Kulima mbatata kwakhala nthawi yaitali kukhala mtundu wa masewera a fuko ambiri kwa anthu amtundu wathu: choyamba gulu lonse la "banja" limabzalidwa, ndiye kuti mopanda malire akulimbana ndi chipatala cha Colorado ndipo potsirizira pake amasonkhanitsa zokolola. Ngati tilingalira kuti nthawi zambiri pali malo ang'onoang'ono m'munda wa munda wamunda, ntchitoyo imakhala yovuta nthawi zina, chifukwa mukufunika kukula mbatata osati kuchepetsa dzikolo. Chofunika kubzala m'nyengo yozizira pambuyo pa mbatata kuti nthaka ikhale yabwino idzatiuza nkhani yathu.
Kodi ndingabzalane chiyani mutatha kukolola mbatata?
Pang'onopang'ono mudzabweretse nthaka yomwe idagwiritsidwa ntchito polima mbatata, poyerekeza ndi kufesa mbewu: fazelia, mpiru, rye, oats, wiki, lupine, ndi zina. Mukhoza kuzifesa zonse ziwiri, komanso zonse. Mbewu zimathandiza kulimbikitsa dziko lapansi ndi nitrojeni ndi zakudya, ndipo mpiru zidzakhala zodalirika kwa mbatata yokonda mbatata. Kuti zitheke, kufesa kungagwirizanitsidwe ndi kugwiritsa ntchito feteleza organic ku malo.
Kodi kubzala mpiru mu autumn pambuyo mbatata?
Kufesa mpiru (kuphatikizapo tizilombo zina), mutha kubzala pambuyo pokolola mbewu komanso mbatata, makamaka kumapeto kwa September - oyambirira a Oktoba. Mbewu ya mpiru imayikidwa m'mitsempha yomwe imakumbidwa pamabedi kapena imagawidwa pamwamba pa nthaka, kenako imawaza ndi wosanjikiza wa kompositi. Asanayambe chisanu, mpiru uli ndi nthawi yokwera, komanso kukula kokwanira. Sikofunika kuti mugwetse pansi ndikuwongolera m'dzinja - gawo la pansi pa zomera lidzavunda bwino mvula isanayambe, ndipo nthaka idzakhala ngati mulch, kuteteza gawo lachonde la nthaka kuti lizizira ndi kuzizira.