Kukolola apulosi chaka chatha kunali kopambana kwambiri, malinga ndi US Apple Association.
Ku Michigan, chaka cholimba chatsitsa mitengo yamitundu ina ndikuchedwa kunyamula mbewu.
Emma Grant, yemwe amayendetsa Cherry Bay Orchards ku Suttons Bay, akuyembekeza kuti zina mwazinthuzi zithetsedwa nyengo ino.
“Sitinagwiritsepo ntchito zimenezi,” iye anatero, akutsegula chidebe chamadzimadzi chochindikala choyera. "Koma popeza kunali maapulo ochulukirachulukira ku Michigan ndipo onyamulawo amafunikira nthawi yochulukirapo kuti anyamule, tidaganiza zoyesa."
Madzi ndi achowongolera kukula kwa mbewu; iye ndi anzake adayesa mphamvuyi poyisakaniza ndi madzi ndikupopera mitengo ya maapulo ndi Premier Honeycrisp.
"Pakadali pano tikupopera mbewu mankhwalawa ndikuyembekeza kuchedwetsa kucha kwa Premier Honeycrisp [maapulo]," adatero Grant. Amasanduka ofiira pamtengo, ndiyeno tikamaliza kutola maapulo ena ndikuwathyola, amakhala akadali pamlingo wakupsa kuti asungidwe.
Tikukhulupirira kuti maapulo oyambirirawa adzakhala ofiira momwe angathere popanda kupsa. Izi zidzawapatsa mwayi wabwino wosonkhanitsidwa, kusungidwa, kupakidwa ndi kugulitsidwa kwa ogula.
Zokolola chaka chino zikuyembekezeka kukhala zazikulu, koma zazing'ono kuposa chaka chatha. Komabe, ofufuza akuti si zachilendo kuona izi zikuchitika zaka zitatu zotsatizana.
Chris Gerlach akuti mwina ndi chifukwa chakuti tikubzala mitengo yambiri ya maapulo m'dziko lonselo.
"Tabzala pafupifupi maekala 30,35,000 a maapulo m'zaka zisanu zapitazi," adatero Gerlach, yemwe amafufuza kafukufuku kuchokera ku Apple Association of America, bungwe lazamalonda la apulosi.
"Simungabzale mtengo wa maapulo pamwamba pa mtengo wa maapulo wa agogo anu," adatero Gerlach. “Simudzabzala mitengo 400 pa ekala imodzi yokhala ndi denga lalikulu, ndipo mudzathera nthawi yambiri mukudula kapena kukolola mitengoyo.”
Ambiri opanga akusamukira ku machitidwe apamwamba kwambiri. Mitengo ya latisi imeneyi imaoneka ngati makoma a zipatso.
Amalima maapulo ambiri m’malo ocheperapo ndipo amathyola mosavuta—chimene chiyenera kuchitidwa ndi manja ngati maapulowo agulitsidwa atsopano. Komanso, malinga ndi Gerlach, khalidwe la chipatso ndi apamwamba kuposa kale lonse.
Gerlach adati alimi ena adawonongeka chifukwa zokolola za 2023 zidapangitsa mitengo yotsika mtengo yamitundu ina.
“Nthawi zambiri kumapeto kwa nyengo, olima maapulo amenewa ankalandira cheke m’makalata. Chaka chino, alimi ambiri analandira ndalama m’makalata chifukwa maapulo awo anali amtengo wapatali kuposa mtengo wa utumiki.”
Kuphatikiza pa kukwera mtengo kwa ntchito ndi zina monga mafuta, opanga ayenera kulipira posungira, kulongedza maapulo ndi thandizo la ndalama kwa ogulitsa mafakitale.
"Nthawi zambiri kumapeto kwa nyengo, alimi a maapulo amatenga mtengo wogulitsa maapulo kuchotsera mtengo wa mautumikiwo ndikulandira cheke mu makalata," adatero Gerlach. "Chaka chino, alimi ambiri adalandira ngongole m'makalata chifukwa maapulo awo anali otsika mtengo poyerekeza ndi mtengo wa ntchito."
Izi ndizosakhazikika, makamaka kwa alimi ang'onoang'ono ndi apakati-olima omwewo omwe ali ndi minda ya zipatso zambiri kumpoto kwa Michigan.
Gerlach adati opanga maapulo aku US akuphatikiza ndikuwona ndalama zambiri kuchokera kuzinthu zachinsinsi komanso ndalama zodziyimira pawokha zakunja. Iye adati mchitidwewu ungopitilirabe pomwe ndalama zogwirira ntchito zikukwera, zomwe zimapangitsa kuti zikhale zovuta kupeza ndalama kuchokera ku zipatso zokha.
"Pali mpikisano wochuluka wa mphesa, clementines, mapeyala ndi zinthu zina pamashelefu lero," adatero. "Anthu ena akulankhula zomwe tiyenera kuchita kuti tilimbikitse maapulo ngati gulu, osati Honeycrisp motsutsana ndi Red Delicious, koma maapulo motsutsana ndi zinthu zina."
Komabe, Gerlach adati alimi akuyenera kuwona mpumulo munyengo yakukula. Chaka chino chikupanga kukhala chachikulu kwa Apple, koma pali maapulo ochepa kwambiri kuposa chaka chatha.
Ku Suttons Bay, chowongolera kukula kwa mbewu chomwe Emma Grant adapopera kuposa mwezi wapitacho chinali ndi zotsatira zomwe amafuna: zidapatsa maapulo nthawi yochulukirapo kuti akhale ofiira osapsa kwambiri. Kufiira kwa apulosi, kumakhala kokongola kwambiri kwa opaka.
Tsopano adati adikire kuti awone ngati chowongolera chomwechi chimathandizira kuti maapulo asungidwe bwino asanapakidwe ndikugulitsidwa.
Nthawi yotumiza: Oct-10-2024