Isivuno se-apula sangonyaka odlule saba yirekhodi, ngokusho kwe-US Apple Association.
E-Michigan, unyaka oqinile wehlise izintengo zezinhlobo ezithile futhi waholela ekubambezelekeni kokupakisha izitshalo.
U-Emma Grant, ophethe iCherry Bay Orchards eSuttons Bay, uthemba ukuthi ezinye zalezi zinkinga zizoxazululeka kule sizini.
“Asikaze sikusebenzise lokhu ngaphambilini,” esho evula ibhakede elinoketshezi olumhlophe olujiyile. "Kodwa njengoba ayesanda ama-apula eMichigan futhi abapakishi badinga isikhathi esengeziwe sokupakisha, sinqume ukuyizama."
Uketshezi luyi-aisilawuli sokukhula kwezitshalo; yena nozakwabo bahlole i-concentrate ngokuyixuba namanzi futhi bafafaza indawo encane yezihlahla zamahhabhula nge-Premier Honeycrisp.
"Njengamanje sifutha lezi zinto ngethemba lokubambezela ukuvuthwa kukaNdunankulu we-Honeycrisp [ama-aphula]," kusho uGrant. “Aba bomvu esihlahleni, bese kuthi uma siqeda ukukha amanye ama-apula siwakha, asuke esesezingeni lokuvuthwa ukuze agcinwe.”
Sithemba ukuthi lawa ma-apula asekuqaleni azoba bomvu ngangokunokwenzeka ngaphandle kokuvuthwa ngokweqile. Lokhu kuzozinikeza ithuba elingcono lokuqoqwa, ukugcinwa, ukupakishwa futhi ekugcineni zidayiswe kubathengi.
Isivuno kulo nyaka kulindeleke ukuthi sibe sikhulu, kodwa sibe sincane kunonyaka odlule. Nokho, abacwaningi bathi akuvamile ukubona lokhu kwenzeka iminyaka emithathu ilandelana.
UChris Gerlach uthi lokho kungenxa yokuthi sitshala izihlahla zama-apula eziningi ezweni lonke.
"Sitshale cishe amahektha angu-30,35,000 ama-apula eminyakeni emihlanu edlule," kusho uGerlach, olandelela ukuhlaziya okuvela ku-Apple Association of America, inhlangano yabahwebi bemboni yama-apula.
“Ubungeke utshale isihlahla samahhabhula phezu kwesihlahla samahhabhula sikamkhulu wakho,” kusho uGerlach. “Ngeke utshale izihlahla ezingu-400 ihektare elinompheme omkhulu, futhi kuzodingeka uchithe isikhathi esiningi nomzamo usika noma uvuna izihlahla.”
Abakhiqizi abaningi bathuthela ezinhlelweni zokuminyana okuphezulu. Lezi zihlahla ze-lattice zibukeka njengezindonga zezithelo.
Batshala ama-apula amaningi endaweni encane futhi bawakha kalula—into okumelwe yenziwe ngesandla uma ama-apula ethengiswa esemasha. Ngaphezu kwalokho, ngokusho kukaGerlach, izinga lesithelo liphakeme kunanini ngaphambili.
UGerlach uthe abanye abalimi balahlekelwe ngenxa yokuthi irekhodi lokuvuna lika-2023 liholele emananini aphansi kwezinye izinhlobo.
“Ngokuvamile ekupheleni kwesizini, laba balimi bama-apula babethola isheke ngeposi. Kulo nyaka, abalimi abaningi bathole izikweletu eposini ngenxa yokuthi ama-apula abo ayebiza kancane kunezindleko zensizakalo.”
Ngaphezu kwezindleko eziphezulu zabasebenzi kanye nezinye izindleko ezifana nophethiloli, abakhiqizi kufanele bakhokhele ukugcinwa, ukupakishwa kwama-apula kanye noxhaso lwekhomishini lwabathengisi bezimboni.
“Ngokuvamile ekupheleni kwesizini, abalimi bama-apula bazothatha inani lokuthengisa lama-apula basuse izindleko zalezo zinsizakalo bese bethola isheke ngeposi,” kusho uGerlach. “Kulo nyaka, abalimi abaningi bathole izikweletu eposini ngoba ama-apula abo abebiza kancane kunezindleko zesevisi.”
Lokhu akwenzeki, ikakhulukazi kubalimi abancane nabamaphakathi—abalimi abafanayo abanamasimu amaningi ezithelo enyakatho yeMichigan.
UGerlach uthe abakhiqizi bama-apula baseMelika bayahlanganisa futhi babone ukutshalwa kwezimali okwengeziwe okuvela kumasheya azimele kanye nezimali zengcebo yamazwe angaphandle. Uthe lo mkhuba usazoqhubeka njengoba izindleko zabasebenzi zinyuka nokwenza kube nzima ukwenza imali ngezithelo zodwa.
“Kunomncintiswano omkhulu wamagilebhisi, ama-clementines, ukwatapheya neminye imikhiqizo emashalofini namuhla,” usho kanje. "Abanye abantu bakhuluma ngalokho okudingeka sikwenze ukuze sithuthukise ama-apula njengesigaba, hhayi nje i-Honeycrisp ngokumelene ne-Red Delicious, kodwa ama-apula aqhathaniswa neminye imikhiqizo."
Noma kunjalo, uGerlach uthe abalimi kufanele bakubone ukukhululeka kulesi sikhathi sokukhula. Lo nyaka ukhula ube mkhulu ku-Apple, kodwa asembalwa kakhulu ama-apula kunangonyaka odlule.
E-Suttons Bay, isilawuli sokukhula kwesitshalo esafuthwa ngu-Emma Grant esikhathini esingaphezu kwenyanga edlule sibe nomphumela owawufiseleka: sinikeze amanye ama-apula isikhathi esengeziwe sokuba bomvu ngaphandle kokuvuthwa kakhulu. Uma i-apula libomvu, lithandeka kakhulu kubapakishi.
Manje uthe kuzomele alinde abone ukuthi isiyondisi esifanayo siyawasiza yini ama-apula ukuthi agcinwe kangcono ngaphambi kokuba apakishwe futhi adayiswe.
Isikhathi sokuthumela: Oct-10-2024