Isithombe: I-Blue Northern Brewer Hops

I-Blue Northern Brewer ehlukahlukene yenziwa ngokusobala kulokhu kusondelana okumangalisayo, lapho ubuciko nesayensi yezitshalo kuhlangana khona ngomzuzwana wokuthula, ubuhle bemvelo. Enkabeni yokwakheka, iqoqo lama-hop cones likhanya ngokuluhlaza okotshani, ama-bract awo ahlelwe ngokwezigaba ezigqagqene ezifana nezikali eziklanywe kahle. Ukukhanya okuthambile kwemvelo kuklaba izindawo zazo ezithungwe, kudonsela ukunaka kwezindlala ze-lupulin esagolide ezilunguza emiphethweni. Lezi zindlala, ezibenyezela njengamasuntswana okukhanya kwelanga avaleleke phakathi kwe-cone, ziwumthombo wokuphila we-hop, imithombo yamafutha abalulekile nezinsalela ezinikeza ubhiya ukubaba kwawo okuhlukile, iphunga, nokuba yinkimbinkimbi. Ukucwazimula kwawo kusikisela ubungqabavu nokunotha, okuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi kulezi zakhiwo ezintekenteke kukhona amandla okulolonga ukunambitheka kwawo wonke utshwala.

Izigaxa azitholakali zodwa kodwa zenziwe wuhlaka lwangemuva lwamaqabunga ajulile, abomvu ngokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka, ngalinye libanzi futhi linomcibisholo, ane-fuzz ecashile ebamba ukukhanya. I-hue yabo engavamile inikeza umehluko ophawulekayo kuma-cones aluhlaza okhanyayo, cishe njengokungathi imvelo ngokwayo ikhethe i-palette ehambisanayo ukuze igqamise ubuhle bamahops. Imithambo engaphakathi kwamaqabunga igxilile ngokunemba, igijima njengemifula inqamula indawo, iqondisa iso lombukeli emuva kumacones akhazimulayo phakathi nendawo. Lokhu kuhlobana kwemibala—uhlaza olukhazimulayo lwama-hops, amathoni amnyama amaqabunga—kudala ukuvumelana okubonakalayo okuphakamisa isimo singale kwezolimo nje singene endaweni yobuciko obuthule.

Ngemuva kwalokhu okungaphambili okugxilile, isithombe siyathambisa sibe indawo efiphele yenkundla ye-hop, enamabhande amade anwebela phezulu futhi anyakaziswa kamnandi emoyeni ongabonakali. Lesi siphakamiso esicashile sendawo ebanzi sisekela ama-cones esimweni sawo semvelo, sikhumbuza isibukeli ukuthi lawa ma-hops awawona nje amasampula angawodwa kodwa ayingxenye yomjikelezo omkhulu wokulinywa nokuvuna. Insimu inomsindo omkhulu, ibhine ngalinye eligcwele izigaxa, njengalezi okugxilwe kuzo, ngolunye usuku ziyovunwa, zomiswe, bese zifakwa emaketela anewort abilayo, kufakwe uphawu lwazo oluhlukile.

Umkhathi wesithombe kokubili unokuthula futhi unamandla. Kuba nokuzola ekuthuleni okuthule kwama-cones namahlamvu, njengokungathi isikhathi ngokwaso simile ukuvumela umbukeli ukuba ahlale emininingwaneni yabo. Ngesikhathi esifanayo, kunamandla olwazini lwalokho okushiwo yilezi zigaxa: amakhulu eminyaka okuthuthukiswa kwezolimo, isiko lokuphuza utshwala, nobuhlakani bomuntu. I-Blue Northern Brewer hop, enombala wayo oyingqayizivele nezimfanelo eziyinkimbinkimbi ezinephunga elimnandi, ayibi nje isithako kodwa iwuphawu lomsebenzi wezandla ngokwawo. Ukunambitheka kwayo—okunokhuni, okusamakhambi, okubabayo kancane okunamanothi e-mint nehlala eluhlaza—kuboniswa ekuhlukeni okubonakalayo kwegolide elifudumele kanye nokuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka okupholile, i-echo yobuhle yebhalansi elinikeza ubhiya.

Ukukhanyisa kudlala indima ebalulekile ekubunjweni, ukugeza ama-cones ngendlela ethambile, ekhanyayo yemvelo egcizelela ubusha nobungqabavu bawo. Iphulula ama-bracts, iveze ukugoba kwawo okucashile nokuthungwa kwephepha, kuyilapho ikhanyisela i-lupulin ngaphakathi, iyenze ibe umlaza wezinhlansi ezisagolide. Ngokumelene namathoni amnyama amaqabunga, lokhu kukhanya kuzwakala kucishe kube umlingo, kuguqula izigaxa zibe amatshe ayigugu alenga ku-canopy yamahlamvu. Umbukeli usala nombono wokuthi lesi akusona nje isitshalo, kodwa isici esiphilayo, esiphefumulayo sendaba yokuphisa, egcwele kokubili ubuhle nenjongo.

Uma sihlanganiswa, isithombe sinikeza okungaphezu nje kocwaningo lwesayensi yezitshalo. Ithwebula isikhashana sokuxhumana phakathi kwemvelo nobuciko, imema umbukeli ukuthi amangazwe ngobunkimbinkimbi obufihliwe entweni encane nengenabukhazikhazi. Ku-Blue Northern Brewer hop cone, sibona kokubili ubuthakathaka namandla, ubuhle kanye nokusetshenziswa. Ngaso leso sikhathi iyinto yobuhle nesisekelo esibalulekile sokuphiswa, isikhumbuzo sokuthi ngisho nobuciko obuyinkimbinkimbi kakhulu kubhiya buqala ngezindlela ezilula, zemvelo ezikhuliswa emhlabathini futhi zigezwe ukukhanya kwelanga.

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