Hops - uLiana Oyinkulungwane

Uyazi ukuthi phakathi kwezitshalo zethu ezinamakhambi kukhona i-liana, ubude bawo bufinyelela ngaphezu kwamamitha ayi-10? Lona utshani obude obaziwa kakhulu. Igama lakhe lingama-curly hops. Emifuleni yezikhukhula zomfula, emifudlaneni nasezihlathini ezinomanzi obanzi, ungabona isithombe esingalibaleki: i-greenetet eluhlaza ibonakala sengathi icoshwe ngezintambo ze-lilac.

Sekuyiminyaka engamashumi amabili noma ngaphezulu, i-rhizome ye-creeper ihlala, ikhipha isiqu esisha eside njalo ngonyaka.

Lapho nje umhlaba ufudumala entwasahlobo, ukuqhakaza kwezimbali kuyaphaphama, kukhiphe amahlumela aminyene anamanzi. Ngokubukeka, la amahlumela afana ne-asparagus yemifino, ngalesi sikhathi abangakwazi ukuncintisana ngayo etafuleni. I-hop ihlumela nokunambitha okufana ne-asparagus. Kepha amahlumela afinyelela ngokushesha ukwesekwa, izihlahla ezihlangene noma izihlahla ezincane. I-Hexagonal ikhula, ingenalutho, njenge-hemp, ivela ngokushesha. Amathemba abo ancipha ngokweqile iwashi. Okwe-tenacity, iziqu ezacile, eziguqukayo nezinde zinezinhlaka ze-hook.

I-Hop ishiya ihlukile, ku-petioles ende onsomi.

Izimbali zizobonisa ngokushesha abantu abathandanayo nabobulili obuhlukile. Izimbali zesilisa zincanyana, ziqoqwe ngamapanicles. Okusanhlamvu okuvuthiwe kulula, komile. Abanjwe umoya, angakwazi ukuthwalwa afike ebangeni elingu-3 km. Ngemuva kokuqhakaza, ama-panicles ayawa. Amanye ama-inflorescence abesifazane anezigaxa ezilengiswe emaqeleni avela kumagatsha. Isigaxa siqukethe izimbali ezibekwe esiqwini esicijile. Izimbali zabesifazane ezivundile kamuva zikhiqiza imbewu, okuyizinto ezincane zamantongomane ansundu.

AmaHops aqhakaza isikhathi eside, ukusuka kuJulayi kuze kube sekupheleni kuka-Agasti. Ekupheleni kokuqhakaza esikalini, isiqu kanye ne-ovary, kulula ukubona amabhamuza amancane aphuzi egolide. Lezi yizindlala ze-lupulin, ngenxa yokuthi abantu baneziphepho ezinde. Faka lesi sinongo ku-kvass yamakha. Ekubhakweni kwesinkwa, kungathatha indawo yemvubelo.

Izigaxa ezivuthiwe zicebile kakhulu nge-lupulin kangangokuba kufanelekile ukuthinta, njengoba i-powder ephuzi ifafaza ngokoqobo kuyo. Lezi izinhlamvu ze-lupulin. Lapho nje izigaxa ziqala ukukhipha iphunga elibuthakathaka, futhi isikali sivele sikhanye - sekuyisikhathi sokuqala ukuhlanza hops.

Ngokwesiko, ama-hops akhuphukayo asungulwa kusukela kuma-Middle Ages okuqala. Ukuvela kunoma imuphi umbono wezomnotho awuzange ubhekwe! Kwavela ukuthi lesi sitshalo singakhiqiza womabili uwoyela, otholakala kuma-inflorescences, nefayibha, elingaphansi kwikhwalithi ye-hemp. Amahlumela amasha ngaphambi kokuqhakaza eCaucasus asetshenziswa njengemifino. Ngefomu eluhlaza, amahlumela ayakhubazeka futhi adliwe kusaladi, abilisiwe - eniselwa ngosawoti wamantongomane futhi kudliwe esikhundleni sobhontshisi ne-asparagus. Amaqabunga amancane, aqoshiwe futhi afakwe usawoti, afanelekile ukupheka isobho leklabishi eliluhlaza esikhundleni seklabishi noma i-nettle.

Lesi sitshalo sigqitshwa ama-rhizomes noma ama-cuttings-afushane. Kuma-hop hop asebekhulile, yonke imivimbo ngemuva kokunqunywa kufanele isikwe. Isiginali okufanele usike ukufa okuphelele kweziqu. Izigaxa ezi-overripe zibomvu, cishe ngaphandle kwe-lupulin futhi azilungele ibhizinisi.