Ke hoʻomaka nei ka US e wehe hou i ke kōkua ʻana o nā lāʻau lapaʻau me ka mālama ʻana o COVID-19. Me kēlā ʻōlelo, pehea ke ʻano o ka mākeke post-pandemic no nā mākeke letus a me nā microgreens?
Mea Hoʻomehana Greenhouse ua nīnau i ʻekolu hui e pili ana i ko lākou ʻike ʻana i ke kūlana o kēia manawa o nā mākeke lettuce a me nā microgreens a ma hea lākou e ʻike ai i ka mākeke e hele ana i kahi honua post-pandemic. Eia nā mea lawe nui.
ʻO ka hoʻokūkū o ka mākeke letus
Wahi a Donald "DJ" Grandmaison, Sales and Marketing Manager ma Lef Mahiai, ua ulu wale ka mākeke lettuce hale hoʻokūkū. Ua alakaʻi kēia hoʻokūkū i nā hui e like me lēf e ʻimi i nā pilina ikaika me kā lākou mau mea kūʻai aku.
"I loko o nā makahiki ʻelima i hala iho nei, ua hoʻonui ʻia nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā mea kanu kaiapuni i ka ʻāpana letus, ʻoi aku hoʻi ma nā ʻāpana ʻĀkau a me Mid-Atlantic," wahi a Grandmaison. "Ua hoʻokūkū kēia i ka hoʻokūkū paʻakikī ma ka pae kūʻai aku, ʻoi aku ka hāʻawi ʻana i ka wahi kūʻai liʻiliʻi no nā huahana hou a me nā salama paʻa. Ua hana ikaika kā mākou mahiʻai i ka hoʻomohala ʻana i nā pilina me kā mākou mau hoa kūʻai nui.
Nā makemake a me nā makemake o nā mea kūʻai
I ka pili ʻana i ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku, ʻōlelo ʻo Grandmaison e ʻike ʻo ia i ka poʻe e neʻe nei i ka makemake i ka romaine a i ʻole iceberg textures a me nā ʻano ʻono. Ua ʻike pū ʻo ia i ka mea ʻala i hoʻohuli i nā poʻo i nā hale kūʻai.
"Ua hoʻokomo mākou i nā ʻano ʻano like ʻole i kūpono i kēlā ʻaoʻao i loko o kā mākou hui ʻana e hāʻawi i nā kikoʻī hou aʻe a me ka crunch hou," wahi a Grandmaison. "Ke ʻike pū nei mākou ʻo ka sinapi a me nā lau lau ʻala e hopu i ka manaʻo o nā mea kūʻai aku, ka mea i hoʻokumu i ka koi ikaika no kā mākou hui ʻala maikaʻi loa."
ʻOi aku ka makemake o nā mea kūʻai aku i ka ulu ʻana o kā lākou mau ʻōmaʻomaʻo, e like me Viraj Puri, ʻO Gotham Greens Hoʻokumu a me Luna Nui. Makemake ka poʻe e ʻike i kā lākou ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻaʻole i loaʻa nā maʻi mai ka meaʻai a ua ulu ʻia ma ka ʻāina.
"Ke koi nei nā mea kūʻai aku i ka ʻoi aku o ka ʻike i ke ʻano a me kahi i hana ʻia ai kā lākou meaʻai, ʻoi aku ka nui o ka piʻi ʻana o nā maʻi mai ka meaʻai e pili ana i ka mahiʻai ākea," wahi a Puri. “Hāʻawi nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo Hydroponic iā mākou e ulu i kahi lako pono a palekana o nā hua hou i ka makahiki āpau. Hiki ke hoʻonui pinepine ʻia ka letus i ulu ʻia e ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo ma mua o ka letus maʻamau. Ke hoʻomau nei nā mea kūloko i ka makemake nui o nā mea kūʻai aku. "
ʻO ke kumu kūʻai o ka letus greenhouse a me nā microgreens
ʻElua mau hiʻohiʻona i ka nānā ʻana i ke kumu kūʻai o nā lau lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo. ʻIke ʻo Grandmaison i ka letus ulu ʻana i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo micro e kiʻi ana i nā kumukūʻai kiʻekiʻe aʻe ma mua o nā ʻano mea kanu ma muli o ka hou a me ka maikaʻi.
"Mai kā mākou ʻimi ʻana, ʻike mākou e hoʻomau ʻia ka papalua o ka letus ulu ʻana i ka hale kōmaena a me ka microgreens inā ʻaʻole ʻekolu ke kumukūʻai ma ka papa," wahi a Grandmaison. "E like me ka laʻana, kūʻai aku kā mākou huahana ma ke kūʻai kūʻai $16 a $20 i ka paona kahi e kūʻai ʻia ai ʻo Kaleponi [letus ulu ʻia] no $6 a $11 i ka paona."
Ia Serdar Mizrakci, Luna Nui o Element Farms, 'a'ole ho'ohālikelike ke kumu kū'ai. ʻIke ʻo ia i ke kumu kūʻai ma ke ʻano he kumu hoʻoikaika nui no ka loaʻa ʻana o nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻāʻo i nā lau lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
"Ke hoʻohālikelike nei mākou i nā ʻano hua like ʻole," wahi a Mizrakci. "Ma muli o kēlā mau ʻokoʻa maikaʻi, ʻo ke kumukūʻai kahi e pono ai nā mea kūʻai aku e hoʻomaka i ka ʻohi ʻana i nā ʻōmaʻomaʻo hou aʻe. Manaʻo wau, i ka wā e hiki mai ana, ʻike wau i ka pani ʻana o ke kumukūʻai.
ʻO ka wā e hiki mai ana o ka hānau ʻana
Ke hoʻomau nei ka hoʻokūkū ʻana o nā ʻano lettuce i loko o ka hale me kā lākou mau hoa ulu ulu, ke nānā nei nā ʻoihana hānai. Ke nānā nei nā ʻoihana hua i kēia manawa i nā pono o ke kaiapuni i hoʻopaʻa ʻia no ka lilo ʻana o nā mea kanu ʻōmaʻomaʻo i mea pāʻani nui i ka mākeke.
"Ma ka mōʻaukala, ua hoʻoikaika ʻia nā hana hoʻohua āpau i ka mahiʻai ʻana mai ka wā i ulu nui ʻia ka letus ma waho," wahi a Puri. “Hoʻohana nā mea hana i loko (nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo a me nā mahiʻai kūwaho) i nā ʻano ʻano hua letus. Ua noi nā Breeders i nā mea hana e hoʻāʻo i nā ʻano māla kaulana a me nā ʻano ʻano kahiko i hoʻokuʻu ʻia e nā mea kanu māla akā hiki ke loaʻa nā hiʻohiʻona hoihoi no nā mea kanu i loko.
Makemake ʻo Mizrakci e ʻike i nā mea hānai e lawe mai i nā ʻano lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo ʻē aʻe ma mua o ka letus wale nō, no ka mea he nui nā lau lau e like me ka spinach a me ka arugula i hiki ke hoʻololi ʻia i ka hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo.
"ʻO kēlā me kēia lau ʻōmaʻomaʻo, ʻaʻole ia letus, e hana ana i nā cultivars i loaʻa nā hua kiʻekiʻe i kēlā me kēia kapuaʻi square, a hiki ke ulu maʻalahi - ʻo ia ka mea e nānā pono ai nā mea hānai," wahi a Mizrakci. "Ua maopopo iaʻu ke hoʻoikaika nei kekahi mau mea hoʻolalelale a me nā kumuwaiwai iā ia."