ʻO nā poʻe e makemake nui ana i ka melon,ʻaʻole lākou e pane pono i nā nīnau: he aha kēia hua, ka mea kanu, a me kaʻoʻoleʻa paha? ʻO ke kumu ia o ka uluʻana o ke kanaka no ka manawa lōʻihi, a ua poina ka nui o kahi i hele mai ai. E nānā kākou.
He hua ka Melon?
He meaʻono loa ka Melon, no laila ua hoʻohana pinepine ia i ka hoʻomākaukauʻana i nā meli hua. He nui ka nui o nā hua huaʻokoʻa (PP, C), nā'āpana (folic and ascorbic) a me nā mea pono e pono ai no ke kanaka (ka paila, ke kānikoni, ka hao, ka sodium).
No laila, he nui ka poʻe e kapa nei he hua, akā,ʻaʻole. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, ua ulu ma ka honua,ʻaʻole ma nā lāʻau a me nā ulu lāʻau, aʻo ka hua o nā mea kanu i nā mea kanu i kapaʻia he hua a hua paha.
Melon ke kahu?
ʻO kēia kūlana e kauʻia ma kahi kokoke oʻelua mau melon i kaulana -'oloni me ka melon. ʻAʻole like kēiaʻano kahi e kanu ai, akā,ʻo ka hana i loko: kaʻiʻo, nā hua he nui, ka pehuʻeleʻele. A no ka liloʻana o ka mounu i ka pahu, aia nā meloni i kēia hui. Akā,ʻaʻohe kaʻaeʻole i kēia mau mea, no ka mea, ua uluʻo ia ma nā lapalapa, e like me kekahi mau huaʻona (kukoma, kaloki, zucchini). A no kekahi mau hiʻohiʻona waho'ē aʻe, uaʻano like loa ka meloni me lākou.
He mea kanu ka Melon?
Wahi a nāʻike hoʻokaepekema e pili ana ka meloni i ka papa o ka'ūpau,ʻo ka genus Cucumber. Loaʻaʻo ia he mea kanu ia. Akā,ʻaʻole e kūlike kēia i kāna mau meaʻono: nā meaʻono, nā meaʻala a me keʻono, iʻoi aku ka maikaʻi no nā hua a me nā hua. No laila, ua hōʻole nā poʻe he nui i ka melon hiki ke lilo i mea kanu. Akā, inā e noʻonoʻo ponoʻoe i nā hōʻailona kolo, a pēlā nō. Ma hope o nā mea a pau, he like konaʻano like me ka kukumba:
- ʻO keʻano o nā lau, i loko o ka melon, he pōkole wale nō a he lauoho ko lākou
kiʻekiʻe; - nui a me ka nani o nā pua;
- nāʻano likeʻole o ka hoʻomohalaʻana i ke kumu pakiaka, e pili ana i keʻano o ka mahiʻai (uluʻana i ka ākea, ka palekana o nā mea kanu).
ʻOiai no ka nui loa o ka meloni me nā hua kanuʻai i hāʻawiʻia i kēia hui, akā, ua kapaʻiaʻo ia heʻaila maikaʻi. Ma ka launaʻana i kēiaʻano hiki ke hoʻohālikelikeʻia ma ka'āinaʻo Kina a me Iapana kekahi mauʻano i ka nui o nā melons o ka liʻiliʻi, kahi i hoʻohanaