Uye sezvo vatengi kutenderera nyika vachinakidzwa nechimedu mushure mechikamu chemvura inotonhorera zhizha rino, vanogona kutenda network yakazvitsaurira yevarimi veFlorida uye masayendisiti eYunivhesiti yeFlorida nekuda kwekuzorodza kwemamiriro ekunze.
Florida ndiyo inonyanya kugadzira manwiwa munyika, nekudyara munaKurume uye kukohwa muna Chivabvu naChikumi. Kune vakawanda veUF/IFAS Extension Agriculture agents, nguva ino yegore inoreva kushanya kwevhiki nevhiki kuminda yemanwiwa yemuno, kwavanotarisisa zviratidzo zvechirwere, kuona tumbuyu uye kuyedza muto wezvirimwa kuti vaone kuti kudya kwakakwana kwakaringana.
"Mumwe nemumwe wedu ane nharaunda yake yehunyanzvi uye tinovimba kune mumwe nemumwe uye nevaongorori vedu kuti vaone matambudziko asati ava nyaya inogona kukanganisa indasitiri yese," akadaro Bob Hochmuth, anonyanya kuzivikanwa miriwo Extension agent.
Watermelon inorimwa muFlorida yese, asi inopfuura chikamu chimwe muzvitatu inobva kuSuwannee Valley, uko Hochmuth ari mutevedzeri wemutungamiriri weUF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center's region campus.
Kana imwe nyaya yatanga kubuda, Hochmuth nevamwe gumi nevaviri veExtension vari mudunhu vanomutsa hurongwa hwekuzivisa hunozivisa varimi nemaneja emapurazi angangoita makumi mashanu emunwiwa - pamwe nemaindasitiri mazhinji akabatana - nezve njodzi inogona kuitika uye nzira yekuirwisa.
"Tinoburitsa Weekly Watermelon Update Muvhuro woga woga, asi dzimwe nguva tinotumira mameseji akawanda pasvondo kana taona dambudziko rinofanirwa kugadziriswa nevarimi ipapo," Hochmuth akadaro.
Vhiki yaMay 10, imwe nyaya yakadaro yakasimudza musoro wayo: Gummy stem blight, fungal utachiona hunokanganisa madzinde nemashizha emiti yemavise, yakawanikwa muminda yakawanda munzvimbo iyi.
"Kana isu tine mukana wekubuda kwechirwere, senge gummy stem blight, tinoita nekukurumidza kupa varimi ruzivo rusina rusaruro, ruzivo rwesainzi nezvechirwere uye nzira dzakanakisa dzekuchibata," akadaro Hochmuth.
Iyo yekuzivisa sisitimu musanganiswa weiyo musimboti Wekuwedzera musimboti wekutarisana-ne-kutarisana, uye nekukurumidza, maturusi emazuva ano ekutaurirana, varimi vanodaro.
"Varimi venzvimbo yeSuwannee River Valley Tri-County vane rombo rakanaka rekuva nevanoda uye vanoshanda nesimba vedunhu rekuwedzera avo, kuburikidza nekubatana kwavo, vanoshanda nesimba kutibatsira kusimudzira kurima kwedu," akadaro Laura Land. yeJody Land mapurazi. Land ndiye mutungamiri weFlorida Watermelon Association.
"Parizvino vari kushanda zvakanyanya nevhiki nevhiki yeTri-County nzvimbo yewatermelon inotumirwa vhiki nevhiki muchimiro chemavara uye email kune vese varimi muSuwanee River Valley vachitsanangura nekuongorora tumbuyu nezvirwere zvinowanikwa mukati mesvondo rese, zvichibatsira varimi kuti vave. hurongwa hwekupfapfaidza hwakasimba hwekurwisa chirwere ichi pamwe nekudzidzisa kuburikidza nemitoo yemashizha emuto nekuongorora mvura kuti tishandise kurudziro yefetereza nepatinogona napo,” Land vakadaro.
Pamusoro pechirwere uye ruzivo rwezvipembenene, iyo yevhiki nevhiki yekuvandudza inosanganisira nhau dzichangoburwa nezvesora, kumesa, mamiriro ekunze, kudiridza, kuchengetedza kwechikafu, mazuva emumunda uye mapurojekiti ekutsvagisa anoenderera mberi.
"Gore rino rapfuura takakwanisawo kugovera nzira dzakanakisa dzekuchengetedza vashandi vekurima panguva yeCOVID-19 denda," Hochmuth akawedzera.
Nepo iyo yevhiki nevhiki inosvika seemail, vamiririri vanoteedzerawo varimi kuburikidza nemeseji yekutumira mameseji, ichivabvumira kusvika kune varimi ivo vari kunze uye nezve papurazi. Varimi vanogona kubvunza mibvunzo uye kutumira mafoto, zvese munguva chaiyo. MaAgents anobatanidzawo varimi neanokurumidza kuongororwa masevhisi kuburikidza neUF/IFAS 'Soil Testing Laboratory uye Plant Diagnostic Center.
Kuedza kwese uku kunobatsira varimi vemavise kuita mabhizinesi avo zviri nani, akadaro Doyle Williams, mutungamiri weDouble-W Farms muWorthington Springs.
“Chikwata cheUF/IFAS chinotipa ruzivo rwakatikoshera kuti tibudirire kuita goho redu. Zvigadziriso zvevhiki nevhiki uye kushanya kwepurazi zvese zvakakosha kwatiri kuti tishande sezvingabvira. Zvinodhura zvakanyanya kutora nzira yepfuti, asi tinovimba uye tinovimba nemhinduro dzakakodzera uye nekukurumidza kumibvunzo yedu kubva kuIFAS, "Williams akadaro.
Kuna Courtney Davis weGowan Mbeu Kambani, iyo yevhiki nevhiki yekuvandudza inopa ruzivo kune akabatana maindasitiri ezvekurima zvakare.
"Ini ndinoona iyo yekuvandudza ichibatsira nekuti inondipa muchidimbu uye pfupiso yezviri kuitika neNorth Florida pandisingakwanise kusimuka vhiki rega rega," akadaro Davis. "Zvigadziriso hazvingope tarisiro yemamiriro eNorth Florida chete asiwo mazano ematambudziko aunosangana nawo. Ndinoda kunzwa nezve kufambira mberi kwezvirimwa, chero chinhu chatinoda kuziva uye nemhinduro kumatambudziko edu ari echokwadi mhinduro dzepasirese. "
Kwemakore akati wandei apfuura, rutsigiro kubva kuFlorida Watermelon Association kwave kuchikosha mukusimbisa network yeExtension uye indasitiri nyanzvi, Hochmuth akadaro. Semuyenzaniso, mubatanidzwa uchangobva kutsigira kuburitswa kwegwaro remunda wehomwe iyo inogona kushandiswa papurazi kuona zvirwere, zvipembenene nezvimwe zvinhu.
“Pamakore angu ose neExtension — 40 years — handisati ndambopinda zvakanyanya mumambure akadai. Zvave zvichifadza kuve chikamu che," Hochmuth akadaro.