Fakama’opo’opo

• ‘Oku mafola fakamamani lahi. Ko e palopalema mahu’inga ki he tupu e fua’i akau, ‘i he temata, neongo ʻoku uesia foki mo e paingani, polo melie mo e meleni.
• ʻOku ʻikai ko ha mahaki eni. ʻOku hoko ia ʻi he taimi ʻoku lanu mata ai ʻa e ngaahi fuá, pe koe vahe tolu ki he vaeua hono fuo lahí.
• Ko e konga lanu melomelo maama ʻi he tu’u’anga matala,’e ‘alu ai pe ʻo lanu fakapopoʻuli, lanu melomelo, momoa, taluo. ‘Oku fa’a hoko ʻí he fua ‘uluaki.
• Tupuʻanga: fuʻu si’isi’i kalasiume (Ca) e.g., kelekele tou’one; fuʻu siʻisiʻi pe fuʻu lahi e vaí; maʻulalo e pH ‘ikai ke lava e fu’u ‘akau kene to’o e kalasiume (calcium); fuʻu vela mo mōmoa; fuʻu lahi e naitoloseni ʻi he kelekele.
• Founga anga maheni hono mapule’i: fakapapauʻi ʻoku fetafe’aki leleí ‘a e vai (faka mohenga); tanaki atu ha meʻa fakalelei kelekele pe ‘akau popo. Fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ‘ufi’ufi (efuefu’I papa pe milemila; ʻoua ʻe maumauʻi e ngaahi aka ʻi he taimi ʻoku tanumaki ai; fakaʻaongaʻi ʻa e ‘akau ke ta’ota’ofi e malohi e havili; ʻoua ʻe fakaʻaongaʻi ha urea, pe ko ha fa’ahinga fafanga ammonia pe koe fakaveve ‘a e moa ‘oku te’eki momoa.  Kalasi ‘o e fua’i ‘akau ‘oku ne matu’uaki e palopalema.

Common Name: Blossom-end rot (Pala e tu’u’anga Matala).

Scientific Name: Pala e tu’u’anga matala tupu mei he si’isi’I e kalasiume. ‘Oku ‘ikai ko e fakatupu ‘e he ‘inisekite pe ko e mahaki maumau ‘o e ‘akau.