Ma nā nūhou o kēia lā ke kūkākūkā nei mākou i kahi mea kanu kūʻokoʻa e loaʻa ana ka kaulana i waena o nā māla a me nā mea kanu hale - ka lāʻau kālā.

ʻIke ʻia hoʻi ʻo Pachira aquatica, ʻo kēia lāʻau ululāʻau he ʻōiwi maoli ia i nā ʻauwai o Central a me ʻAmelika Hema. ʻO kona kumu i ulana ʻia a me nā lau laulaʻa e lilo ia i mea ʻike maka i loko o kekahi lumi a i ʻole kīhāpai, e hoʻohui ana i kahi pā o ka leʻaleʻa ʻoluʻolu i kona puni.

Akā ʻo ka mālama ʻana i kahi kumulāʻau kālā hiki ke maʻalahi, ʻoiai inā he mea hou ʻoe i nā mea kanu hale. No laila, eia kekahi mau ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kāu kumulāʻau kālā a mālama i ke olakino a me ka pōmaikaʻi:

1. Māmā a me ka mahana: E ulu ana nā kumulāʻau kālā i ka mālamalama a me ke kukui ʻole. Hiki i ka lā pololei ke puhi i kona mau lau, no laila ʻoi aku ka maikaʻi o ka mālama ʻana mai ka lā pololei mai nā puka makani. Makemake lākou i ka mahana ma waena o 60 a me 75°F (16 a me 24°C), no laila e mālama pono ʻoe iā lākou ma kahi ʻaʻole wela a i ʻole ke anu.

2. ʻO ka hoʻoinu ʻana: ʻO ka overwatering ka hewa nui i hana ʻia e ka poʻe i ka mālama ʻana i nā kumulāʻau kālā. Makemake lākou i ka lepo mākū, ʻaʻole naʻe i ka lepo pulu. E ʻae i ka ʻīniha luna o ka lepo e maloʻo ma mua o ka hoʻoinu hou ʻana. E mālama pono i ka noho ʻana o ka mea kanu i loko o ka wai, no ka mea e pohō ke aʻa.

3. Fertilization: ʻAʻole makemake ka lāʻau Fortune i ka nui o ka momona, akā hiki ke hoʻohana ʻia kahi mea hoʻoheheʻe ʻia i ka wai i hoʻokahi mahina i ka wā ulu.

4. ʻOki: Hiki i nā kumu lāʻau waiwai ke ulu a hiki i ka 6 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe, no laila he mea nui e ʻohi mau iā lākou i mea e mālama ai i ko lākou ʻano a mālama iā lākou mai ka lōʻihi loa. E ʻoki i nā lau make a melemele paha e hoʻoikaika i ka ulu hou.

Ma waho aʻe o nā ʻōlelo aʻoaʻo i luna, he mea nui hoʻi e ʻike i ka ʻokoʻa ma waena o ka ulu ʻana i nā kumulāʻau kālā ma waho a me loko. Pono nā kumulāʻau kālā waho i ka wai a me ka mea momona a hiki ke ulu a hiki i 60 kapuaʻi ke kiʻekiʻe! ʻO nā bipi kālā i loko, ma kekahi ʻaoʻao, ʻoi aku ka maʻalahi o ka mālama ʻana a hiki ke ulu ʻia i loko o nā ipuhao a i ʻole nā ​​​​pahu.

No laila, aia ʻoe - nā mea āpau e pono ai ʻoe e ʻike e pili ana i ka mālama ʻana i kāu pipi kālā. Me ka TLC liʻiliʻi a me ka nānā ʻana, e ulu maikaʻi kāu kumulāʻau kālā a lawe mai i kahi paʻi o ka nani o ka ʻāina i kou home a i ʻole māla.