He mea kaulana loa ʻo Cucumber a ʻaʻole wikiwiki loa, hiki ke ulu maʻalahi ma kāu ʻāpana ponoʻī. He mea kanu aloha wela ia, no laila, ʻaʻole pono ʻoe e wikiwiki me kāna kanu ʻana. ʻO nā hua ma mua o ka lūlū ʻana ʻaʻole ia e hōʻeha i kahi hoʻomākaukau kūikawā no ka ʻohi maikaʻi ʻana.
I ka wā e kanu ai i nā kukama ma ka honua ākea
ʻAʻole ʻae nā hua kukama i ka hau. Hiki iā ʻoe ke kanu iā lākou inā ʻo ka awelika o ka mahana o kēlā me kēia lā no kekahi mau lā ma lalo o +12-15 °. I kēia mahana, e ʻike ʻia nā wana mua ma kahi o 10 mau lā. Inā lūlū ʻoe i nā hua ma kahi mahana o +15-18 °, e ʻike ʻia nā wana i loko o kekahi mau lā.
Ma ka ʻāina ākea, hiki ke kanu ʻia nā kukama i Mei. Ma nā ʻāpana hema me ka mahana mahana mau, hiki iā ʻoe ke kanu i ka moʻomeheu i ka hopena o ʻApelila. Hiki iā ʻoe ke lūlū i nā kukama i nā pae he nui, no ka laʻana, ʻo ka hui mua i Mei, a ʻo ka lua i Iune. A laila e loaʻa iā ʻoe kahi hua hou i ke kauwela a pau.
Pehea e hoʻomākaukau ai i nā hua kukama no ke kanu ʻana
Inā kūʻai ʻoe i nā hua maikaʻi i loko o kahi hale kūʻai kūikawā, ua hoʻopau ʻia lākou a mākaukau. I nā kumu ʻē aʻe, hiki ke hoʻomehana ʻia nā hua. No ka hana ʻana i kēia, hoʻokomo ʻia lākou i loko o ka umu no 2-3 mau hola ma 50 °. A laila hoʻomoʻi ʻia nā hua no 30 mau minuke i kahi hopena 1% o ka manganese.
A laila maloʻo nā hua a, inā makemake ʻia, mālama ʻia me nā mea hoʻoulu ulu. Inā manaʻo ʻia ka hau i ka pō, hiki ke paʻakikī nā hua. E uhi iā lākou i kahi lole pulu a waiho i loko o ka friji no nā lā ʻelua. Pono ka lole i mau i nā manawa a pau.