai ke kikowaena o ka mea kanu. Pahu hohonu i ka lepo i hiki. Ke ʻimi nei ʻoe e hāpai i ka mole aʻa ma ke ʻano hoʻokahi. Pono ʻoe e hoʻokomo i ka ʻōkeke i kekahi mau manawa ma mua o ka hiki iā ʻoe ke hana i kēia. E hoʻomanaʻo e nānā i ka lepo ma hope o ka hāpai ʻana i ka mea kanu no nā ʻuala āu i waiho ai ma hope.
Ma hope o kaʻohi ʻana e kāpala i kahi lepo a ʻae i nā spuds e hoʻomaloʻo no kekahi mau hola ma mua o ka hoʻohana a mālama ʻana paha.
Hiki ke ʻohiʻohi wale i nā mea kanu ʻuala Maincrop e ulu ana i loko o nā pahu me ka ʻūlū ʻana i nā mea o ka ipu i waho o kahi ʻalā. Hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻolele i ka lepo i loko he huila. E kānana i ka lepo e hōʻiliʻili i kāu mau spuds.
Inā ʻoe e ʻohi ana i nā kōkō nui a i ʻole nā kūmaka potato no ka mālama ʻana i ka hoʻoilo, e ʻeli i kekahi mau mea e hoʻāʻo iā lākou ma mua o ka ʻohi ʻana i ka hua holoʻokoʻa. Pono nā ʻili e mānoanoa a paʻa paʻa i ka ʻiʻo. Inā hiki ke ʻānai maʻalahi ʻia ka ʻili mai ka mea kanu nā mea hou a hou a pono e waiho i ka lepo no kekahi mau lā hou aku.
Ke ʻohi ʻana e makaʻala i ʻole e palapū a ʻokiʻoki paha i ka hua. Poʻopoʻo nā tubers i ka wā e waiho ai.
Ma hope o ka ʻohi ʻana e hoʻōla i nā tubers ma ka waiho ʻana iā lākou e noho i kahi maloʻo no kahi o 2 mau pule. I kēia manawa pono ka mahana ma kahi o ka mea kanu ma waena o 45 a 60 ℉. E like me ka ʻuala e hoʻōla ai i ko lākou ʻili a paʻa ka ʻoki liʻiliʻi. Ma hope o ka hoʻōla ʻana hiki iā ʻoe ke mālama i kāu tubers. Inā ʻaʻole ʻoe e maopopo pehea e mālama ai i kaʻu mauʻuala ma hope o kaʻohi ʻana, he alakaʻi hohonu hohonu loa kēia.
Ke ʻohi ʻana i kaʻuala a lawe aku paha iā lākou mai ka mālama ʻana, e nānā mau i ke kala o ko lākou ʻili. Hōʻalo i nā ʻōpuʻu ʻōmaʻomaʻo. Loaʻa kēia i kahi pae o nā alkaloid i hoʻonui ʻia, i maʻa mau ʻia e ka nui o ka mālamalama i ka mālam. Hiki i nā spuds ʻōmaʻomaʻo ke komo i ka solanine. ʻAʻole kēia e hoʻonāwaliwali iā lākou akā ʻona pū kekahi. E hōʻalo i ka ʻōmaʻomaʻo e mālama i kaʻu mauʻuala i ka pouli i kahi kūlana hiki.
ʻOiai ʻo ka hoʻoulu ʻana i kaʻuala hiki ke lawe i kahi ākea, a koi paha i kahi pono ʻōnaehana hoʻohuli hua, pono maoli ka hana. ʻOi aku ka palupalu o nā ʻōmole ʻokiʻohi hou a me kahi ʻono momona ma mua o ka hale kūʻai kūʻai spuds. ʻO lākou kekahi o nā mea kanu maʻalahi e ulu a ʻohi.