Isithombe: Imininingwane ye-Fresh Hop Cones

Kulokhu kusondela okumangazayo, ama-hop cones amaningana amasha amisiwe ngendlela edonsa iso ngqo kumklamo wawo wemvelo oyinkimbinkimbi. Isigaxa ngasinye sakhiwe ama-bracts agqagqene, amaqabunga awo aluhlaza agqinsile agqize njengamazenga, akha umumo ojwayelekile oyindilinga osekuwuphawu lokuphiswa. Ingaphezulu licwebezela kancane ngaphansi kokukhanya okuqondile, okuqondisayo, okuthuthukisa ukucija kokugoqeka ngakunye nonqenqema, okudala umuzwa wobukhulu nokuthungwa ukuze umuntu aphatheke kalula angakwazi ukuzwa ukoma okuyiphepha kwama-bract angaphandle ngaphansi kweminwe. Ukukhanya okucophelelayo kuphinde kwembule ukuhluka okucashile kokuluhlaza kuwo wonke amakhoni, kusukela kumathoni omcako alula emaphethelweni kuya kumibala eyisimaragidu ejulile esisekelweni, okuqinisa amandla awo nobusha.

Enhliziyweni yokwakheka kukhona ikhoni evulwe kancane ngokugxila komthwebuli wezithombe, eveza izindlala ze-lupulin ezisagolide ezibekwe ngaphakathi. Le mininingwane iba iphuzu eliyinhloko lokuthakazelisa, ingqikithi ekhazimulayo yamafutha anenhlaka ayigugu langempela lesitshalo se-hop. Izindlala ziyabenyezela kancane ngaphansi kokukhanya, ukuthungwa kwazo okuyimbudumbudu kunikeza umehluko omkhulu kubushelelezi bama-bracts azungezile. Umbala ofudumele, osagolide we-lupulin ubonakala ucishe ukhanye uma uqhathanisa nemifino epholile, efanekisela amandla nokunotha kwephunga elimnandi lezi ndlala ezincane eziphethe. Kwabaphisi botshwala, lesi isici esichazayo, ingqikithi edlulisela ukubaba, iphunga, nokunambitha okuyinkimbinkimbi kubhiya, futhi isithombe sithwebula lokho kubaluleka ngokunemba kwesayensi nenhlonipho yobuciko.

Ingemuva ligcinwe lingathathi hlangothi futhi lifiphalisiwe kancane, ukugeza okuthambile kwamathoni athulisiwe okususa ukuphazamiseka nokuqinisekisa ukuthi ama-hop ahlala kuyisihloko sokunakwa. Lokhu kungemuva okuncane akugcizeleli nje kuphela imibala egqamile nezakhiwo eziyinkimbinkimbi zamakhoni kodwa futhi kudala indawo ecishe ibe nempilo, okusikhumbuza ukuthi ama-hops angase ahlolwe kanjani elebhu noma ngesikhathi sokuhlolwa kwekhwalithi yokuvuna. Ukuba lula kwengemuva kwenza inkundla izwakale ingaphelelwa isikhathi, ivala igebe phakathi kwesiko lezolimo nokuhlolwa kwesayensi, okuvumela umbukeli ukuthi ajabulele ama-hops kokubili njengesitshalo nanjengesithako esibalulekile sokwenza utshwala.

Kukhona cishe ikhwalithi eqoshiwe elungiselelweni, njengoba izigaxa zilenga kahle, iziqu zazo zinyamalala phezulu ngaphezu kohlaka. Ukuma kwazo kusikisela kokubili ukukhula kwemvelo nokukhetha ngokucophelela, njengokungathi zikhishwe ngesikhathi esifanele sokuvuthwa. Amaconsi angaphambili ayala ukunakwa okubukhali, kuyilapho lawo angemuva afiphalisa kancane angabonakali, aqinise ukujula futhi adonsele amehlo ombukeli ku-lupulin egqanyisiwe. Lokhu kwakheka okunezingqimba kubonisa sona kanye isakhiwo sama-hops ngokwawo—ama-bracts angaphandle avikela umongo osagolide—okwakha isingathekiso esibukwayo esicashile somklamo wemvelo kanye nokutholwa komenzi wotshwala.

Isimo sezulu sisonke sesithombe esokwazisa nokuhlola. Umdlalo wokukhanya nesithunzi umema ukutadisha isikhathi eside, ukhuthaza umbukeli ukuba angabuzi nje kuphela izimfanelo zobuhle zama-hops kodwa futhi ahloniphe nokusebenza kwawo. Kuyisikhumbuzo sokuthi ukuphuza utshwala, nakuba kuvame ukubungazwa ngokuphila kwawo kanye nobuciko, kusekelwe ezikhathini ezinjalo zokuhlolwa kwezinto ezingavuthiwe. Ngokugxila kulawa ma-cones emininingwaneni enjalo enembayo, isithombe siyawaguqula asuke esitshalweni esilula abe izimpawu zobuciko, amakhemikhali, nesiko. Igqamisa ukulingana okuhle kobuthakathaka namandla aqukethwe kukhoni ye-hop ngayinye, igcizelela ukuthi kungani ihlala ibalulekile kubuciko bokwenza utshwala.

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