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Inā ʻaʻohe heʻe nui loa: ka lōkō ʻana o ka buckthorn moana ma o nā ʻokiʻoki

ʻO ka buckthorn o ke kai, ma ke ʻano he kānāwai, e lūlū ʻia e nā pua, ma kahi o kēia mea kanu e kū ʻole ʻole ai. Akā ka hana ia i liʻiliʻi liʻiliʻi (ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi i nā ʻano maikaʻi ʻole, a laila ua ulu ka nīnau i kahi ala o ka hana hou, no ka laʻana, ka lignified ʻokiʻoki, e like me blackcurrant. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ua lūlū lākou i kahi liʻiliʻi ma ka buckthorn kai, akā inā lawe ʻoe i nā pua ikaika, keu, ʻaʻole ia e emi iho i ka hapalua o ka centimeter ke anawaena a ʻaʻole hoʻi i nā lālā lateral poʻo a me nā kihi, ma luna o nā ʻokiʻoki, ka pakeneka o ka honu hiki ke kūpono kūpono. I ka wā pono, pono e hoʻomākaukau i ka ʻokiʻoki ma mua o ka hoʻomaka ʻana o ke puhi ʻana o nā keiki. Hoʻokomo ʻia nā ulu ʻoki i loko o ka puʻu hoʻoilo, a ʻokiʻoki i nā ʻāpana (i ʻokiʻoki) o ka lōʻihi o ʻumikumamālima - iwakālua kenimika ma mua o ka pae ʻana.

Ke Kaua Buckthorn (Sea-buckthorn) © Olegivvit

ʻOi aku ka maikaʻi i ka kanu "i ka lepo" i ka puna mua, i ka wā i hualua ai ka lepo, akā ʻaʻole naʻe i hiki i ka lau ʻana. No ka lawaiʻa maikaʻi, mālama ʻia nā ʻokiʻehā no ʻehā a i elima mau lā i ka hoʻoheʻe ʻai ʻana i ka wai (10-20 C) ma mua o ke kanu ʻana, ʻulu ʻia no 2/3 o ka lōʻihi. Pono e hoʻololi ʻia ka wai i kēlā me kēia lā. ʻAʻole like ka currants, kanu ʻia nā ʻihi ʻo ka buckthorn liʻiliʻi a paʻa me kahi piʻupuʻu.

Keawe-buckthorn © Wicki

Loaʻa nā hopena maikaʻi e ka pae ʻana i loko o ka slot o kahi kiʻi ʻeleʻeleʻeleʻele, hohola ma luna o ka moena. Akā e pono e hōʻoia i ka paʻa ʻole i ka kiʻi ma ka lepo, ʻaʻole i hoʻokiʻekiʻe e ka ulu ʻoki a i ʻole ka makani. No ka ʻokiʻoki he mea nui ia, he mea nui loa ia i ka malama mua i kanu ʻia ʻia a ua maloʻo ka ea a me ka ʻāina a ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ka wela o waho ma waho o ke kanakolu. Hiki i nā lāʻau kanu maikaʻi ke kanu i kahi paʻa mau i ka puna e hiki mai ana.

Keawe-buckthorn © Dirk Ingo Franke