Nā kōkua e pili ana i ka uluʻana, kākoʻo a me nāʻokoʻa
ʻAʻole i manaʻo nuiʻiaʻo Xanthosoma e like me nā hale kanu-i nā'āina pāhili, ua mahiʻai lākou no ko lākou mauʻanoʻoihana paʻakikī, a ma kahi o nā wahi'ē aʻe,ʻo lākou nā mea kanu o nā mea kanu i kapaʻia he mau lelo a me ka uluʻana i loko o nā māla ulu me nā greenhouses. Akā, me ka māhuahuaʻana o nā mea kanu uluʻole,ʻo Xanthosoma he waiwai lōʻihi. ʻO kēia mau mea kanu kahi i loaʻa i kekahi manawa he mau puaʻano nui nui, a me kekahi o nā lau momona o ka honua.
Me nā'ōmaʻomaʻo o ka'ōmaʻomaʻo, ko lākou mālie momona, a me ko lākouʻano maikaʻi,ʻo Xanthosoma ke kumu o ka wao nahele.
He kino nui,ʻo Xanthosoma sagititolium kahi corm aiʻole kahi kumu lepo lalo ma keʻano o kahi rhizome mai kahi palupalu palupalu lālā, aiʻole cormels, e ulu. ʻO ka'ōpū (he manawa o nā manawa minamina) heʻanoʻeleʻele, me nā pua wahine i kaʻaoʻao haʻahaʻa,ʻo nā pua kāne ma kaʻaoʻao kiʻekiʻe a me nā pua puaʻa ma waena. ʻO ka uluʻana o ka uluʻana mai nā mahinaʻeiwa a hiki i ka 11: i nā malamaʻeono mua e ulu ana nā lāʻau a me nā lau; i nā mahinaʻehā i hala iho nei, e noho mau ka lālā, ai ka wā e hoʻomaka ai e maloo, ua mākaukau nā mea kanu no kaʻaiʻana i nā manu.
'Oiho maoliʻo Xanthosoma i nā Amerikaʻonika. Hiki keʻai i nā lau, akā,ʻo lākou (a me nā'āpana o ka lāʻau) ua loaʻa i nā kulu melela likeʻole o ka lāʻau calcium he meaʻeleʻele ke kino, no laila pono eʻoki muaʻia.
Nā Kūlana Hoʻonui no Elephant Ears (Xanthosoma)
ʻO kēia nā mea kanu o nā mea kanu, no laila e kūpono nā kūlana no lākou e ulu:
- Ka mālamalama: Ke kukui mālamalama akāʻaʻole kū i ka lā. Hiki i kekahi ke mālama i ka malu.
- Ka wai: I ka wā e ulu ana, ka wai a me ka noe pinepine. ʻO ka nui o nā Xanthosoma e hoʻi hou i kaʻohi i ka hoʻoilo, akā, mai waiho i ka pulupō maloʻo loa.
- Ka Mahana: No nāʻano mahana a me nā hoʻohaʻahaʻa. E mālama ma luna o 60ºF inā hiki.
- Ka Honua: Ka waiwai nui, kaʻaila maikaʻi.
- Fertilizer: Mea hānaiʻai. E hānai i loko o ka uluʻana o ka manawa me kaʻaila a me ka lepo.
Pākuʻi
E like me ka nui o nā lāʻau kōkope, hiki ke hana maikaʻiʻo Xanthosoma i loko o ka'ōhua hoʻokahi no nā kau, e hoʻouna ana i kahi ulu hou o ka ulu i kēlā me kēia kau. Akā, inā he nui a nui loa ka uluʻana o kāu pahuhopu, e hoʻopau hou i ka'ōmole i loko o ka ipuhao hou i ka hoʻomakaʻana o kēlā me kēia wa e ulu ana. Eʻikeʻoe e hiki ke nui a me ka hoʻolālā kekahiʻano.
Ka nui
Aia he 50 mauʻano o Xanthosoma ma waena o nā 'Ālika Pāhili. ʻO kekahi o nā mea hanohano a keu paha o kēia mau mea:
- X. Lindenii. ʻO kekahi paha o nā mea maikaʻi loa o nā lālā lau nahele a pau, me ka 20-inch nā'ōmaʻomaʻo'ōmaʻomaʻo e pili ana i ke kālā, kokoke i ke keʻokeʻo keʻokeʻo.
- X. Sagittifolium. ʻO kahi'ōmaʻa hoʻomaʻemaʻe kūpono, me nā lau uliuli iʻikeʻoleʻia e hiki ke maʻalahi i ka lōʻihi o 4 mau kapuaʻi, e piʻi ana ma luna o ka paepae he 5 mau kapuaʻi. Hoʻonui ka hānai a me ka wai no ka piʻi nui.
- X. 'Lime Lime'. ʻO kahiʻoi aku ka maikaʻi, ulu lāʻau lime-'ōmaʻomaʻo me nā lau nui iʻikeʻia e hiki ke ulu i loko.
Nā mea kōkua a ka mea ulu
ʻO Xanthosoma kekahi o kaʻohana Arum (aiʻole Araceae), ai kapaʻia kekahi manawa he mea hōʻailona.
ʻO kēiaʻohana e pili ana i nā philodendron , ka'ahapoka, ka'alelani, alokasia a me nā mea kanu'ē aʻe. E like me kēia mau mea'ē aʻe, hoʻopōmaikaʻiʻo Xanthosoma ma kahi'ōlohelohe o ka wela kiʻekiʻe, ka wai a me kaʻai, a me nā mahana wela. He mau mea kanu i lalo lākou, aiʻole i kekahi manawa paha e ulu lākou ma nāʻaoʻao o ka wai, no lailaʻaʻole lākou e kūpono i ke kuhikuhiʻana i ka lā o ka lā. ʻO nā hōʻailona me nā mites a me nā mealy me keʻano o ka mimiki.