Nā pua

ʻŪwai ʻūlea a me Ierusalema artichoke - ʻōkōkeke hui pua

ʻAʻole hoʻohala ʻole ke ʻano no ke kumu lāʻau ʻole, exotic ʻoiai nā lāʻau e neʻe nei o nā mea kanu kūloko i ka hoʻolālā o ka māla. ʻAʻole i pale aku nei kēia ʻano māla i kēia mau māla: i kēia lā, me nā kāloti maʻamau a me nā beets, ua ʻoi aku ka nui o nā māla i nā wahi no nā wahi ʻai, ke kuini, ka chufu a me nā mea kanu ʻike ʻole. Nui o lākou, i ka hoʻopili ʻia ʻana o nā waiwai kūpono a me nā ʻono, hiki iā lākou ke kaena aku i ka hoʻonani kupaianaha. No laila, ke kūleʻa nei ke kūlana o ka pua a me nā hua tuberous me ka ʻuala momona a me artichoke ʻo Ierusalema - nā paʻō e hiki ke loaʻa i kahi wahi ma nā moena pua.

ʻO ka momona kamala, begonia a me coleus i kahi pua pua. © daryl_mitchell

I kekahi ensemble, nā malihini kipa ʻē aʻe o ka ʻuala momona a me Ierusalema artichoke i hiki i ke lilo i hōkū hōkū, ʻoiai e like me nā pua perennials. ʻO kēia mau mea kanu ʻelua he mau mālamalama no nā flora ʻAmelika, aia i loaʻa ma ka ʻāina ma ka papa a ma ka māla i ka manawa pinepine i loaʻa iā mākou i ka mauʻu, ua lōʻihi ke lilo i "kā mākou" i Europa a me beets. Akā ʻaʻole e like me ka poʻe noho maʻamau o kā mākou mau māla, loaʻa kā lākou pono pono - ke ʻano ākea a me nā hiʻohiʻona hiʻohiʻona, mahalo ʻia i hiki iā Ierusalema artichoke a i loko o ka ʻūlū huaʻai e kanu ai i nā mea kanu hōkū i nā moena pua. ʻOiai ke kupa nei i ka palaoa, kāʻai ʻia a ʻaluhi ʻia o nā mea kanu i ʻai ʻia ma ke ʻano like me nā ʻuala, ʻaʻole lākou e haʻalele i nā mea kanu lāʻau.

ʻO nā pua pua a Ierusalema. © mfortini

ʻO Jerusalem artichoke kahi lāʻau puna kōkolu ʻekolu mika e hāʻawi ana i kahi nui o ka waiora a me nā momona momona. He moʻomeheu maikaʻi kēia, kokoke i ka ulu lāʻau ulu, pono ia i ka seedling maʻamau a me ka kāohi. ʻOiaʻiʻo, ma nā māla palui o ka mea kanu, ʻaʻole maʻalahi ka hōʻiliʻili umu. Ua hōʻiliʻili ʻia ka hōʻiliʻili ʻana o kēia mea kanu i ka hāʻule: E ʻoki ana ʻo Artichoke i ke kīhāpai a hiki i ka hopena o ka hopena o kona wā i pau ai, a ʻoki ʻia kona lau ʻōpala me nā hua pua. Hiki ke mālama pono i nā mea kanu o kēia mea kanu i ka lepo, me ka ʻohi i ka manuahi e pono ai, a i waiho ʻia ma ka lepo no ka hoʻoilo a pau i ka hoʻoilo. Ma mua o ka hiki ʻana o ka manawa e ʻahaʻaina ai i nā kūleʻa momona, nā mea nani o nā ʻūhā kiʻekiʻe, a me nā ʻūhā nui o Ierusalema artichoke e hopu i nā ʻano nani. Ma nā moena maʻamau o kekahi ʻoihana, ʻo kēia mea kanu mea like me kahi mea haole. ʻO nā greens wai kīwī, nā kāwili palupalu a me nā pua ikaika a me nā kue melemele keʻokeʻo o nā inflorescences, nā pāpale lei a me nā pua nui i ka mea kanu i like me nā kūlana a me ka lōlō o nā māla lau o nā māla hoʻolālā. ʻO kaʻoiaʻiʻo, ʻaʻole like me ka hopena, ua hana ʻo Artichoke i nā lāʻau lush, razlog a me nā pale ākea nui a ʻaʻole i haʻalulu i ka nui a hiki i ka poʻe i aloha ʻia o ka hoʻolālā "wild".

