Ukusetshenziswa kwe-mulch engadini noma epulazini kungayizuzisa kakhulu impilo yenhlabathi nezilimo. Inhlabathi evundile inokhula oluncane, ayikwazi ukumelana nesomiso kunhlabathi engenalutho nezitshalo zikhula kangcono.
Yini I-Mulch?
I-mulch yizinto ezibekwe phezu kwenhlabathi ukunikeza umphumela wokulala. Kungaba i-mulch ye-organic noma ye-organic. Izibonelo ze-mulch ye-organic zingumquba, utshani obudala, amaqabunga, izihlahla, imikhiqizo yezinkuni, iphephandaba noma isivuno esigoqiwe. Ama-mulchi angapholi afaka ama-geotextiles (izindwangu zomhlaba), ishepa epulasitiki namathayi asetshenziswe kabusha.
Izinzuzo zeMulch
Ama-mulchi anciphisa ukuhwamuka kwamanzi enhlabathini, avimbela ukuguguleka kwenhlabathi futhi anciphise ukukhula kokhula. Enye inzuzo eyengeziwe yama-mulgan organic ukuthi abola futhi anikeze izakhi zomsoco kumagciwane omhlabathi, wona nawo onikeza izakhi zomzimba ezitshalweni.
Izingcezu ezingafakwanga njengamapulasitiki zivame ukusetshenziselwa izitshalo ezithanda ukushisa ezifana notamatisi namaqanda amaqanda njengoba zigcina umhlabathi ufudumele. Ibuye isetshenziselwe ukuvikela izitshalo ezilandayo ezinjengotshani bekhukhamba ekugobeni futhi kuzigcina zihlanzekile. I-mulch ye-inorganic ayinazo izinzuzo zokuzala, futhi inganciphisa umoya-mpilo futhi iphakamise ukufudumala enhlabathini okuholele ekubulaweni kwamagciwane enhlabathi.
Kumele kuqashelwe ukuthi ukusetshenziswa kwezinto zomquba ezinzima ezifana nehipsi yezinkuni, kungaholela ekukhipheni i-nitrogen emhlabathini ukuze kubhujiswe ukhuni oluqukethe u-carbon oluningi. Sebenzisa utshani obusha obunothile nge-nitrogen njenge-mulch emasimini yemifino bese unciphisa izinto ezihlanganisiwe ukuze zisebenze kahle.
Ungayisebenzisa Kanjani I-Mulch
I-mulch ingathengwa kodwa kungcono kakhulu ukusebenzisa izinto ezikhiqizwe engadini noma epulazini njenge-mulch. Sebenzisa izihlahla ezivela engadini yezithelo, amaqabunga, ukusika kotshani kanye nezinkuni ezig njisiwe njenge-mulch.
Okokuqala, susa ukhula bese unisela inhlabathi kahle. Faka isicelo se-mulch ungqimba olugqinsi, kusuka ku-2,5 cm kuya ku-15 cm ubukhulu - kuya ngokuqina kokuqukethwe. I-mulch enhle kufanele isatshalaliswe ngokujula okungama-5 cm, kuyilapho izinto ezifundwayo ezinjengamagxolo zingaba ngu-10 cm ukujula. Faka isicelo semboza izithombo zezihlahla okungenani ezingama-15 cm kude neziqu neziqu zemithi yezitshalo nezihlahla ngoba lokhu kungadala ukubola ngenxa yesimo sezulu esithambile esingakhiqiza se-mulch.
Lapho usebenzisa iphephandaba njenge-mulch, sebenzisa amashidi amane kuya kwayisishiyagalombili ephephandaba eliswakeme bese umboza enye i-mulch organic. I-mulch ingasetjenziswa lapho kutshalwa khona izilimo sekhava ezithelweni zezihlahla. Isibonelo, inganqunywa futhi ifakwe emhlabathini ukuze isebenze njengenhlanganisela eluhlaza futhi njenge-mulch noma igoqwe nje ifulethi ukuze inikeze imbozagobho eluhlaza egcwele initrogen.
Translated by Nsika Khoza