Abalimi baseNew Hampshire abafuna ukutshala upelepele onemibala emihubheni ephezulu bazojabula ukwazi ukuthi abacwaningi abavela e- Isiteshi Sokuhlola Ezolimo se-NH ithole izinhlobo eziningi ezikhiqiza izithelo ezinhle kakhulu, ezisezingeni eliphezulu ocwaningweni locwaningo olwenziwe esiteshini sokuhlola I-Woodman Horticultural Research Farm.
Becky Sideman, umcwaningi we-NH Agricultural Experiment Station kanye noprofesa wesandiso wokukhiqiza ukulima okusimeme, u-Kaitlyn Orde, umfundi oneziqu zesayensi yezolimo, kanye no-Talia Levy, umfundi othole iziqu ezifundweni zezolimo ezisimeme nezinhlelo zokudla, muva nje wenze isilingo esinemibala ye-bell pepper ukuze anqume izinhlobo ezifanele zokukhiqizwa eNew Hampshire endaweni engashisiswanga yomhubhe ophezulu.
“Ukutshala upelepele emhubheni ongashisiswanga kuvumela ukukhiqizwa kwesithelo esinemibala esezingeni eliphezulu kakhulu. I-bell pepper enombala inamandla okuba isivuno esinenzuzo, esihlukile kubalimi baseNew Hampshire, nakuba izici ezimbalwa ezifana nezindleko zengqalasizinda, isivuno esithengiswayo, namanani emakethe kudingeka kucatshangelwe,” kusho uSideman.
Abacwaningi baqoqa ulwazi mayelana nesivuno esiphelele kanye nezivuno ezidayiswayo zezinhlobo ezingu-10 ze-bell pepper ezinemibala. Izinhlobo ezihlolwe yi-UNH zihlanganisa iBentley, Felicitas, Orangela, Sympathy, Early Sunsation, Moonset, Karma, Sprinter, Karisma, kanye ne-Orange Blaze.
U-Sideman nethimba lakhe bathole isivuno esisukela kumakhilogremu angu-3.5 kuya kwangu-5 esithelo ngesitshalo ngasinye, nesivuno esiphelele esisuka ku-46,000 kuya ku-66,600 wamaphawundi ngehektare ngayinye. Lokhu kungaphezu kokuphindwe kabili kwesivuno sikapelepele wensimu ojwayelekile wamaphawundi angama-23,000 kuya ku-27,000 ihektare ngalinye.
Isivuno esiphezulu sikhiqizwe yi-Bentley, Felicitas, kanye ne-Orangela, zonke zihlukaniswa njenge-High-Tech Greenhouse Peppers yi-Johnny's Select Seeds. Ngesisindo esiphelele sesithelo esidayiswayo, i-Orange Blaze, uhlobo olunezithelo ezincane, lukhiqize isivuno esiphansi kakhulu kune-Bentley ne-Felicita. Ngaphandle kwalokho, kwakungekho umehluko obalulekile.
Abacwaningi bathola ukuthi kunokuhlobana okuqondile phakathi kobukhulu besithelo kanye nenani lezithelo ezikhiqizwa isitshalo ngasinye. I-Orange Blaze (usayizi wezithelo omaphakathi ongu-4.1 oz.) ikhiqize izithelo eziningi kakhulu ngesitshalo ngasinye kunazo zonke ezinye izinhlobo, kuyilapho i-Karisma (isilinganiso sesithelo esingu-11.2 oz.) ikhiqize izithelo ezimbalwa kakhulu ngesitshalo ngasinye. Bobabili upelepele upelepele wasensimini kaHarris Seeds. Inani kanye nephesenti lesithelo esingathengisiwe laliphansi kuzo zonke izinhlobo.
Abacwaningi baphinde bathola ukuthi isici esivame kakhulu sesithelo kwaba yi-sunscald, okungaba nzima ukuhlukanisa nokubola kokuphela kwembali kupelepele. Esinye isici esivamile kwaba ukubola kwezithelo kwe-Alternaria okubangelwa ukhunta i-Alternaria alternata.
"Ukukhiqiza upelepele ophumelelayo emihubheni kudinga ukunakwa kwezinambuzane ezihlukahlukene, futhi kungase kwenzeke ukwandisa isivuno ngokutshala ngaphambi kwesikhathi, ezinye izikhala zokuhlukanisa kanye nezinhlelo zokuthena, noma ezinye izindlela," kusho uSideman.
Abacwaningi bahlela ukuqhubeka nocwaningo lwabo ngezinhlobo zikapelepele onemibala kuleli hlobo.
Lokhu kwaziswa kusekelwe emsebenzini osekelwe Isiteshi Sokuhlola SezoLimo se-NH, ngoxhaso oluhlanganyelwe lwe-National Institute of Food and Agriculture, Umnyango Wezolimo wase-US, ngaphansi kwenombolo yomklomelo 228522, kanye nesifundazwe saseNew Hampshire. Ukuze uthole ulwazi olwengeziwe ngalolu cwaningo, vakashela extension.unh.edu/resources/files/Resource005720_Rep8006.pdf.
- Lori Wright, Inyuvesi yaseNew Hampshire
Umthombo: Isiteshi Sokuhlola Ezolimo i-NH