Mary Allen
Tomato ndi chomera. Mukamva mawu, nthawi zambiri mumaganizira za chipatso chofiira. Koma chitsamba chonsecho chimatanthawuzanso, ndipo tomato akhoza kukhala ndi mitundu yosiyana kwambiri. Ku Austria, phwetekere amatchedwa phwetekere kapena apulo wa paradiso, ndipo kale ankatchedwanso apulo wachikondi kapena apulo wagolide. Masiku ano dzina lakuti “phwetekere” limachokera ku chinenero cha Aztec.
Chomera chakuthengocho chimachokera ku Central America ndi South America. Amaya ankalima tomato kumeneko zaka 2000 zapitazo. Pa nthawiyo zipatsozo zinali zidakali zazing'ono. Ofufuzawo anabweretsa tomato ku Ulaya m’zaka za m’ma 1550.
Sizinafike mpaka cha m'ma 1800 kapena 1900 pomwe tomato ambiri adadyedwa ku Europe. Pali mitundu yopitilira 3000 yomwe yabzalidwa. Ku Ulaya, tomato ndi imodzi mwa ndiwo zamasamba zofunika kwambiri kudyedwa. Amadyedwa mwatsopano, zouma, zokazinga, kapena kukonzedwa kukhala chakudya, mwachitsanzo, phwetekere ketchup.
Mu biology, phwetekere amaonedwa kuti ndi mtundu wa zomera. Ndi wa banja la nightshade. Choncho n'zogwirizana ndi mbatata, aubergine, ndipo ngakhale fodya. Koma palinso zomera zina zambiri zomwe zimagwirizana kwambiri ndi phwetekere.
Kodi tomato amakula bwanji?
Tomato amakula kuchokera ku mbewu. Poyamba amaima chilili, kenako n’kugona pansi. Choncho m’malo osungira anazale amamangidwa kundodo kapena chingwe chimene amachimangirira m’mwamba.
Mphukira zazikulu zokhala ndi masamba zimakula kuchokera ku tsinde. Maluwa achikasu amamera pa mphukira zina zazing'ono. Ayenera kuthiridwa feteleza ndi tizilombo kuti mbewu ikule.
Tomato weniweni ndiye amamera mozungulira njere. Mu biology, amaonedwa ngati zipatso. M'misika yathu kapena m'masitolo, nthawi zambiri amagawidwa ngati masamba.
Ngati phwetekere sinakololedwe mwachilengedwe, imagwa pansi. Nthawi zambiri, mbewu zokha zimapulumuka m'nyengo yozizira. Chomera chimafa.
Masiku ano, tomato ambiri amamera mu greenhouses. Awa ndi malo akuluakulu pansi pa denga lopangidwa ndi galasi kapena pulasitiki. Mbeu zambiri sizimayikidwa munthaka konse koma mu chinthu chopanga. Madzi okhala ndi feteleza amathira mmenemo.
Tomato sakonda masamba onyowa chifukwa amapeza mvula. Ndi pamene bowa amatha kukula. Amayambitsa mawanga akuda pamasamba ndi zipatso, kuwapangitsa kukhala osadyeka komanso kufa. Ngozi imeneyi sipezeka pansi pa denga limodzi. Zotsatira zake, kupopera mankhwala ochepa kumafunika.