Ierusalema artichoke. © Huerta Orgazmika

ʻO ka momona kamato he mea kanu me kahi kūlana ʻē aʻe. He pili pili loa kēia i ka nani o ke kaila kakahiaka ʻulaʻula - kahi nani i hoʻopaʻa ʻia me ka pua pua. Ke ulu nei i ke kauwela a me he mea lā e hoʻokūkū ana i ka nani me nā petunias, hiki i ka momona momona ke hoʻohālikelike i kekahi mau māla makahiki keu. ʻO nā pua ʻala a nani i nā lau nui a me nā pua keʻokeʻo a me nā pua keʻokeʻo i hōʻuluʻulu ʻia i loko o nā waihona wai hohonu me kahi maka ʻakaʻeke i ke kikowaena o kahi kūʻokoʻa a he nani hoʻi o ka māla. E hoʻopua hua hōʻiliʻili i ke kauwela ke hoʻohou hou i ka papahele ma luna o ka wai momona me kahi momona ʻono. Ma ka yam, ma ke ala, hiki iā ʻoe ke ʻai wale i nā kūpeʻe, akā ke lau nei nō hoʻi, nā ʻono like a me nā mea kuke ʻai ʻana e like me ka spinach.

Hoʻohana ʻia ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka momona kamala a me Ierusalema artichoke e like me ka moʻomeheu ihi ʻia e ko lākou ʻano hopu.

Batat i Ipomoea. © pixeltoo

He poʻokela maikaʻi ʻo Ierusalema artichoke no ka kanu ʻana i ka mahiʻai, e hana ana i nā mokupuni ma ka papahele, kākālō i kahi pānaʻi a me kahi mea kanu maikaʻi loa no ka hoʻōla ʻana i nā moena kūwili kokoke i nā paia o nā hale a i ʻole nā ​​ʻano ʻē aʻe i nā pā pā. Ma ka māla, hiki ke hoʻohana wale ia ma kahi o ka uhi ʻana mai nā mea līlū puaʻa ʻaʻole ke hoʻopili i nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe. Ke kanu nei i kahi artichoke o Ierusalema maikaʻi loa, pono e noʻonoʻo ʻia no ka ʻohi ʻana e pono ʻoe e hāʻawi i kahi ala kūpono e kanu ai.

Ierusalema artichoke. © AnRo0002

Akā ʻo ka momona momona he mea pālahalaha, nani a nani a nani ke nānā aku i ke kuahiwi o ka haku, i loko o nā lōkihi nui, me kahi mea kanu i ka pā aku o nā pā a me nā pā i loko o kahi hui o nā pua berry (mai ka ʻaoʻao o ka lā) - nā moena pua a me nā moena pua nani. Akā ʻo ka nani o ka moʻo uala e hōʻike nui ʻia i loko o ka moʻomeheu nui a me ka hana o ke kaʻi nani ʻana i ka hoʻomohala o nā ipu nui i hiki i ka mea kanu ke hana i kahi ʻākahu maikaʻi.

Batat i Ipomoea. © H. Zell

Hiki ke ulu i Ierusalema artichoke a me ka momona momona i kēlā me kēia wahi o ka māla. ʻO ka mea nui, ʻaʻole palupalu ka lepo, a maluhia hoʻi kahi wahi. ʻAʻole lākou makaʻu i nā wahi ma ke kūkulu hema. ʻO ka pilikia wale nō i ka ulu ʻana i ka ʻuala ʻia ka makaʻu ʻoi aku ka pōkole liʻiliʻi ma mua o nā ʻano aila: ʻo nā moʻo ʻuala, ʻaʻole like me ka makahiki mua a me ka paʻakikī ʻo Artichoke, e make nō ia i ka pō anuʻu. Hoʻoulu maikaʻi ka ʻuala ma loko o ka moʻomeheu ipu, akā no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka hua, pono ʻoe e kanu i nā mea kanu i loko o kahi pahu me kahi mea nui o 30 mau lita, inā ʻaʻole hiki i kahi rhizome ikaika ke hoʻomohala maoli a kūleʻa nā ʻōpala i hoʻokumu ʻia a liʻiliʻi a liʻiliʻi ʻole.