Pono nā mea kanu kūkaʻi i nā ʻano meaʻai e ulu a hoʻohua i nā hua olakino. ʻO ka nele o nā meaʻai hiki ke alakaʻi i ka ulu ʻana, maikaʻi ʻole ka maikaʻi o nā hua, a me nā hua haʻahaʻa. Ma kēia ʻatikala, e ʻimi mākou i nā hemahema meaʻai maʻamau i nā mea kanu kukama, pehea e ʻike ai iā lākou, a me nā hoʻolālā lapaʻau maikaʻi.
Wahi a ka University of Florida IFAS Extension, pono nā mea kanu kukama i ka nitrogen, phosphorus, potassium, calcium, magnesium, sulfur, iron, manganese, zinc, copper, boron, a me molybdenum no ka ulu maikaʻi a me ka ulu ʻana o nā hua. ʻO ka hemahema o kekahi o kēia mau meaʻai hiki ke loaʻa ka hopena maikaʻi ʻole i ke olakino o nā mea kanu.
ʻO kekahi o nā hemahema meaʻai maʻamau i nā mea kanu kukama, ʻo ia ka nele o ka nitrogen, hiki ke alakaʻi i ka ulu ʻana, melemele nā lau, a me ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka hua. ʻO nā hemahema ʻē aʻe, e like me ka phosphorus deficiency, hiki ke alakaʻi i ka ulu lohi ʻana, ʻoiai ʻo ka nele o ka potassium hiki ke hoʻemi i ka nui o ka hua a me ka maikaʻi ʻole o ka hua.
No ka ʻike ʻana i nā hemahema o nā mea kanu kukama, hiki i nā mea kanu ke nānā maka i nā mea kanu a me kā lākou mau lau, a hana i nā hoʻāʻo ʻana i ka lepo e ʻike ai i nā pae meaʻai i loko o ka lepo. Ke ʻike ʻia kahi hemahema, hiki i nā hoʻolālā lapaʻau ke komo i ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka nui o ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā mea kanu, me ka hoʻohana ʻana i nā foliar sprays a i ʻole nā hoʻololi ʻāina, a me ka hoʻoponopono ʻana i ka wai a me nā pae pH lepo.
I ka hopena, hiki i ka hemahema o ka meaʻai i nā mea kanu kukama ke hoʻololi nui i ka hua a me ka maikaʻi. Ma ka hoʻomaopopo ʻana i nā hōʻailona a me nā hōʻailona o ka hemahema o ka meaʻai, a me ka hoʻokō ʻana i nā hoʻolālā lapaʻau maikaʻi, hiki i nā mea kanu ke mālama i nā mea kanu kukama maikaʻi a hoʻonui i kā lākou huaʻai.