Mary Allen
Zomera zina zimatchedwa mavwende. Ali ndi zipatso zazikulu zomwe kwenikweni ndi zipatso. Ngakhale kufanana kumeneku, si mavwende onse omwe ali ofanana kwambiri. Pali mitundu iwiri: cantaloupes ndi mavwende. Koma zimagwirizananso ndi maungu ndi ma courgettes, omwe amatchedwa courgettes ku Switzerland. Onse pamodzi kupanga dzungu banja, amenenso ndi zomera zina.
Mavwende poyambirira adakula kumadera otentha, mwachitsanzo, komwe kumakhala kotentha. Koma zakhala zikukulira kuno kwa nthawi yaitali chifukwa zimagwirizana ndi nyengo kudzera mukuswana. Mavwende amatchuka chifukwa amakoma, amathetsa ludzu komanso amatsitsimula.
Ndi chiyani chapadera pa chivwende?
Chivwende ndi chomera chapachaka. Chifukwa chake muyenera kuwabzala chaka chilichonse. Masamba ndi aakulu komanso otuwa. Zipatso zawo zimatha kulemera mpaka 50 kilogalamu. Nthawi zambiri amakhala pafupifupi ma kilogalamu awiri kapena olemera pang'ono. Mnofu wofiira ndi wonyowa komanso wotsekemera. Mitundu ina ili ndi mbewu, pamene ina ilibe.
Mavwende amafunikira madzi ochepa, nchifukwa chake amabzalidwanso kumalo ouma. Zipatsozo zimakhala ngati m'malo mwa madzi akumwa. Mu Afirika, chipatsocho sichaiwisi chokha komanso chophikidwa. Mu Soviet Union, madzi ankagwiritsidwa ntchito kupanga mowa. Amwenye amapera mbewu zoumazo n’kuzigwiritsa ntchito popanga buledi. Ku China, mbewu zazikulu kwambiri zabzalidwa ndipo mafuta amawathira. Mbewuzo zitha kugwiritsidwanso ntchito ngati mankhwala.
Kodi chapadera ndi chiyani pa vwende la cantaloupe?
Kantaloupe ndi wogwirizana kwambiri ndi nkhaka kusiyana ndi chivwende. Chitsanzo cha cantaloupe ndi vwende wa uchi. Chipatsocho si chobiriwira kunja, koma chachikasu. Sichimakula ngati chivwende, makamaka kukula ngati mutu wa munthu. Minofu yawo imakhala yoyera ngati lalanje. Amakoma kuposa mnofu wa chivwende.
Cantaloupe sichiri chothetsa ludzu chabe. Lilinso ndi mavitamini ambiri ndi zinthu zina zimene thupi lathu limafunikira. Anthu a ku Aigupto akale ayenera kuti anali oyamba kulima cantaloupes.