Na dị ka ndị na-eri ihe na mba ahụ na-enwe obi ụtọ mgbe iberibe anyụ dị jụụ n'oge okpomọkụ a, ha nwere ike ịkele netwọk raara onwe ya nye nke ndị na-akụ Florida na ndị sayensị sayensị University nke Florida maka ọgwụgwọ ihu igwe na-enye ume ọhụrụ.
Florida bụ onye kacha emepụta anyụ na mba ahụ, na-akụ na March na owuwe ihe ubi na Mee na June. Maka ọtụtụ ndị ọrụ UF/IFAS Mgbatị ọrụ ugbo, oge a n'afọ pụtara nleta kwa izu na ubi mmiri ara ehi, ebe ha na-ewepụta akara mmalite nke ọrịa, chọpụta pests na nwalee sap nke osisi iji hụ na ọkwa nri dị mma.
"Onye ọ bụla n'ime anyị nwere mpaghara nka nke aka anyị na anyị na-adabere na ibe anyị na ndị na-eme nchọpụta anyị iji chọpụta nsogbu tupu ha aghọọ nsogbu nke nwere ike imetụta ụlọ ọrụ ahụ dum," ka Bob Hochmuth, onye ọrụ nlekọta ihe oriri pụrụ iche nke mpaghara kwuru.
A na-akụ watermelon na Florida niile, mana ihe karịrị otu ụzọ n'ụzọ atọ si na ndagwurugwu Suwannee, ebe Hochmuth bụ osote onye isi ụlọ akwụkwọ mpaghara UF/IFAS North Florida Research and Education Center.
Mgbe okwu pụtara na mbụ, Hochmuth na ndị ọrụ 11 ndị ọzọ na mpaghara ahụ na-eme ka usoro njikere na-agwa ndị na-akụ ahịhịa na ndị njikwa ihe dị ka ugbo 50 nke mmiri - yana ọtụtụ ụlọ ọrụ jikọrọ aka - banyere ihe iyi egwu nwere ike na otu esi alụso ya ọgụ.
Hochmuth kwuru, "Anyị na-ewepụta Mmelite Watermelon kwa izu kwa Mọnde ọ bụla, mana mgbe ụfọdụ anyị ga-eziga ọtụtụ ozi n'otu izu mgbe anyị achọpụtala ihe iseokwu nke ndị na-akụ osisi kwesịrị idozi ozugbo," Hochmuth kwuru.
N'izu nke Mee 10, otu okwu dị otú ahụ welitere isi ya: Gummy stem blight, ọrịa fungal nke na-emetụta ị ga na akwụkwọ osisi anyụ, ka ahụrụ n'ọtụtụ ubi n'ógbè ahụ.
Hochmuth kwuru, "Mgbe anyị nwere ọrịa nwere ike ibute ọrịa, dị ka gummy stem blight, anyị na-eme ngwa ngwa inye ndị na-eto eto ozi na-enweghị isi, sayensị dabere na ọrịa ahụ na omume kacha mma maka ịchịkwa ya."
Usoro njikere bụ ngwakọta nke isi ndọtị ụkpụrụ nke mgbasa ihu na ihu, yana ngwa ngwa, ngwa nzikọrịta ozi ọgbara ọhụrụ, ndị na-akụ osisi na-ekwu.
Laura Land kwuru, "Ndị ọrụ ugbo nke Suwannee River Valley Tri-County nwere nnukwu obi ụtọ inwe ndị ọrụ ndọtị mpaghara dị njikere ma na-arụsi ọrụ ike nke, site na mbọ ha na-emekọ ihe ọnụ, na-arụsi ọrụ ike iji nyere anyị aka imeziwanye omume ọrụ ugbo anyị," Laura Land kwuru. nke Jody Land ugbo. Ala gara aga onye isi otu Florida Watermelon Association.
