Mary Allen
He mea kanu ka ʻōmato. Ke lohe ʻoe i ka huaʻōlelo, manaʻo pinepine ʻoe i ka hua ʻulaʻula. Akā, ua manaʻo ʻia ka nahele holoʻokoʻa, a hiki i nā ʻōmato ke loaʻa nā kala ʻokoʻa loa. Ma Austria, ua kapa ʻia ka ʻōmato he ʻōmato a i ʻole ka ʻāpala paradaiso, i ka wā ma mua, ua kapa ʻia ʻo ia he aloha apple a i ʻole gula gula. ʻO ka inoa o kēia lā "ʻōmato" mai ka ʻōlelo Aztec.
No ʻAmelika Hema a me ʻAmelika Hema ka mea kanu hihiu. Ua ulu ka Maya i nā tōmato ma laila ma mua o 2000 makahiki aku nei. I kēlā manawa, liʻiliʻi nā hua. Ua lawe mai nā mea ʻike i ka tōmato i ʻEulopa i ka makahiki 1550.
ʻAʻole hiki i ka makahiki 1800 a i ʻole 1900 ka nui o nā tōmato i ʻai ʻia ma ʻEulopa. Aia ma luna o 3000 mau ʻano ʻano i hānai ʻia. Ma ʻEulopa, ʻo ka ʻōmato kekahi o nā mea kanu nui i ʻai ʻia. ʻAi ʻia lākou i meaʻai hou, maloʻo, palai, a hana ʻia paha i meaʻai, no ka laʻana, ketchup tomato.
Ma ka biology, ua manaʻo ʻia ka ʻōmato he ʻano mea kanu. No ka ʻohana nightshade. No laila pili i ka ʻuala, ka aubergine, a me ka paka. Akā he nui nā mea kanu ʻē aʻe i pili like me ka ʻōmato.
Pehea e ulu ai nā tōmato?
Ke ulu nei nā ʻōmato mai ka hua. I ka mua, kū pololei lākou, a laila moe i lalo i ka honua. I loko o nā kahu hānai, nakinaki ʻia lākou i kahi lāʻau a i ʻole i kahi kaula i hoʻopaʻa ʻia ma luna.
ʻO nā pua nui me nā lau e ulu mai ke kumu. Ulu nā pua melemele ma kekahi mau ʻōpuʻu liʻiliʻi. Pono lākou e hoʻomoʻi ʻia e kahi ʻiniko i mea e ulu ai kahi hua.
A laila ulu ka ʻōmato maoli a puni ka hua. I ka biology, ua manaʻo ʻia lākou he hua. Ma kā mākou mau mākeke a hale kūʻai paha, ua hoʻokaʻawale ʻia lākou ma ke ʻano he mea kanu.
Inā ʻaʻole ʻohi ʻia kahi tōmato ma ke ʻano, hāʻule ia i ka lepo. ʻO ka maʻamau, ʻo nā hua wale nō ke ola i ka hoʻoilo. Make ka mea kanu.
I kēia lā, ulu ka nui o nā tōmato i loko o nā hale ʻōmaʻomaʻo. He mau wahi nui kēia ma lalo o ka hale i hana ʻia me ke aniani a i ʻole ka plastic. ʻAʻole hoʻokomo ʻia nā hua he nui i loko o ka lepo akā i loko o kahi mea hana. Hoʻokomo ʻia ka wai me ka fertilizer i loko.
ʻAʻole makemake nā ʻōmato i nā lau pulu no ka loaʻa ʻana o ka ua. ʻO ia ka manawa e ulu ai nā fungi. Hoʻoulu lākou i nā kiko ʻeleʻele ma nā lau a me nā hua, ʻaʻole hiki ke ʻai ʻia a make. ʻAʻole loaʻa kēia pilikia ma lalo o ka hale hoʻokahi. ʻO ka hopena, ʻoi aku ka liʻiliʻi o nā ʻōpala kemika e pono ai.