Kuhlanyelwa kwe Lettuce

© Louise Brodie

Kukhokhwa Kwelettuce Lencane

Kukhokhwa kwe lettuce lencane kwentiwa ngetinhlavu. Noma inhlavu yelettuce ingahluma esimeni sekushisa lesipholile ngebuphansi lobungu 5°C, timo tekusisha letikhale tekuhluma kuciniseka kanye nekukhula ngekuphangisa kwetitjaloletincane kanye nekubanesiciniseko sekutsi titjalo letifanako letingavunwa kantsi nemakethe ingabasemkhatsini wa 18°C na 22°C.

Tindlela Tekuhlanyela

Kuhlanyela kwentiwa ngekutsi kufakwe tinhlavu njengoba tinjalo embhedzeniwetinhlanvu kanye nekuncutsa lesitjalo sibenguleso losifunako ngemuva kwekuphutfuma, noma loku kungumsebenti omkhulu kantsi futsi kudulile.
Bahlanyeli labaningi labentela kutsengisa bahlanyela titjaloletincane letentiwe endlinileluhlata letitobesetilungile evikini lesine kuya kulesihlanu ngemuva kwekulinywa kwetinhlavu.
Kuhlanyela etindzaweni letincane kungenteka ngesandla kepha kuhlanyela lokuningi kwentiwa ngemishina yekuhlanyela noma ngelusito lwemishina.

Kuvulwa Kwesikhala

Hlanyela ilettuce letinhlobonhlobo ngelenhlobo yelettuce lahlanyelwe kepha kumele kubenomayini kusuka kutitjalo letitinkhulungwane letimashumi lasitfupha kuya kutinkhulungwane letilikhulu nemashumi lamabili kuhekitha linye. Ahlanyelwa kumamilimitha layinkhulungwane kuya kunkhulungwane yinye nemakhulu lamabili emibhedzeyetinhlavu leyentiwe lokufaka imilayini lemitsatfu kuya kulesihlanu emashumi lamabili kuya kumashumi lamatsatfu ngaphandle kwetitjalo letivuleke kusuka kumasentimitha lalishumi nesihlanu kuya ku mashumi lamabili ngekushiyana kulemilayini. Lemibhedze yetinhlavu leyentiwe ivame kuchazwa bubanti besigulumba nekufakelwa kwe ‘masondvo.

Sikhatsi Sekutjala

Hlanyela letinhlavu te lettuce ekungeneni kwentfwasahlobo noma likwindla ngesikhatsi lesimo sekushisa sicale kuphola ngemuva kwekushisa kwasehlobo.

Sikhatsi Sekuhlanyela

Hlanyela titjaloletincane mnyakawonkhe nangabanje letimo tekushisa tiliciniso nalapho kute khona sitfwatfwa sasebusika lesingabulala noma silimate letitjalo. Kungaba tinhlobo letintsatfu letingatfolwa etindzaweni lapho khona timo tekushisa letilungele.
Etindliniletiluhlata, emalettuce angahlanyelwa umnyakawonkhe kantsi nesikhatsi sekuhlanyela singavama kubasemkhatsini wehhafu kanye nakubili-lokutsatfu kwesikhatsi lesidzingekako ngemkhicito wemasimu lavulekile.

Sikhatsi Sekukhulisa

Letinhlobo letingito letine te lettuce tinetindlela letehlukile tekukhulisa netigaba tekukhula kanye netikhatsi.
Iceberg lettuces: Lishumi kuya eshumini nakubili emaviki kusuka ekuhlanyeleni kuya ekukhuleni.
Butter lettuces: Emaviki lasitfupha kuya kulalishumi.
Romaine lettuces: Emaviki lalishumi kuya eshumini nakubili.
Loose leaf lettuces: Ingahlanyelwa njalonjalo ngetikhatsi letichutjiwe tekuvunwa kusuka ku maviki lasihlanu kuya kulasitfupha nekuchubeka.

Kuvundzisa

Sonkhe sikhatsi vundzisa ngendlela yemfanekiso wemhlabatsi lohloliwe lotsetfwe phambilini kwekuhlanyela. Lapho kungekho khona loku, kuhlanyela-lokuhle lokufakwa 750 kg wa 2:3:4 (30) kungafakwa kumasentimitha lamashumi lamatsatfu ngetulu kwalomulayini wesitjalo saletitjaloletincane kwentela kutfola kucala lokuhle.
Kufakwa kwekuvundzisa kwesibili kwa 250 kg we LAN kungagcokiswa-ngenhlanye ngasemlayinini wesitjalo emaviki lamane kuya kulasihlanu ngemuva kwekuhlanyela kwentela kunika emandla lesibhidvo lesikhuliswako.
Uma usebentisa kunisela ngelitfonsi, njengoba balimi bekutsengisa bacolela kona nyalo, lokuvundzisa ngemanti kungafakwa ngendlela yemanti lantfosako njengekuvundzisa.

Kunisela

Kunisela kwentiwa ngesihloko lesibekwa phansi bese sikhokha emanti, kanye naloko lokukhokha emanti ngetulu kwetinhloko tetitjalo, ijet lencane noma kunisela ngelitfonsi. Lokusebenta kakhulu lokukunisela ngelitfonsi njengentfo lelungile yekufakwa kantsi nalokumoshakele kuyancishiswa.
Njengoba emalettuce afaka lokungetulu kwa 80% wemanti, ayincelencele kumanti kanye nasekuniseleni ngalokuyinkinga. Loku kungabe kwentiwe kutsi kuniselwe kancane, lokungabanga kulahleka kwemkhicito kanye nekugamuka. Tinkinga temanti tignaphindze tikhokhe kukhungeka kwemanti ngekunisela kwecele, lokuchubela kusimo se anaerobic endzaweni yetimphandze kanye netifo tekubola kwetimphandze.
Kumcoka kugadza lomhlabats dvutane phindze unisele nakuphakama kucina kwemhlaba. Faka ema irrometers noma letinye tintfo kulendzawo yesitjalo kwentela kugadza bumanti bemhlabatsi ngelilanga.

Translated by Phindile Malotana