ʻO nāʻepa o nāʻaeʻa he mau huakai i kapaʻiaʻo "nā pāpū Azalea Leaf"
He aha ka mea a Azalea Leaf Gall?
ʻO ka mea mua loa, e noʻonoʻo i ka inoa o ke "gall", ma keʻano nui, i loko o keʻano o ka mahiʻai . ʻO ka'ōpū he ulu koko like i ka mea kanu. Hiki i nā hanana likeʻole keʻano. ʻO nāʻano mea kanuʻelua kahi aʻu iʻike pinepine ai i nā galls:
ʻO ke kinona ka hopena o ka lāʻau i nā meaʻino i hanaʻia e kahi mea hoʻouka lele. I ka hihia o nā'ōlepa azalea, he'akiu kēia luna (e nānā i lalo).
Akā, aia kekahi mau meaʻokoʻa e hoʻonā i nā pāʻani e ulu ma nā mea kanu'ē aʻe. Eia kekahi laʻana, ua kākau kekahi haku mea kanu e pili ana i nā'ōpū lau i hanaʻia e nā'ōpala i nā lāʻau likeʻole.
No nā'ōpū o ka azalea, ke maopopo, eʻikeʻoe iʻelua mauʻano likeʻole (ai hiki keʻikeʻia ma ka manawa hoʻokahi ma luna o kēlāʻano lāʻau, e like me kaʻu kiʻi):
- I ka manawa hoʻokahi, he waxy ka lau o ka lauhuʻi i hoʻouluʻia a he pinepine ka'ōmaʻomaʻo pale.
- I ka manawaʻelua, he lobulu hina (aʻike nuiʻia i ka mea hoʻomaka e like me kekahiʻano haʻani).
ʻO nā pua ma nā kumulāʻau azalea hiki ke hoʻokomoʻia me nā'ōpū.
He aha e hana ai no nā Azalea Leaf Galls
ʻO ka mea mua, eʻoluʻolu i ka nui o ka heleʻana o ko lākouʻili ma mua o ko lākouʻai. E like me ka nānāʻana a me ka hoʻowahāwahā i nā'ōleʻa'ōpala azalea,ʻaʻole lākou i manaʻo nuiʻia. Hoʻokumuʻia lākou e ka hakina, Exobasidium vaccinii . E hoʻokaʻawale i nā lau kahi e ulu ai nā'ōpūʻo azalea a hoʻokaʻawale pololeiʻia.
Mai hoʻokomo i loko o ka paila waipona , a mai waihoʻole iā lākou e moe ana ma luna o ka lepo, iʻole e hoʻolahaʻia ka haʻani i nā lālā'ē aʻe.
No ka pale pale, e pale i ka hoʻohuiʻia o ka lepo a puni kāu azaleas. Hiki iāʻoe ke hana i kēia ma nāʻano likeʻole, e like me:
- Hoʻonuiʻia ka humus i loko o ka lepo
- Ka noiʻana i ka'āina mulch a puni nā mea kanu
Eia kekahi, e like me ka mea maʻamau i ka hihia i ka lapaʻau no ka walaʻau, e hana i kahi helu e hoʻohui i ka wai i kāu mau kumu lāʻau azalea ma lalo o ka papa honua, ma mua o kaʻanuʻuʻana mai luna mai. ʻO ka hana hope loa e maloʻo nā lau, he'ehea kono ia i nā hakina.
Ma hope o ka pauʻana o ia mau mea a pau, uaʻike wau i ka nui o ka manawa e pono ai au e mālama i ka mālamaʻana i nā mea azalea ma lalo o ka Northeastern US Care no ka huiʻana i ka neem ma luna o kuʻu Gibraltar azalea e pepehi ai i ka aphids.