ʻO ka lepoʻilima kekahi o nā mea paʻakikī a hiki i kahi mea kanu ke kū i mua. Hiki i ka pahū a pahee ka wā e pa'ū,ʻoi aku ka paʻakikī i ka hanaʻana i ka pōhaku'oloke ke maloʻo. Heʻuʻuku liʻiliʻi nā particulal Clay a uaʻoki pūʻia, me ka waihoʻole i kahi no ka ea a iʻole ka wai. ʻAʻole hiki i nā lāʻau kanu ke ulu i loko o ka pālolo, akā hiki i ka momona, aʻo kekahi kekahi e kōkua i ka maikaʻi o ka lepo lepo.
ʻO ka papa mua o kaʻoihana no kekahi mea kanu me ka lepo lepo kahi e hoʻonui ai i keʻano o ka lepo me nā mea lāʻau .
ʻO ka mea pōʻino, e ho'āʻo ana ka lepo e hoʻi i kona'āina hānau, no lailaʻaʻohe manawa kūpono. He hana mau kēia, akā, e ukuʻia nā pono ma ka holo lōʻihi. Hoʻolahalaha maikaʻi a hoʻomaikaʻi paha i kaʻaʻahuʻana me ka wai pulu , ka lau o ka lau , ka momona o nā mea i kāwiliʻia aiʻole i nāʻano mea likeʻole e hoʻopili ai i keʻano o kou lepo, e hoʻemi ana i ka hoʻohui.
ʻO ka kohoʻana i nā mea kanu e ulu ma ka lepo lepo e loaʻa ai ka noʻonoʻo. ʻOiaʻiʻo,ʻo nā mea kanu e pono ai kahi lepo momonaʻaʻole e hauʻoli e ulu ana i ka lepo. Mai hāʻawi pio. Aia kekahi mau mea kanu eʻoluʻoluʻole i ka lepo lepo, a he nui wale ka mea e kōkua i ka wāwahiʻana a me ka hoʻomaikaʻiʻana i konaʻano a pēlā e hoʻonui ai i kona waiwai. Hiki ke hōʻoki i nā mea kanu i paʻaʻole iʻole e'ōpopo ko lākou aʻa aʻokiʻoki lākou i keʻano o ka lepo ma lalo o ko lākou ala. Ma waho aʻe o ia mau mea, aia nā kumulāʻau'ōmaʻomaʻi nui i ka kumukānāwai e paʻa i ka lepo.
Hiki ke hoʻoikaika iki i ka loaʻaʻana o nā mea kanu i hoʻokumuʻia i loko o ka lepo lepo ma mua o ka lepo lepoʻole ,ʻaʻole e haʻi i ka hana e pono ai eʻeli i kahi lua ma ka lepo.
ʻO ka'euakai maikaʻi,ʻoi aku ka kiʻekiʻe o ka lepo i nā meaʻai ma mua o ka lepo lepo.
Ponoʻia nā mea kanu e ulu ana i ka lepo Clay
Ponoʻoe e hālāwai i nā koi e ulu nei, e like me kaʻikeʻana o ka lā a me USDA Hardiness Zones , akā,ʻo nā mea kanu i heluʻia maʻaneʻi, hikiʻole ke ulu wale i loko o ka lepo lepo wale nō, akā, ke ulu nei:
- Amsonia Blue Star (Maulana 5-9)
- ʻO Asclepias tuberosaʻO ka Ui Ula (Mau 4-9)
- Aster ( ʻoiai ) Aster (mau wahi 4-8)
- Nā Coreopsis Tickseed (Mahele 4-8)
- Echinacea purpurea Hīlāleʻa (Lālā 3-9)
- 'Elengium yuccifolium Sea Holly (mau wahi 5-10)
- ʻO Helianthus angustifolius ka'ōpana pua kai (mau wahi 6-9)
- ʻO Helianthus x laetiflorus Hāʻuleʻo ka'eneheʻe (mau wahi 5-9)
- Heliopsis helianthoides Ox Eye (Mau 4-9)
- Hemerocallis Daylily (Mau 3-10)
- Liatris pycnostachya Kansas Gayfeather (mau wahi 4-9)
- Liatris spicataʻO Blazing Star, Gayfeather (mau wahi 4-9)
- Monarda fistulosa Wild Bee Balm (mau wahi 3-9)
- ʻO Ratibida pinnata ka lālā o ka holoʻana (mau wahi 3-10)
- ʻO Rudbeckia hirtaʻO Black-eyed Susan,ʻo Gloriosa Daisy (Nahenahe 3-7)
- 'Sedum ' Kekahi 'Akahi ('Ālā 3-10)
- Silphium integrifolium Prairie Dock (mau wahi 4-7)
- ʻO Silphium laciniatum Compass Kākuhi (Mau 5-9)
- ʻO Silphium perfoliatum Kaomi Lawai (mau wahi 5-9)
- Solidago Goldenrod (mau'āpana 5-9)
- ʻO Vernonia noveboracensis Nalu (Mau 5-9)
- ʻO Yucca filamentosaʻAna o'Aneko (mau wahi 5-10)
Nā meaʻona nani i kūpono no ka'āina Clay
- ʻO ka Acorus gramiineus Ka'Āina Sweet Sweet (Gray 10-11)
- Nā Moana Nui Aʻe (Zones 2-7)
- Elymus canadensis Canadian Wild Rye (Nahenahe 3-8)
- Miscanthus sinensis Eulalia Grass (mau wahi 4-9)
- ʻO Panicum virgatum keʻano o ka hoʻololi (Zones 5-9)
- Pennisetum (keʻano) Fountain Grass (He mau wahi 6-9)
- ʻO Sorghastrum nā meaʻai i nāʻano hauʻoli, nā ulu lāʻau Wood (Wā 5-8)
- Spartina pectinataʻO Prairie Cord Grass (Mau 4-7)