Isithelo se-Passion sesiphenduke isithelo esibalulekile e-Taiwan naseNingizimu-mpumalanga ye-Asia ngenxa yokunambitheka kwaso okukhethekile kanye nenyama enomsoco. Kodwa-ke, ilinyazwa kakhulu ngamagciwane, ukubola, nezifo zamachashazi ansundu. Njengomphumela wesifo segciwane, abakhiqizi kufanele bavuselele izitshalo zezithelo zothando minyaka yonke ukuze baqinisekise isivuno kanye nekhwalithi yezithelo.
Njengamanje, yonke inqubo—kusukela ekulungiseni imbewu yesiphunzi kuya ekubeni nezitshalo ezilungele ukutshalwa—kungase kuthathe cishe izinyanga ezintathu. Ukushoda kwezitshalo ezixhunyelelwe ezimakethe zangaphakathi nezangaphandle kuyinselelo eqhubekayo embonini.
Ukusatshalaliswa kwezitshalo ngokuxhunyelelwa kuye kwakhuthazwa isithelo sothando ngoba inhlanganisela ephelele yempande ne-scion yenza kube nokwenzeka ukwandisa ukumelana nezifo kanye nokubekezelela amanzi, isomiso, kanye nezingcindezi zikasawoti. Ngaphansi kokucindezeleka kukasawoti, izithombo ezisakazwa ngokuxhunyelelwa zabonisa ukukhula nokuthuthuka okungcono uma kuqhathaniswa nalezo ezivela embewini noma ezisikiwe.
Inhloso yocwaningo, manje olushicilelwe ku I-HortScience, kwakuwukuthuthukisa indlela yokukhiqiza ukuze kusungulwe uhlelo lokukhiqiza olusheshayo lwezitshalo ezixhunyelelwe. I-cultivar ebaluleke kakhulu yezohwebo i-"Tainong No.1" kanye ne-rootstock ethi "Yellow" yasetshenziswa kulolu cwaningo ukuze kukhiqizwe izimila ezixhunyelelwe kahle.
Izimo ezikahle zemvelo zokuphulukiswa nokukhula kwezitshalo ezixhunyelelwe kwakuyizinga lokushisa elingu-25 °C kanye ne-a umswakama ohlobene ngaphezu kwama-85%. Izinga lokusinda kwezitshalo ezixhunyelelwe lalingu-100% futhi izisindo zelashwa zingakapheli izinsuku eziyi-7. Ukwehla kwezinga lokusinda kanye nokubambezeleka kwesikhathi sokuphulukiswa kwenzeka uma izinga lokushisa lehla liye ku-20 °C noma lenyukela ku-30 °C, futhi umswakama ohlobene wehla ufike ku-75%.
Ngalolu hlelo, kuthatha izinsuku ezingu-56 kuphela ukuqedela inqubo kusukela ekulungiseni imbewu isiphunzi ezitshalweni ezixhunyelelwe ezilungele ukudayiswa.
Ngokusho kwababhali, u-Hui-Ping Lo, Long-Yi Lou kanye no-Tzu-Bin Huang, “Khiqiza izithombo ezixhunyelelwe zesithelo sothando ngokushesha. Ngethemba, kungase kusungulwe uhlelo olwanele lokusakazeka kwezitshalo ezisezingeni eliphezulu, futhi lanelise imfuneko yomkhakha wezithelo zothando eTaiwan naseNingizimu-mpumalanga Asia.”