I-Solanum lycopersicum, eyaziwa kakhulu ngokuthi utamatisi, ingenye yezitshalo zemifino ezidume kakhulu emhlabeni jikelele. Nokho, ukulima utamatisi kunezinselele zakho. Kulesi sihloko, sizoxoxa ngamathiphu namasu okulima utamatisi ophumelelayo angakusiza ukuzuza isivuno esiphezulu kanye nenzuzo.
Ngokwe-Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), ukukhiqizwa kukatamatisi emhlabeni wonke kuye kwanda kancane kancane kule minyaka eyishumi edlule, abakhiqizi abahlanu abahamba phambili kuyiChina, i-India, i-United States, iTurkey ne-Egypt. Kodwa-ke, imakethe katamatisi ingashintshashintsha, amanani entengo eguquguquka ngokuya ngokutholakala nokufunwa.
Ukuze uthole impumelelo ekulimeni utamatisi, kubalulekile ukuqala ngezithombo ezinempilo, ezingenazifo. Ukuchelela ngendlela efanele kanye nokuvundisa nakho kubalulekile ekukhuleni okuhle kanye nesivuno esiphezulu. Ukumboza ngembobo nokuthena kungasiza ukuphatha ukhula futhi kuthuthukise ukukhula kwezitshalo kanye nekhwalithi yezithelo. Ukulawulwa kwezinambuzane nezifo kungenye into ebalulekile yokulima utamatisi, futhi kufanele kwenziwe ngamasu okulawula izinambuzane adidiyelwe ukuze kuncishiswe ukusetshenziswa kwezibulala-zinambuzane nokuvikela imvelo.
Ubuchwepheshe obusha kanye nezinqubo zokulima nazo ziyathuthukiswa ukusiza abalimi bakatamatisi bathole isivuno esiphezulu futhi banciphise izindleko. Isibonelo, amathuluzi ezolimo anembayo afana nokuzwela kude nokuhlaziya idatha angasiza abalimi ukwenza izinqumo ezinolwazi mayelana nokuphathwa kwezitshalo. Izinhlelo zokulima nge-Hydroponic kanye ne-vertical nazo ziyabhekwa njengezinye izindlela zokulima emasimini omdabu.
Sengiphetha, ukulima utamatisi ngempumelelo kudinga ukuhlela ngokucophelela, ukunaka imininingwane, kanye nokuzimisela ukusebenzisa ubuchwepheshe obusha kanye nezinqubo zokulima. Ngokulandela amathiphu namasu ashiwo kulesi sihloko, ungakwazi ukwandisa izivuno zakho zikatamatisi kanye nenzuzo.
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