Ma ka hui pū ʻana i nā mea hou loa o ka hoʻoulu ʻana i nā mea kanu me kahi ʻano ulu ulu hou, hiki anei i ka horticulture UK ke lanakila i nā pilikia kaulahao lako a hōʻemi i nā mile meaʻai? ʻO ia ka nīnau e nīnau ʻia e ka loea hua kūʻokoʻa ʻo Elsoms ma ke ʻano o kā lākou hana e hoʻomaikaʻi ai i ke kūpaʻa o ka hana ʻana i ka strawberry.
I ka ʻike ʻana i ka pono e loiloi hou i nā ʻōnaehana hana o kēia manawa no nā hua palupalu, ke hana nei ʻo Elsoms me ka Natural Light Growing Center (NLG), kahi hale e holo ʻia e nā hoa CHAP (Crop Health & Protection), a me RIPE, ma ke Kulanui o Warwick Life Sciences. .
Hoʻokomo ʻia kēia hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo pāʻoihana i ka ETFE (ethylene tetrafluoroethylene), ka mea, ʻaʻole like me ke aniani, e hoʻouna i ka lā holoʻokoʻa piha, me UVA a me UVB, i loko o ka wahi ulu. No ka hoʻāʻo ʻana i nā pōmaikaʻi kūpono no ka hana ʻana i ka strawberry, ua hoʻāʻo ʻo Elsoms i kekahi o kāna mau ʻano ʻano like ʻole, ʻo Estavana.
ʻEkolu mau ʻano strawberry
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo Elsoms Technical Coordinator, ʻo Claire Taylor: “Ua hoʻolaha mākou i ʻekolu mau ʻano strawberry ma mua o kēia makahiki, ʻo kekahi o ia ʻo Estavana. Hana ʻia kēia e nā loea strawberry F1-hybrid Strawberry ABZ Seeds, a laila hoʻolaha ʻia ma UK no ka mākeke kalepa e Ball Colegrave.
"Ma muli o ka hoʻolako ʻia ʻana o nā mea kanu me ka maʻi ʻole, hāʻawi kēia i nā pono pāʻoihana ikaika no nā mea ulu, a me kēia i ka noʻonoʻo, makemake mākou e nānā pehea e hiki ai iā mākou ke kūkulu ma luna o ia mea, e kōkua i ka hoʻomaikaʻi ʻana i ke kūpaʻa o ke kaulahao lako UK.
"Ma hope o ka hoʻolauna ʻia ʻana i ka NLG ma o kā mākou pilina me ke Kulanui o Warwick, ua manaʻo mākou he wahi maikaʻi loa ia e hoʻomaka ai i ka loiloi ʻana i nā hana ulu o kēia manawa, a pehea e hiki ai i ka agri-tech ke hoʻololi."
Ma muli o kona hiki ke hoʻouna i ka lā holoʻokoʻa piha, hiki i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ETFE ke kōkua i ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana pehea e hoʻonui ʻia ai nā kumu e like me ke olakino olakino a me nā hua holoʻokoʻa, a me nā ʻano mea kūʻai aku e like me ka ʻono a me ke kala. Ma ke ʻano he ʻano maʻi ikaika ʻole, ua ʻike ʻo Elsoms ua ulu maikaʻi ʻo Estavana i kēia kaiapuni, e hoʻomau ana i ka hua maikaʻi a hiki i ʻOkakopa.
Hoʻonui i ke kau
He mea kēia e makemake nui ai ʻo Claire a me ka hui e noiʻi hou aku. "He manawa liʻiliʻi kā mākou strawberry ma UK, no laila ʻo ka manaʻo o ka hoʻonui ʻana i kēia ma o ka hoʻohui ʻana i nā mea kanu ikaika me kahi ʻano ulu ulu ʻano he mea hoihoi loa.
“No ka ʻimi hou ʻana i kēia, makemake mākou e nānā i kekahi o kā mākou ʻano ʻano ʻē aʻe, ʻo Soraya, no ka mea hiki iā ia ke hāʻawi i kahi hōʻiliʻili hoʻoilo me nā kūlana kūpono. ʻOiaʻiʻo, pono mākou e noʻonoʻo i ke kuleana o nā kukui LED ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka ikehu e hiki ai kēia, akā hāʻawi ʻo ETFE i kahi hoʻomaka maikaʻi loa.
Me ka lōʻihi o ka manawa no UK-grow strawberries, hiki i kēia ke hōʻemi i ka hilinaʻi ʻana i nā mea lawe mai, hōʻoia i ke kaulahao lako o ka ʻāina i ka wā e hiki mai ana, a e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia kaulahao meaʻai ākea e like me ka hōʻemi ʻana i kāna kapuaʻi kalapona a me nā hoʻokuʻu ʻana.
Ua ʻōlelo ʻo CHAP Innovation Sector Lead, ʻo Martin Squire: "ʻO ka hana a Elsoms e hana nei ma NLG he kumu hoʻohālike maikaʻi loa ia o ka CHAP e pili ana - e hui pū me ka ʻoihana e hoʻoponopono i nā pilikia ākea ākea a me ka hoʻohana ʻana i ka ʻenehana agri-tech no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā hopena kūpono.
"ʻO ka hiki ke hoʻolōʻihi i ka wā strawberry ulu i ka home he waiwai maoli ia i nā mea kanu a me nā mea kūʻai aku."