Isithombe: Igceke le-Nordgaard hop elinama-close-up cone kuma-trellises amade

Isithombe esiqonde ukuma kwezwe, sokucaca okuphezulu seyadi ye-Nordgaard hop ngesizini ephezulu, sithwetshulwe ngosuku olucacile, olukhanyiswe yilanga. Ngaphambili, iqoqo lezigaxa ze-hop eziluhlaza ezigqamile zilenga kubhina oqinile, onikezwe imininingwane ehlanzekile, ethintekayo. Ikhoni ngayinye ibonisa ama-bract agqagqene aqinile akha ama-silhouette amade, ama-ovoid, namathiphu angaphandle agqamile kancane ngaphansi kokukhanya. Izigaxa ziyahlukahluka ngosayizi nangokukhula—ezinye ziba banzi zinamahlombe agcwele, amanye azacile—ebonisa ukukhula okumangalisayo. Phakathi kwama-bracts, ukucwazimula kwegolide okufiphele kusikisela ukuba khona kwezindlala ze-lupulin, kuyilapho ukuthungwa kahle kwendawo yezigaxa kuphambene nama-trichome anjengezinwele zikabhine. Amaqabunga abanzi, anama-palmate lobes afaka ama-cones; izindawo zawo ezingaphezulu zibonakala ziluhlaza okotshani obujulile bunomosi obucwebezelayo, futhi ngaphansi kwawo kukhaphukhaphu, kubamba okuvelele eduze kwemithambo.

Kusukela ngaphambili, inkundla ivuleka kube imigqa ehlelekile yama-hops aqeqeshelwe ama-trellises amade. Izigxobo ezimile ziphakama ngokuqiniseka, zixhunywe izintambo eziqinile, ezivundlile, ezinekhoyiri noma i-twine yokwenziwa eyehlayo ukuze iqondise amabhina phezulu ngemigqa elinganayo. Imigqa ihlukaniswe ukuze kwakhiwe umhubhe ocacile omaphakathi womhlabathi ohlangene, onsundu ngokufudumele, ohlinzeka ngomhubhe wejometri odonsela iso endaweni eshabalalayo. Maphakathi nohlaka, i-hop canopy iyajiya—amahlamvu aminyene ahlanganiswe namaqoqo amakhoni—akhiqiza uqweqwe oluluhlaza okotshani. Ukukhanya kwelanga kuklaba phakathi nenhlabathi, kwenza izithunzi ezithambile, ezifiphele futhi kufanekise amaqabunga nezigaxa ngobuqili; umdlalo wokukhanya nomthunzi uthuthukisa ukujula ngaphandle kokufihla imininingwane yezitshalo.

Ngemuva, igceke le-hop liyahlehla, izigxobo nezintambo ziba ngcono ngokuqhubekayo, futhi ijometri yomugqa iyaminyanisa ibheke ekuhlanganeni okude. Iziqongo ezikude ze-trellis zikha iphethini ethambile esibhakabhakeni esiluhlaza esixutshwe nama-wisps amafu aphezulu e-cirrus. Ukushintsha kwethoni kuthambile: okuluhlaza okuchichimayo ngaphambili kushintshela kumakhaza apholile, ama-shades ancishwe kancane njengoba ibanga likhuphuka, okugcina umbono wemvelo womkhathi. Ukwakheka kulinganisa ubuqiniso bezitshalo obuseduze nesikali sezolimo—izigaxa zangaphambili njengezikhonkwane ezigxilile, kanye nezakhiwo ezihlelekile zama-trellises aqondisa ukubukeka kwendawo yonke.

Ukuvumelana kombala kugxile kokuluhlaza okuhambisanayo namathoni omhlaba, okuluhlaza okwesibhakabhaka esibhakabhakeni okunikeza indawo ephikisayo ehlanzekile, epholile. Ukugqama okuncanyana kumakhoni nasemaphethelweni eqabunga kuveza ubusha namandla, kuyilapho ukungafani kukonke kusalinganiswa ukuze kugcinwe ububanzi obuguquguqukayo: okuvelele kulawulwa kuma-bracts; izithunzi zigcina imininingwane ngaphakathi kwe-canopy. Isithombe sibonisa ngasekupheleni kwehlobo kuya ekuvuthweni kwasekuqaleni kwekwindla: izigaxa zibonakala ziqinile kodwa zithambile, amaqabunga ahlala ehlanzekile, futhi amabhobho ami aqeqeshwe ngokugcwele—isikhathi esifanele sokunotha okubonakalayo. Izimpawu zemvelo ezicashile—osekhona umoya, izithunzi ezicwebezelayo, nothuli oluncane—zidlulisela insimu enakekelwa kahle. Ubukhona be-cultivar ye-Nordgaard buvezwa ku-morphology ye-cone: ama-bracts agqinsiwe kahle ane-taper enesizotha, amaqoqo akha amaqembu ahlangene kunokuba ahleleke, ahleleke.

Ukucaca kobuchwepheshe kugcizelela ukulandisa: ukujula kwenkambu okungashoni kuya kokulingene kuhlukanisa iqoqo elingaphambili, elinokhilimu, ukufiphala okuqhubekayo okunikeza imininingwane emaphakathi nendawo efundekayo kodwa engaphazamisi; umbono we-engeli ebanzi ugcina ubuhle bobude be-trellis nobude bomugqa ngaphandle kokuhlanekezela. Isithombe simema kokubili ukwazisa kwezinzwa—imizwa ethintekayo yama-bracts kanye nephunga lenhlaka elicatshangelwayo—kanye nokubhekwa kwe-agronomic: imigqa yokuqeqesha eqondile, ukuphakama kwe-canopy efanayo, kanye nesethi yekhoni engaguquki iphakamisa ukutshala ngokucophelela. Sekukonke, isithombe sihlanganisa ukusondelana kwezitshalo okusondelene nesigqi esi-odiwe seyadi ye-hop esebenzayo, sethula ama-hop ase-Nordgaard njengokubili isihloko sesayensi kanye nezwe eliphilayo, lobuhle.

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