Wonke umuntu osebenza engadini uyazi ukuthi kunjani ukukhungatheka ngokhula egcekeni lakho kangangokuthi ufuna ukumbulala.Nokho, izindaba ezinhle: ungakwazi.
I-plastic sheeting emnyama kanye nendwangu ye-landscape yizindlela ezimbili ezidumile zokumboza ukhula.Kokubili kuhlanganisa ukubeka impahla phezu kwengxenye enkulu yendawo engadini enemigodi lapho izitshalo zizokhula khona.Lokhu kuvimbela imbewu yokhula ekukhuleni ngokugcwele noma kuzicindeze ngokushesha lapho zikhula.
"Indwangu ye-landscape ayiyona into engaphezu kwepulasitiki emnyama, futhi abantu bavame ukudida lezi zinto ezimbili," kusho uKeith Garland, uchwepheshe wezokulima eNyuvesi yaseMaine.
Kokunye, ipulasitiki emnyama ivamise ukushibhile futhi inakekele kancane kunendwangu ye-landscape, kusho u-Matthew Wallhead, uchwepheshe wezingadi zokuhlobisa kanye nomsizi kaprofesa eNyuvesi yaseMaine's Cooperative Extension.Ngokwesibonelo, uthi nakuba ipulasitiki yensimu emnyama ivame ukuba nezimbobo zezitshalo ezinezimbobo, izindwangu eziningi ze-landscape zidinga ukuba uzisike noma uzishise izimbobo ngokwakho.
"Ipulasitiki ishibhile kunendwangu ye-landscape futhi cishe kulula ukuyiphatha mayelana nokuyibeka endaweni," kusho uWallhead."Ngezinye izikhathi ukuhlelwa kwezwe kudinga umsebenzi owengeziwe."
U-Eric Galland, uprofesa we-ecology yokhula eNyuvesi yaseMaine, uthe enye yezinzuzo eziyinhloko zepulasitiki emnyama, ikakhulukazi izitshalo ezithanda ukushisa njengotamatisi waseMaine, upelepele namathanga, ukuthi ingakwazi ukufudumala inhlabathi.
"Uma usebenzisa ipulasitiki emnyama ejwayelekile, udinga ukwenza isiqiniseko sokuthi inhlabathi ofaka kuyo ipulasitiki ilungile, iqinile futhi isezingeni [ukuze] ifudumale elangeni futhi ikhiphe ukushisa enhlabathini," esho. .
Ipulasitiki emnyama igcina amanzi ngokuphumelelayo, uGarland wanezela, kodwa kungase kube ukuhlakanipha ukunisela ngaphansi kwepulasitiki emnyama, ikakhulukazi eminyakeni eyomile.
“Futhi kwenza ukuchelela kube nzima ngoba kufanele uqondise amanzi emgodini otshale kuwo noma uthembele emswakameni ukuze udlulele emhlabathini lapho kufanele ube khona,” kusho uGarland."Ngonyaka wemvula ojwayelekile, amanzi awela emhlabathini ozungezile angahamba kahle ngaphansi kwepulasitiki."
Kubalimi abaqaphela isabelomali, u-Garland uthi ungasebenzisa izikhwama zikadoti ezimnyama eziqinile esikhundleni sokuthenga amashidi angadi aminyene, kodwa funda amalebula ngokucophelela.
“Kwesinye isikhathi izikhwama zikadoti zigcotshwa ngezinto ezifana nezibulala-zinambuzane ukuze kunciphe ukukhula kwezibungu,” kusho yena."Ukuthi kukhona imikhiqizo eyengeziwe ngaphakathi noma cha ngaphakathi kufanele kuchazwe ephaketheni ngokwalo."
Kodwa-ke, kukhona futhi okungalungile: ipulasitiki ivame ukulahlwa ngemva kokuphela kwenkathi yokukhula.
“Bacekela phansi imvelo,” kusho uTom Roberts, ongumnikazi weSnakeroot Farm.“Ukhokhela abantu ukuthi bakhiphe uwoyela bawenze upulasitiki.Udala isidingo sepulasitiki [futhi] udala imfucuza.”
U-Wallhead uthi uvamise ukukhetha izindwangu ezingasebenziseka kabusha zezwe, nakuba lokho kuthatha umzamo owengeziwe.
“Mude impela, kanti ngopulasitiki ushintsha upulasitiki minyaka yonke,” kusho yena.“Ipulasitiki ingaba ngcono ezitshalweni zaminyaka yonke [kanye] nezitshalo ezihlala isikhathi eside;Indwangu ye-landscape [ingcono] emibhedeni ehlala njalo njengemibhede yezimbali esikiwe.”
Kodwa-ke, uGarland uthi izindwangu zezwe zinezinkinga ezinkulu.Ngemuva kokuthi indwangu ibekwe, ivame ukumbozwa nge-bark mulch noma enye i-substrate ephilayo.Umhlabathi nokhula nakho kungakhela phezu kwezimbobo zezihlahla nezindwangu eminyakeni edlule, usho kanje.
“Izimpande zizokhula ngendwangu ye-landscape ngoba iyindwangu elukiwe,” uyachaza.“Ugcina usunesiphithiphithi uma udonsa ukhula bese kuqubuka indwangu ye-landscape.Akumnandi.Uma usudlulile kulokho, awusoze wafuna ukusebenzisa indwangu ye-landscape futhi.”
“Ngezinye izikhathi ngiyisebenzisa phakathi kwemigqa engadini yemifino ngazi ukuthi ngeke ngiyimboze,” usho kanje.“Yimpahla eyisicaba, futhi uma [ngi] ngephutha ngiyingcolisa, ngingavele ngiyibhuqe.”
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Apr-03-2023