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Hoʻolālā mākou i kahi ʻulaʻulaʻula

Ma nā wahi ʻokoʻa i Lūkia, ʻeluaʻano i kapa ʻia nā blackberry: ʻEleʻele hina (Rubus caesius) a ā ʻŌwili pua ʻo Bushy (ʻO kahi ʻōpala rubus) I kekahi mau kumu kumu, ʻo ka hua mua o kēia mau ʻano i kapa ʻia ka blackberry, a ʻo ka lua ua kapa ʻia ʻo cumanica; i kekahi manawa ua kapa ʻia ka mua o nā ʻano manu ma ka ʻina (ma Ukraine) a i ʻole naina (i ka Caucasus).

Me ka ʻole o ka milo, ke kīwī wikiwiki nei ka ʻeleʻele. Hoʻohui pinepine ia i ka moʻomeheu pua.

ʻĀpana Kūleʻa. © igorr1

Ma hope o ka pae ʻoki ʻia nā lāʻau ʻalani ma kahi o 25-30 cm ma luna o ka lepo, e wehe ana i nā ʻōpala mānoanoa a nāwaliwali.

Kau makahiki i ka pūnāwai ma ka waena o ka ulu lāʻau e waiho ana e pili ana i 6-10 mau makahiki o nā hua kinipōpō makahiki.

I ka hāʻule ʻana ua hoʻoulu ʻia lākou i ka 1.5-1.8 m. Ua hōʻoki ʻia ka nui o ke kūleʻa i nā mākē o 2-3, ke pale nei i ka pālahalaha o nā ʻōpala a hana hou ka lāʻau. Kūkulu maoli nā hua ʻeleʻele i nā kaʻina hana olakino lateral.

ʻO ka hana pinepine ʻia ka blackberry ma ka manawa like me ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā lālā ma ke kākoʻo.

Noho i Iune ka ʻōpio o nā hua ʻōpio 60-90 cm kiʻekiʻe, e ʻoki ana i nā kihi e 5 cm.

Hoʻopili i kahi ulu lāʻau ʻōlepa. © ʻO Dorling Kindersley

Inā ʻehā ʻāpana ulu ka blackberry i 60 cm, ua hōʻoki ʻia lākou e 20 cm - a hiki i 40 cm.Ia ua kōkua kēia i ka hiki ʻana mai o nā lālā hou.

Nā lālā kahiko ma ka hope o ka hua ʻana, ʻoki i ka waihona, waiho ʻole i kahi nalo.

ʻO nā ʻōpio i wāwahi ʻia, wāwahi a maʻi ʻia hoʻi e hoʻokuʻu ʻia i kekahi manawa. I ka wā ulu mua, ua ʻoki ʻia nā piko o nā blackberry i ka wā hoʻoilo i ka hoʻoilo ma kahi keiki maikaʻi.

I ka ulu ʻana o nā mea ʻōpala blackberry, maʻa pinepine lākou e hoʻokaʻawale i nā mea nānā aku i ka wā o ka puna.

ʻŌpala ʻōpala

Hoʻopili ʻia nā lāʻau blackberry me nā kakalaioa, kahi e hoʻopili ai i kā lākou mālama. No laila, hana ʻia nā hana a pau i nā kūlike.