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Funda mayelana nezingozi ezihlobene nokudla izithelo nemifino yesizini yokuqala. Thola ukuthi kungani ama-strawberries akuqala, kanye neminye imikhiqizo yezolimo, engaba yingozi enkulu empilweni ngenxa yokusetshenziswa ngokweqile kwezibulala-zinambuzane nama-nitrate. Thola imiphumela engaba khona yokudla umkhiqizo ongcoliswe amakhemikhali nokuthi ungayivikela kanjani inhlalakahle yakho.
Ukuchichima kwemifino nezithelo zasentwasahlobo kuyalinga, kepha ukuzitika ngomkhiqizo wesizini yokuqala kungaba yingozi enkulu. Ngokusho kochwepheshe, izithelo nemifino yokuqala kunamandla okubangela izimo ezimbi kakhulu zokungenwa ubuthi ekudleni ngenxa yamazinga avumelekile adlulele ezibulala-zinambuzane nama-nitrate. Abakhiqizi abangathembekile badlula ngamabomu amazinga e-nitrate avumelekile kumanyolo wabo ukuze bathole ukubukeka okubukekayo nokukhula ngokushesha.
Isimanga yikuthi abanye abadayisi kabazi ngemvelaphi yempahla yabo loba kukhona yini umvundiso owasetshenziswa ngabakhi bezokulima. Lokhu kushoda kolwazi kuphakamisa ukukhathazeka ngokuphepha komkhiqizo odayiselwa abathengi.
U-Elena Mamaeva, isazi sezokudla, usondela ekukhethweni kwezithelo nemifino ngokuqapha okukhulu. Ugwema ukuthenga kubathengisi abangabazi futhi, uma kudingeka, usebenzisa i-ecotester ukukala okuqukethwe kwe-nitrate. Ngokulinganisa amazinga e-nitrate, angakwazi ukunquma ukuthi umkhiqizo uphephile yini ukusetshenziswa. U-Mamaeva ugcizelela ukubaluleka kokunamathela ekutholakaleni kwenkathi ethile futhi utusa ukuqinisekisa ukuthotshelwa kwezindinganiso zekhwalithi zemikhiqizo etshalwe ku-greenhouse, njengotamatisi namakhukhamba, okusengajatshulelwa uma itshalwa ngokuhambisana nemithethonqubo emisiwe.
Nokho, kubalulekile ukuqaphela ngezingozi ezingaba khona ezihlobene nezinto ezithile. Ama-beet, i-zucchini, iklabishi, ama-radishes, namapentshisi avame ukutholakala ukuthi aqukethe amazinga e-nitrate aphakeme. Ukunakekelwa okwengeziwe kufanele kuthathwe ngamakhabe okuqala kanye nama-cantaloupe, njengoba ukuwadla ngaphambi kokuphela kuka-Agasti akukhuthazwa kakhulu.
Ochwepheshe baqokomisa ukuthi nakuba umzimba ukwazi ukumelana namazinga aphansi amakhemikhali, ukugxila kakhulu kungabangela ukungezwani komzimba kanye nobuthi obunzima. UKateryna Isabayeva, uchwepheshe wezokudla, uxwayisa ngokudla umkhiqizo onezibulala-zinambuzane eziningi, okuhlanganisa imifino nemifino. Iseluleko sakhe asikona ukukhawulela ukudla kwemifino, izithelo, nemifino unyaka wonke, kodwa kunalokho ukuqinisekisa ukulungiselela kahle ngaphambi kokudliwa. Ukugeza, ukwelapha, ukupakisha nokugcina izithelo nemifino endaweni ehlanzekile kuyizinyathelo ezibalulekile zokunciphisa ukungcoliswa kwamakhemikhali.
Kubalulekile ukuqaphela ukuthi lapho umkhiqizo utholakala kude nendawo yakho, kufanele uqaphe kakhulu ekuwuphatheni. Ukuze kuqedwe noma kuncishiswe izinsalela zamakhemikhali, ochwepheshe batusa ukucwilisa izithelo, imifino, namajikijolo endaweni yokushisa yasekamelweni amanzi abilisiwe ngesipuni sikasawoti ilitha ngalinye. Ngaphandle kwalokho, i-apula cider uviniga ingasetshenziswa esikhundleni sikasawoti. Ngemva kokucwiliswa emanzini isigamu sehora, hlambulula umkhiqizo ngamanzi ahlanzekile bese usomisa ngendwangu. Le nqubo isiza ukususa ingxenye ebalulekile yezinto eziyingozi, iqinisekisa isipiliyoni sokudla esiphephile.
Ukusebenzisa umkhiqizo wesizini yokuqala, ikakhulukazi ama-strawberry nezinye izithelo nemifino engcoliswe amakhemikhali, kungaholela emiphumeleni emibi yezempilo. Ukungezwani komzimba, ubuthi bokudla, neminye imiphumela emibi kungavela ngenxa yokuba khona ngokweqile kwezibulala-zinambuzane nama-nitrate. Ukuze uvikele inhlalakahle yakho, kubalulekile ukuqaphela izingozi ezingase zibe khona, ukhethe umkhiqizo wakho ngokuhlakanipha, futhi uthathe izinyathelo zokuphepha ezifanele ekuwusingatheni nasekuwulungiseleleni.