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Hlola ukuthi ama-Cherry Ridge Farms e-Kennewick, e-Washington, asebenzisa kanjani ubuchwepheshe be-greenhouse esezingeni eliphezulu ukuze akhiphe ama-cherry okuqala ase-Washington emakethe yase-Asia esezingeni eliphezulu. Lesi sihloko sidingida ekuthuthukisweni, izinzuzo, kanye nezinselele zokusebenzisa isistimu yophahla oluhlehliswayo, oluhlinzeka ngokulawula isimo sezulu nokuvikela kuyilapho inikeza abalimi ukuguquguquka kokusebenzisa isimo sezulu semvelo. Thola ukuthi le ndlela emisha isiza kanjani iCherry Ridge Farms ukuthi iqale amasonto amathathu ngesikhathi sokukhula, ihlinzeka ngama-cherry ekhwalithi ephezulu kanye nenzuzo eyengeziwe.
ICherry Ridge Farms, etholakala kwesinye sezifunda zokuqala ezikhula eNyakatho-ntshonalanga, yamukele indlela yokuqala yokuthuthukisa ukukhiqizwa kwamacherry. Ngokusebenzisa i-greenhouse engu-2.5-acre automated-retractable-roof-greenhouse, ipulazi lizuza inzuzo enkulu kunezindlela ezivamile zokulima ngaphandle. Umlimi u-Todd Wilmoth uyachaza ukuthi i-greenhouse ibeka izihlahla ze-Rainier cherry ezinsukwini ezingu-18 kuya kwezingu-21 ngaphambi kokuqhakaza uma kuqhathaniswa nensimu evulekile, kanye nezinsuku eziyi-10 kuya kweziyi-14 ngaphambi kokukhiqizwa kwepulazi labo. Lesi siqalo sangaphambi kwesikhathi senza ipulazi likwazi ukuhlangabezana nezidingo zemakethe yase-Asia, eyaziwa ngokwazisa kwayo ama-cherry ekhwalithi ephezulu.
Ukwethulwa kobuchwepheshe be-greenhouse kuguqule imboni yamacherry yaseWashington. U-Kam Chauhan, umthengisi ovela ku-FreshPack Export Sales, ugcizelela ukuthi ama-Rainier cherries, okukhethekile epulazini, anenani elikhulu emakethe yase-Asia. Indlela ye-greenhouse ivumela ama-Cherry Ridge Farms ukuthi anikeze ikhwalithi yama-cherry ase-Washington ngenkathi ewahambisa ekuqaleni kwenkathi yokuvuna yaseCalifornia. Lesi sinyathelo samasu sinikeza umkhawulo obalulekile wokuncintisana, njengoba ipulazi lingakwazi ukufinyelela imakethe yase-Asia ephezulu ngaphambi kwezinye izifunda.
Nakuba ubuchwepheshe be-greenhouse buletha izinzuzo eziningi, buza nezinselele. Uhlelo lophahla oluhlehliswayo, nakuba lusebenza kahle, ludinga ukutshalwa kwezimali okukhulu futhi ludinga ijika lokufunda. U-Wilmoth ulandisa ngokulahleka kwesitshalo sakhe ngo-2019, egqamisa ukubaluleka kokuqonda ibhalansi ethambile phakathi kwezimo zasendlini nezangaphandle. Ngenkathi i-greenhouse ikhuthaza ukukhula okunamandla nokuqhakaza kwangaphambi kwesikhathi, kufanele kuthathwe izinyathelo zokuvikela ukuvikela ubungozi bezehlakalo zesithwathwa. Ebusuku obubandayo, amandla okushisa e-greenhouse anomkhawulo cishe kuma-degree angu-15 ngaphezu kwezinga lokushisa elizungezile.
Njengoba abalimi bama-cherry emhlabeni wonke belwela ukugcina isikhundla sokuncintisana, ama-Cherry Ridge Farms agqama ngokusebenzisa kwawo okusha kobuchwepheshe be-greenhouse. Ikhono lokulawula isimo sezulu kanye nokuhlinzeka ngama-cherries esizini yokuqala livumele ipulazi ukuthi liqophe indawo emakethe yase-Asia ephezulu. Naphezu kwezinselele nezindleko ezihlobene nale ndlela, i-Cherry Ridge Farms ivuna izinzuzo zokutshalwa kwayo, iqinisa isikhundla sayo njengomdlali ohamba phambili embonini yamacherry.