I nā'āpana he nui, hiki keʻikeʻia ka hōʻea maoliʻana o ka pūnāwai i keʻano o nā pua crocus, kekahi o nā mea mua loa i ka puna. Hiki keʻike pinepineʻia lākou i ka holoʻana ma o ka hau hau ma mua o kaʻikeʻana o kekahi mau pua pua i ka'āina.
Hōʻike
Kūleʻi nui nā kumulāʻau, nā mea kanu ulu nui i ulu mai i nā lāʻau. Aia nā kuʻikahi i kaʻohana Iris ( Iridaceae ). ʻO nā lau ulu keʻokeʻo i nā pua a me nā'ōpiopio keʻokeʻo, keʻokeʻo, lavender, melemele, a me nā kāpili.
Loaʻa lākou i ka uluʻana ma nāʻanoʻano likeʻole, mai ka ululāʻau a hiki i nā mahinaʻai ākea me nā laina ākea. Kūkulu pinepineʻia nā kumukūʻau no ka'ōleʻele o ka uluʻana o ke kauwela,ʻoiai he mauʻano likeʻole kekahi e ulu ana i ka hopena o ka hāʻuleʻana a me ke kauwela. E hōʻoia eʻike i keʻano āu e kūʻai ai i ke kohoʻana iā lākou no kāu'āina. Aia kekahi hapa o ka loiloi i ka nui o nā kumukūʻai kūkeke, akā,ʻaʻole iʻoi aku ka nui oʻeono iniha iʻekolu aʻehāʻelima ka lōʻihi.
Kūpono ka loli a me ka liʻiliʻi i nā kumukūʻai e lihiʻia i loko o nā moena pua, ma lalo o nā kumu lāʻau aiʻole ma ka lawai. Aia ma kahi o 80 mauʻano crocus, akāʻo ka hapanui o nā pūpū (maoli corms ) e hoʻolakoʻia ana he mau hui likeʻole o nāʻano a me nāʻano likeʻole. Paʻa a kūʻaiʻia he 30 mauʻano likeʻole. Hiki i nā'ōpiopio ke ulu i ka liʻuliʻu iki, a hui pū me nāʻanoʻano crocus e hāʻawi iāʻoe i kahi lōʻihi lōʻihi.
ʻIkepili Botanical
ʻO ka Crocus ka mea i loaʻa mai i nā Moana Pākīpika a me nā māhele o'Asia a me Kina, akā ua laweʻia mai i ka Netherlands i nā makahiki 1500 a ua loaʻa wikiwiki i ko lākou alanui ma'ō aku o'Europa.
ʻO lākou kekahi o nā lālā mua i laweʻia i ka New World. ʻO nā mea he nui iʻikeʻia he mau kūkupu ulu-ulu o Crocus vernus ( Crocus Crocus), me nā pua nui, pua nani; aiʻole Crocus chrysanthus , ka mea i pālua iʻelua mau pule i hala aku nei a ua liʻiliʻi ka nui, akā,ʻoi aʻe ka pua.
E loiloi iki ka paʻakikī o nā kumukūʻaiʻo Crocus ma muli o keʻano o ka mea e ulu nei a me kaʻikeʻana, akāʻo ka nui o nā crocuses e hilinaʻiʻia ma waena o USDA Hardiness Zones 3 a hiki i 8.
Kūleʻa lākou a ola i kahi maikaʻi loa i kahi maloʻo. Ponoʻo Crocus corms i kahi he 12 a 15 mau wiki o nā anuanu (35 a 45 mau mākelina F.) no ka hoʻonohoʻana i ko lākou mau pua.
Hoʻohiwahi i nā pono
Ke nānā aku nāʻano kūpono i keʻano kūpono maoli. ʻO nā mea nui ma ka nahelehele, ma lalo o nā kumulāʻau, aiʻole ia iʻokiʻia i loko o ka lau nahele, he mea kupaianaha nui ia i ke kakahiaka nui. Hiki i nā corms ke hana maikaʻi ma waena o nā māla alpine a me nā māla nani a me nā pahu. ʻIke lākou i ka nani loa i loko o nā pailawai .
No ka hoʻopau i ka manawa pua, e hoʻohui i nāʻano likeʻole crocus. ʻO ke kūʻai aku ma o kekahi o nā papahana iʻoi aku i ka hilinaʻi i nā pūpū ka mea maikaʻi loa e hana ai i kahi koho maikaʻi, kūpono. ʻO ka ulu o Crocus i kahi wahi pale i hiki ke ulu i nā hebedoma i hala ma mua o ka mea iʻikeʻia, e like me ka laina. He ala maikaʻi kēia no ka hoʻopau i ko lākou wā ulu. Ke kanuʻana iā lākou ma kahi e hoʻopiha ai nā mea kanu a hūnā i ko lākou mau lālā i ka manawa e mālama ai i ka ike no ka manawa e hiki mai ana. Mālo koke nā pua i ka wela.
