Molo, umfundi wam. Uninzi lwabalimi begadi bayazibuza ukuba kutheni i-cucunubers inokunika incasa ekrakra. Inyani yile yokuba ngeemeko ezimbi zangaphandle, le mifuno ivelisa i-Cukurbibittin-Into enetyhefu enika incasa ekrakra, eqokeleleni emazantsi esibeleko. Izinto ezixhokonxa i-phenomen engathandekiyo-ubushushu, amanqanaba asezantsi omswakama, ubushushu obunzima, umhlaba ongobuninzi, ubukhulu becala okanye isanti. Ukuncancisa kwekhukhamba kuyachaphazeleka ngenxa yexesha lokuzala, ukuba baqwalaselwe, iziqhamo aziyi kuba yipateni.
Iikhukhamba ezikhula kumhlaba ovulekileyo zinokuhlawulelwa ngezi zizathu zilandelayo:
- ukungabikho komswakama kunye nezakha mzimba emhlabeni;
- ukrwada kwehla kubushushu imini nobusuku;
- ibakala kwangaphambili kukrakra;
- Ukufika ngokungalunganga kunye nokukhathalela;
- Ukuhlasela kweparasites.
Ukuze iikhukhamba aziqinisekanga ukuba zihambelane nale milinganiso yothintelo zilandelayo:
- Ukunkcenkceshelwa rhoqo ngamanzi ashushu;
- gubungela iibhedi ngefilimu ukuze ungazeki i-frazley;
- Dibanisa ityholo ukuze iingcambu aziqali;
- Tshiza iibhasi ezineparasites: Tly, i-nematode, medve, iphawuli leselfowuni;
- Guqula ubume bomhlaba ukukhulisa ukuchuma;
- ukuchumisa umhlaba nge-humus okanye inkunkuma yentaka, hayi umgquba utsha;
- ukutyhila amagxa ekhukhamba;
- Yondla umhlaba wesityu se-potassium kunye nerea;
- qhuba umhlaba ngefuthe le-huski ye-anyanisi kunye nothuli lothuli lwecuba ezivela kwiiparasites;
- Ukufaka ukukhanya okungakumbi okanye ukugqobhoza iindonga zendlu eluhlaza ukuba ukukhanya kuninzi kakhulu;
- Ukuya kwindawo eluhlaza kwaye uvale ubusuku bonke;
- Tsala iCapes yekhukhamba ukukhusela kwiigesi.
Ukuba ngaphandle kwawo onke amanyathelo othintelo athathiweyo, iikhukhamba zisabhitwe, akukho sidingo sokuphelelwa lithemba. Ungazama ukusika umva umva, apho ukrakra khona kuko kutolikwa khona. Kwakhona, ihlala inceda ityuwa i-puccumber. Ukuba i-cucumbber isesabile enkulu, kule meko ungayikhupha emanzini afudumeleyo iiyure ezintathu-umlinganiso onjalo ususa ubukrakra bonke.