"Ugbu a, ha na-arụsi ọrụ ike site na mmelite anyụ nke Tri-County kwa izu na-ezigara kwa izu n'ụdị ederede na email nye ndị na-akụ osisi na ndagwurugwu Suwanee na-akọwa ma na-achọpụta ụmụ ahụhụ na ọrịa ndị a na-ahụ n'ime izu ahụ, na-enyere ndị na-akụ osisi aka inwe. Atụmatụ ịgba ọgwụ ike iji lụso ọrịa a ọgụ yana nkuzi site na sap sap leaf na nlekota mmiri iji jiri ntụnye fatịlaịza mee ike anyị niile," Land kwuru.
Na mgbakwunye na ozi ọrịa na pesti, mmelite kwa izu gụnyere akụkọ kachasị ọhụrụ gbasara ahịhịa, pollination, ihu igwe, ogbugba mmiri n'ubi, nchekwa nri, ụbọchị ubi na ọrụ nyocha na-aga n'ihu.
Hochmuth gbakwụnyere, "N'afọ gara aga, anyị enweela ike ịkekọrịta omume kacha mma maka idobe ndị ọrụ ugbo n'oge ọrịa COVID-19."
Ọ bụ ezie na mmelite kwa izu na-abịa dị ka ozi-e, ndị ọrụ na-esokwa ndị na-eto eto site na usoro ozi ederede, na-enye ha ohere iru ndị na-akụ osisi mgbe ha na-apụ ma na-agagharị n'ugbo. Ndị na-eto eto nwere ike ịjụ ajụjụ wee zipu foto, ha niile ozugbo. Ndị ọrụ na-ejikọkwa ndị na-akụ ihe ọkụkụ na ọrụ nyocha ngwa ngwa site na UF/IFAS' Laboratory Testing Laboratory na Plant Diagnostic Center.
Mgbalị ndị a niile na-enyere ndị ọrụ ugbo anyụ aka ka ha na-azụmaahịa ha nke ọma, Doyle Williams, onye isi ala Double-W Farms na Worthington Springs kwuru.
"Ndị otu UF/IFAS na-enye anyị ozi nke dị mkpa ka anyị nwee ike ịme ihe ubi anyị nke ọma. Mmelite kwa izu na nleta ugbo dị mkpa maka anyị ịdị na-arụ ọrụ nke ọma dịka enwere ike. Ọ na-efu nnukwu ego iji were ụzọ egbe gbaa, mana anyị tụkwasịrị obi ma dabere na azịza oge na ngwa ngwa nye ajụjụ anyị sitere na IFAS, "Williams kwuru.
Maka Courtney Davis nke ụlọ ọrụ mkpụrụ osisi Gowan, mmelite kwa izu na-enye nghọta maka ụlọ ọrụ ọrụ ugbo jikọtara ọnụ.
"Achọpụtara m na mmelite ahụ bara uru n'ihi na ọ na-enye m nkọwa na nchịkọta nke ihe na-eme na North Florida mgbe m na-enweghị ike ibili ebe ahụ kwa izu n'onwe m," Davis kwuru. "Mmelite ahụ abụghị naanị inye nkọwa nke ọnọdụ North Florida kamakwa ndụmọdụ maka nsogbu ị na-ezutekwa. Ọ na-amasị m ịnụ banyere ọganihu nke ihe ọkụkụ, ihe ọ bụla anyị kwesịrị ịma na ngwọta maka nsogbu anyị bụ ihe ngwọta dị irè nke ụwa. "
N'ime ọtụtụ afọ gara aga, nkwado sitere na Florida Watermelon Association dị oké mkpa iji mee ka netwọk nke Extension na ndị ọkachamara ụlọ ọrụ sikwuo ike, Hochmuth kwuru. Ọmụmaatụ, otu ahụ akwadola n'oge na-adịbeghị anya mbipụta akwụkwọ ntuziaka ubi ọhụrụ nke nha akpa nke enwere ike iji n'ugbo mara ọrịa, pests na nsogbu ndị ọzọ.
"N'ime afọ niile m na Extension - afọ 40 - enwebeghị m itinye aka na netwọkụ dị ka nke a. Ọ bụ ihe na-akwụghachi ụgwọ n'ezie ịbụ akụkụ nke ya, "Hochmuth kwuru.