'Apelu a me ka Concrete E hana i kahi huahana kahi kahi e ulu ai ka momona a me nā pua
Ua'ōlelo kekahi heluhelu, "ʻO ka hapa o Ianuali, a ma laila - eʻauʻa ana ma kahi o ka hau - he'ōmaʻomaʻo uliuli! No ke aha e ulu ai ka mauʻu i ka maikaʻi ma mua o ka lau nahele? "
Ua lohe hoʻi wau i nā poʻe e puʻupuʻu ana i ka mauʻu i ka uluʻana i nā alakaniʻeleʻele i 100 degrees.
ʻO ka'ōpala i loko o ka pīpī ke aʻo mai iā mākou i ka haʻawina i nā microclimates. E noʻonoʻo i kēia mau helu, a laila e heluhelu ai no kekahi mauʻanoʻoluʻolu DIY:
- ʻO kaʻae a me ke alanui kaʻa he nui kahi lepo a me nā mea lāʻau, he moena maikaʻi loa no ka mauʻu a me nāʻano ulu.
- ʻO ka wai e komo i ke alanui a me ka wāwae o ke alanui eʻoi aku ka lōʻihi ma mua o nā wahi'ē aʻe o ka'āina. Hiki i ke alahele ke mālama i ka lepo ma lalo o kaʻili,ʻano like ka mulch.
- Kūleʻa kekahi mau lau nahele a me nā mauhele i ka wela. No ka laʻana,ʻo Crabgrass, he lā wela ia e ulu mau ana i nā makahiki āpau ma nā ala āpau a me nā pohā patio ma kahi e noho nei wau.
- I ke anuanu,ʻikeʻia ka'ōmaʻomaʻo o ka lā a me ka mālamaʻana i ka lepo ma lalo o ka mahana ma mua o ka'āina ākea. No nā paʻakai i loko o nā huapalapala hoʻoheheʻeheʻe o ka hau, hiki i kekahi mau nūnū a me nā mea'ūlī ke pale i nā hua. ʻO ka hopena,ʻo ia ka manawa'ōmaʻomaʻu-paʻakai he paʻakai paʻakai a hiki ke loaʻa iā ia ke kūlana maikaʻi e ola i kahi ala hoʻokele. ʻO Sedge kahi pilikino pili e mālama mau ana i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo i ka hoʻoilo. A laila, aia nā'ōleʻaʻoluʻolu-ulu e like me ka moa moa e nānā ai i ka mahana i kahi lōʻihi o ka walaʻau i nalowale ai.
No ka hoʻohaʻahaʻaʻana i ka mauʻu ma ke alanui, ka pāpā, a me ke kapaʻaoʻaoʻaoʻao, eia kekahi mau hōʻailona home for the broadleaf weeds and grasss (akā,ʻaʻole paha i nā mea kanu lāʻau):
ʻO ka waiʻaila. Inā kokoke ka'ōpala i makemakeʻole i ka puka kīʻaha, e hoʻopiha i ka wai kai e hoʻomoʻiʻia mai ka pahu ma luna o ka nāhelehele ma mua o kaʻaila.
Mai hopohopo inā he paʻakai ka wai; hiki i ka paʻakai ke kōkua i ka pepehiʻana i nā mea nui. (Akā, mai ninini i ka wai me kaʻaila a me ka meaʻai mai ka hanuʻai.) Ma hope o kekahi mau kipa mai kahi wai e hoʻolapalapa ai, e hoʻopau ka nui o nā mau nahele a me nā mauʻu.
Kaomi i ka winika concoction. ʻO ka huiʻana o 1 cup salt (e pili ana i 228 karamu) a me hoʻokahi galani (e pili ana i 3.8 lita) o ka vīneka maʻemaʻe (5% acetic acid) ma kahi paʻakikī e luku i nā mea momona. No ka hanaʻana i ka meaʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, e hoʻonui i 1 cup (e pili ana i .28 mau rita) o ka wai lemona. No ka hoʻouluʻana i ka mana ikaika, e hoʻonui i 2 punetēpuni (e pili ana i 28 grams) o ka'ōpala'ūpala. (ʻO ka wili wilike kaʻoi aku o kaʻakika ma mua o ka wainaʻona maʻemaʻe aʻoi aku paha ka maikaʻi.)
ʻO ka wīʻau wailua. Hiki paha ke paʻakikī i ka loaʻaʻana o nā hale kūʻai o ka'āina, akā hiki ke kauohaʻia ma ka pūnaewele. ʻO kēia wailaʻa he 20% acetic waika. E hoʻonali me kekahi hinuʻalani a me kahi'ōpona pa'ūponaʻoleʻo phosphate-free. ʻO ka Acetic acid ka mea i puhi i ka ulu ulu o ka mea kanu, e hōʻemi ana i ka hiki i ke kiʻi kiʻi. Mai poina ka pale no nā lima a me nā maka!
Hiki ke hoʻi mai nā hua,ʻo ia hoʻi, nā ulu o ka momona me nā aʻa. A nui loa nāʻano pālaʻau palahalaha e kali ana i nā papa. E hoʻomākaukau i kēia mau mea iʻoi aku i ka manawa hoʻokahi.
Hiki paha i kēia mau hōʻailona ke pepehi i ka moa ma kaʻaoʻao helehelena a me nā wāwae patio.
Ka hoʻolaha: E hui me nā paʻakai me nā paʻakai i nā wahi paʻipaʻi aʻaʻole eʻae iā lākou e holo i loko o nā lawn a me nā māla.