Ua ʻike kēlā me kēia māla i ke ʻano o ka huhū nui ʻana i ka mauʻu ma kou pā a makemake ʻoe e pepehi iā lākou.ʻAe, ka nūhou maikaʻi: hiki iā ʻoe.
ʻO ka uhi ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a me ka lole ʻāina ʻelua mau ala kaulana no ka mulching weeds.Hoʻokomo ʻia nā mea ʻelua ma luna o kahi hapa nui o ka māla me nā lua kahi e ulu ai nā mea kanu.ʻO kēia ka mea e pale ai i ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻanoʻano mauʻu i ka wā e ulu ai.
"ʻO ka lole ʻāina he mea ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka plastik ʻeleʻele, a huikau pinepine nā kānaka i nā mea ʻelua," wahi a Keith Garland, he loea horticultural ma ke Kulanui o Maine.
No ka mea hoʻokahi, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele a ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka mālama ʻana ma mua o ka lole ʻāina, wahi a Matthew Wallhead, he loea mahiʻai hoʻonaninani a me ke kaukaʻi kōkua ma ke Kulanui o Maine's Cooperative Extension.No ka laʻana, ʻōlelo ʻo ia ʻoiai ʻo ka plastik māla ʻeleʻele he mau lua mea kanu, ʻo ka hapa nui o nā lole ʻāina e koi iā ʻoe e ʻoki a puhi paha i nā lua.
"He ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o ka plastic ma mua o ka lole ʻāina a maʻalahi paha ke mālama ʻia ma ke ʻano o ka waiho ʻana i kahi," wahi a Wallhead."Pono ka hana ʻana i ka ʻāina i kekahi manawa."
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Eric Galland, ke kaukaʻi o ka weed ecology ma ke Kulanui o Maine, ʻo kekahi o nā pōmaikaʻi nui o ka plastik ʻeleʻele, ʻoi aku hoʻi no nā mea kanu aloha wela e like me nā tōmato a Maine, nā pepa a me nā paukena, ʻo ia ka hiki ke mahana i ka lepo.
"Inā ʻoe e hoʻohana ana i ka plastik ʻeleʻele maʻamau, pono ʻoe e hōʻoia i ka maikaʻi o ka lepo āu e hoʻokomo ai i ka plastik i loko o ka maikaʻi, paʻa a paʻa [i mea e mahana ai ia mai ka lā a lawe i ka wela ma ka lepo," wahi āna. .
Mālama maikaʻi ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele i ka wai, ua hoʻohui ʻo Garland, akā naʻauao paha ka hoʻoinu ʻana ma lalo o ka ʻeleʻele ʻeleʻele, ʻoi aku hoʻi i nā makahiki maloʻo.
"He mea paʻakikī hoʻi ka hoʻoinu ʻana no ka mea pono ʻoe e kuhikuhi i ka wai i loko o ka lua āu e kanu ai a hilinaʻi paha i ka wai e neʻe ai i ka lepo i kahi e pono ai," wahi a Garland."I ka makahiki ua maʻamau, hiki i ka wai e hāʻule ana ma ka lepo a puni ke neʻe maikaʻi ma lalo o ka plastic."
No nā māla mālama kālā, ʻōlelo ʻo Garland hiki iā ʻoe ke hoʻohana i nā ʻeke ʻōpala ʻeleʻele ikaika ma mua o ke kūʻai ʻana i nā lau mānoanoa o ka māla, akā heluhelu pono i nā lepili.
"I kekahi manawa ua hamo ʻia nā ʻeke ʻōpala me nā mea e like me nā insecticides e hōʻemi i ka ulu ʻana o nā ʻōpala," wahi āna."Inā paha he mau huahana hou aʻe i loko e pono e haʻi ʻia ma ka ʻeke ponoʻī."
Eia nō naʻe, aia kekahi mau hemahema: hoʻolei pinepine ʻia ka plastic ma hope o ka pau ʻana o ka wā ulu.
"Ke luku nei lākou i ke kaiapuni," wahi a Tom Roberts, ka mea nona ka Snakeroot Farm.“E uku ʻoe i ka poʻe e unuhi i ka ʻaila a hoʻololi iā ia i plastik.Ke hana nei ʻoe i ka koi no ka plastic [a] ka hana ʻana i ka ʻōpala.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Wallhead e koho maʻamau ʻo ia i nā lole hoʻohana hou ʻia, ʻoiai ʻoi aku ka hoʻoikaika ʻana.
"ʻOi aku ka lōʻihi, ʻoiai me ka plastic ke hoʻololi ʻoe i ka plastik i kēlā me kēia makahiki," wahi āna.“ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi o ka plastik no nā mea kanu makahiki [a me nā mea kanu mau;ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka lole ʻāina no nā moena mau e like me nā moena pua i ʻoki ʻia.
Eia naʻe, ʻōlelo ʻo Garland he mau hemahema ko nā lole ʻāina.Ma hope o ka waiho ʻia ʻana o ka lole, uhi pinepine ʻia me ka ʻili mulch a i ʻole nā mea hoʻonaninani ʻē aʻe.Hiki ke kūkulu ʻia ka lepo a me ka mauʻu ma luna o ka mulch a me nā lole i nā makahiki, wahi āna.
"E ulu ana nā aʻa ma ka lole ʻāina no ka mea he mea ulana ia," wehewehe ʻo ia.“Hoʻopau ʻoe i kahi ʻino ke huki ʻoe i ka mauʻu a huki ka lole ʻāina.ʻAʻole leʻaleʻa.Ke hala ʻoe i kēlā, ʻaʻole ʻoe makemake e hoʻohana hou i ka lole ʻāina.
"I kekahi manawa, hoʻohana wau ia ma waena o nā lālani o ka māla meaʻai me ka ʻike ʻaʻole wau e mulching," wahi āna."He mea palahalaha ia, a inā ua haumia iaʻu, hiki iaʻu ke holoi wale."
Ka manawa hoʻouna: Apr-16-2023