Kum'mwera, alimi ngati Jamey Gage wa B5 Farms amapewa kutentha kwa Texas pokolola mbewu zina monga tomato m'nyengo yozizira. Pogwiritsa ntchito ngalande zapamwamba, zomwe zimakhala ngati nyumba zobiriwira, alimi amatha kulima tomato m'malo otentha kwambiri. Izi zimawalola kuti azigwira ntchito mozungulira Amayi Nature, koma chaka chino anali ndi mapulani akeake.
Gage adati adakonzekeratu m'masiku amphepo yamkuntho. "Ndinasungiramo zowotchera m'nyengo yozizira, ndipo ndimayang'ana zowotchera zonse, ndidayambitsa mafani ambiri ozungulira. Ndinachotsa m'mbali zonse za greenhouse kuti pakhale zotsekera," adatero.
Zowona zidamukhudza kwambiri pa February 15 pomwe kutentha kunali kotsika kwambiri. Pomwe mphamvu idalowa ndikutuluka, Gage anali panja kuyesa kupulumutsa zipatso zambiri momwe angathere. "Kutentha kunali kutsika kwambiri kotero kuti pokhapokha magetsi atabwera mwachangu timadziwa kuti titaya zomera," adatero Gage.
Patadutsa masiku angapo, zowonongekazo zikuwerengedwabe, koma sizingakonzedwenso, komanso kukhumudwitsidwa kwa Gage: kupewedwa kotheratu. "Timalipira zofunikira ndipo tikuyembekeza kuzilandira," adatero. Kutayika kwa magetsi kunapangitsa ma heaters mkati mwa tunnel zapamwamba zopanda ntchito. Gage akuti pafupifupi 80% ya mbewu yake ya phwetekere idafa chifukwa cha kutentha kwa nambala imodzi komanso kuzizira kwa mphepo. Mtengo wa zowonongekazo umakhala wokwana madola 75,000, osawerengera ndalama zomwe adagwiritsa ntchito pazinthu zothandizira komanso nthawi yoperekedwa pakukula.
Kwa Gage, ndi ambiri onga iye, ntchitoyo ikupitiliza kuwunika zowonongeka ndikumanganso. Padzakhala nyengo zina zachisanu, koma ngati ali ndi zonena za izi: sadzasiyanso moyo wake m'manja mwa ndale.
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