Ka uluʻo Crocus
Pono e kanuʻia ke kumulāʻau uluola ma ka hāʻule mua . Kūpono nā kukui i ka lā loa, akā, no ka puaʻana o lākou i ka hoʻomakaʻana o ka makahiki, he mau lau ma luna o nā kumulāʻau i ka wā e pua ai, no laila keʻano o nā meaʻeleʻele i ke kauwela no ka'ōpuʻu ulu.
ʻO nā kumukānāwai Crocus makemake lākou i ka pH kūlohelohe o kaʻeono aʻehiku paha. ʻOi aku ka mea nui aʻe ma mua o ka pH lepo he maikaʻi maikaʻi. E like me nāʻano kanu likeʻole,ʻaʻole makemake nā crocuses e noho ma kahi lepo maloʻo,ʻoiai ma ke kauwela, i ka wā e moe ai lākou.
E kanu iā lākou e like meʻehā iniha ke hohonu aʻelua aʻehā iniha ke kaʻawale, e kuhikuhi i luna. Hiki i kekahi manawa ke paʻakikī ke haʻi aku i ka hopena hope o kahi corm akāʻaʻole e hopohopo nui: e ulu aʻe ka mea ulu i ka mālamalama. Hoʻoponopono i kekahi meaʻai pākena aiʻole ka palaoa āpau e hoʻomaopopo iā lākou nā meaola a pau e pono ai lākou e hoʻomaka.
ʻAʻole pono ka mālamaʻana i nā kuʻikahi. Makemake lākou e hoʻohāinu mauʻia i ka pūnāwai a hāʻule. Ināʻaʻole he uhi hau, e pono ana ka wai i ka wai i ka hoʻoilo. Hele lākou e moe i ke kauwela a makemake lākou i kahi lepo maloʻo i kēia manawa.
ʻAʻole makemake nā kuʻikahi i ka nui o ka meaʻai.
Hoʻopili lākou i ko lākou ikaika iho i loko o kā lākou corms,ʻo ia ke kumu he mea nui eʻokiʻole i nā lau a hiki i ka hoʻomakaʻana e hōʻaiu i ka'ōmaʻomaʻo. Eia naʻe, he mea maikaʻi ma kaʻilihune o ka'āina i kahi pale māmā o ka meaʻai a me ka'ālana iwi i ka hāʻule.
ʻAʻole pono e māhele i kāu mau kumukūʻai. Ma nā'āpana he nui, heʻano pōkole keʻano o nā crocuses a ponoʻoe e kanu hou i nā makahiki he nui. Inā maikaʻi ka hana a kāu mau kopa a hoʻomaka i ka hoʻonui, e hoʻomaka ana e ulu i lalo e like me ka liloʻana o nā piʻo i māmā. Inā kū kēlā, hiki iāʻoe ke hāpai a puʻunaue i nā corms i ka manawa e hoʻomaka ai ka lā e hoʻi hou a kanu hou i kahi āu e makemake ai.
Nā hōʻalo a me nā maʻi
Hiki i nā kinipoki ke hiki i nā meaʻino, hiki ke hoʻohaunaele, streaking, a me nā'ōpili iʻole e wehe. ʻAʻohe lāʻau olakino no nā maʻi maʻi; inā lākou e paʻi, e hāʻawi aku i nā mea kanu e pale ai i ka hoʻolahaʻana i ka maʻi.
ʻO ka pilikia nui loa,ʻo ia ka corms a me nā pua eʻaiʻia e nā puʻupuʻu, deer, rabbits , and squirrels Hoʻohuiʻia nā huira i nā kumukūʻai. Aʻo nā mea'ē aʻe, e like me nā skunks, eʻeli iho iā lākou mai ka honua ae eʻimi ana i nā'ōpū. Aia kekahi mau wai e hiki ke hoʻoukaʻia ma luna o nā lau a me nā paʻakai granular e hiki iāʻoe ke hoʻoʻauheʻe i mea e pale aku ai i ka pale. Hiki nō iāʻoe ke kūʻai aku i nāʻea uila no ka paleʻana i nā corms i ke kanuʻana iā lākou. Ināʻikeʻoe ua hoʻopōʻino mauʻia kāu mau mea kanu, palekana i ka hoʻohanaʻana i ka palaoa o ka iwi, i hiki ke hoʻohuli i nā holoholona. E ho'āʻo i ka hoʻopiliʻana i kāu kīpili me nā koffodils , ka mea hoʻohilahila i nā holoholona.