Ngokuhlaziywa okulungile kanye nezeluleko zelabhorethri ye-HLB, umlimi wamazambane wezimbewu angathola futhi alwe ngamandla nokukhathala kwamazambane (AM). Ukugcina inkinga ilawulwa kungenziwa ngezitshalo zokubamba, ukugcwala kwamanzi nezinhlobo ezingamelana nazo. Ngalokhu, inkampani yokulima egxile embizeni yamazambane iyazi ukuthi ingakuthola kanjani okuhle kulokho kusebenza.
Umlimi wamazambane wezimbewu u-Anselm Claassen waseVierhuizen uphonsa konke empini ukugcina umkhiqizo wakhe ungenayo i-AM. Usampula ngokuqinile futhi, ngokubambisana nomxhumanisi u-Egbert Schepel waselabhorethri ye-HLB, ukhetha izinhlobo ezahlukahlukene zesakhiwo ngasinye. Usebenzisa izitshalo zokubamba nokugcwala ukulwa ne-AM. Lonke ibhizinisi lihloselwe amazambane angenambewu angenamatode.
Into ekhethekile ngenkampani kaClaassen ukuthi konke kukhishwa ekhabetheni elidingekayo ukuze kungabi ne-AM. Okokuqala uClaassen usebenza ngesampuli ezinamandla ngemuva nje kokuvunwa, ngoba kulapho-ke ama-nematode engabamba kakhulu. Amasampula we-HLB ane-quad. Lokhu kwenziwa nge-GPS, ukuze kwenziwe amamephu anembile awo wonke amaphasela angama-23. Lapho nje amakhadi esekhona, uzobhunga iSchepel ngemiphumela yaselebhu.
Ukusampula okujulile ngokushesha ngemuva kokuvuna kunika umlimi isikhathi esiphezulu sokwenza okuthile. Ukulinywa kwamazambane imbewu kubuyela esakhiweni njalo eminyakeni emithathu. Ngokushesha wazi ukuthi kukhona okuthile kuyo, isikhathi esiningi kufanele wenze okuthile ngaso. "Kwesinye isikhathi kufanele ungenelele kanzima," kusho uClaassen. “Bewunaso isibulali magciwane senhlabathi emanzi, kodwa leyo ndlela yokwenza amakhemikhali ayisekho lapho. Ngakho-ke manje sikhetha isivuno sokubamba iziza ezintsha ezinokungcola okuncane nokukhukhula okungcoliswe kakhulu. ”
Funda umbiko ophelele no-Anselm Claassen ku- umagazini wezohwebo u-Akkerwijzer kusuka ngo-Ephreli