US ikuyambanso kutsegulidwanso popeza katemera amathandizira kuti COVID-19 ikhale pansi. Ndi zomwe zanenedwa, kodi msika wapambuyo pa mliri udzawoneka bwanji pamisika ya letesi ndi ma microgreens?
Wolima Greenhouse adafunsa makampani atatu za momwe amawonera misika yamakono ya letesi ndi ma microgreens komanso komwe amawona msika ukupita kudziko lomwe lachitika mliri. Nazi zotengera zazikulu.
Kupikisana kwa msika wa letesi
Malinga ndi a Donald "DJ" Grandmaison, Sales and Marketing Manager ku lēf Mafamu, msika wa letesi wowonjezera kutentha wakula kwambiri. Kupikisana kumeneku kwapangitsa makampani ngati lēf kukhala ndi ubale wolimba ndi ogulitsa awo.
"Pazaka zisanu zapitazi, pakhala kuchuluka kwa alimi a greenhouse ndi olamulidwa ndi chilengedwe m'gawo la letesi, makamaka kumadera a kumpoto chakum'mawa ndi ku Mid-Atlantic," akutero a Grandmaison. "Izi zadzetsa mpikisano woopsa pamsika, makamaka chifukwa cha kuchepa kwa malo ogulitsa zinthu zatsopano ndi saladi zopakidwa. Famu yathu yakhala ikugwira ntchito molimbika kukhazikitsa ubale ndi mabizinesi athu akuluakulu. ”
Zokonda ndi zokonda za ogula
Zikafika pazokonda za ogula, a Grandmaison akuti amawona anthu akusintha kuti azikonda mawonekedwe a romaine kapena iceberg ndi mbiri yake. Waonanso kuti zokometsera zapangitsa kuti mitu itembenuke m’masitolo akuluakulu.
"Taphatikiza mitundu yambiri yomwe ikugwirizana ndi mbiriyo pazophatikizira zathu kuti tipeze mawonekedwe ochulukirapo komanso kuwonjezereka," akutero a Grandmaison. "Tikuwonanso kuti masamba a mpiru ndi masamba onunkhira amakopa chidwi cha ogula, zomwe zapangitsa kuti pakhale kufunikira kwa zokometsera zomwe zimagulitsidwa kwambiri."
Ogula amakhudzidwanso kwambiri ndi momwe masamba awo amakulira, malinga ndi Viraj Puri, Gotham Greens Co-Founder ndi CEO. Anthu amafuna kudziwa kuti masamba awo alibe matenda aliwonse obwera chifukwa cha zakudya ndipo amalimidwa kwanuko.
"Ogula akufuna kuti awonetsere bwino momwe chakudya chawo chimapangidwira komanso komwe amapangira, makamaka chifukwa cha kukwera kwa matenda obwera chifukwa cha chakudya chokhudzana ndi ulimi wamba," akutero Puri. "Nyumba zobiriwira za Hydroponic zimatilola kulima zokolola zodalirika komanso zotetezeka chaka chonse. Letesi wobiriwira wobiriwira amathanso kupangidwa m'dera lanu kuposa letesi wamba komanso wachilengedwe. Zinthu zakomweko zikupitilirabe kuchuluka kwa ogula. ”
Mitengo ya greenhouse letesi ndi microgreens
Pali malingaliro awiri poyang'ana mitengo ya greenhouse leafy greens. Grandmaison amawona letesi wobiriwira wobiriwira ndi masamba ang'onoang'ono ngati akutenga mitengo yokwera kuposa mitundu yomwe yabzalidwa m'munda chifukwa cha kutsitsimuka komanso mtundu.
"Kuchokera pakuwunika kwathu, tikuwona kuti letesi wobiriwira wobiriwira ndi ma microgreens akupitilizabe kuwirikiza kawiri mtengo wa alumali," akutero a Grandmaison. "Mwachitsanzo, malonda athu amagulitsidwa pa ritelo $16 mpaka $20 paundi komwe California [letesi wolimidwa m'munda] akugulitsidwa $6 mpaka $11 paundi."
Kwa Serdar Mizrakci, CEO wa Minda Yoyambira, mitengo si kufananitsa maapulo ndi maapulo. Amawona mitengo ngati chilimbikitso chachikulu chopezera ogula ambiri kuyesa masamba obiriwira obiriwira.
"Tikufanizira mitundu yosiyanasiyana ya zokolola," akutero Mizrakci. "Potengera kusiyana kwamtunduwu, mtengo wake ndi womwe uyenera kukhala kuti ogula ayambe kutola zobiriwira zobiriwira [zamasamba]. Ndikuganiza, posachedwa, ndikuwona kusiyana kwamitengo kukutseka. "
Tsogolo la kuswana
Pamene mitundu ya letesi ya m'nyumba ikupitirizabe kupikisana ndi anzawo omwe amakula m'munda, makampani oweta akuzindikira. Makampani opanga mbewu tsopano akulabadira zofunikira zoyendetsedwa ndi chilengedwe pomwe alimi owonjezera kutentha akukhala osewera pamsika.
"M'mbuyomu, zoyesayesa zonse zoweta zakhala zikuyang'anira ulimi wakumunda popeza letesi amalimidwa panja," akutero Puri. “Alimi a m’nyumba (wowonjezera kutentha ndi m’mafamu oyima) amagwiritsa ntchito mbewu za letesi. Oweta akhala akupempha alimi kuti ayese mitundu yotchuka ya m’munda komanso yachikale yomwe mwina alimi a m’munda sakanakonda koma imene ingakhale ndi makhalidwe abwino kwa alimi a m’nyumba.”
Mizrakci ikufuna kuwona alimi akutulutsa mitundu yobiriwira ya masamba ochulukirapo osati letesi, chifukwa pali masamba ambiri obiriwira monga sipinachi ndi arugula omwe amatha kusinthidwa kukhala greenhouse.
"Zobiriwira zamasamba zilizonse, zomwe si letesi, zotulutsa cultivars zomwe zimakhala ndi zokolola zambiri pa phazi lalikulu, ndipo zimatha kulimidwa mosavuta - ndizomwe alimi ayenera kuyang'ana," akutero Mizrakci. "Ndikudziwa kuti oweta ena akuyesetsa kuchita izi, komabe."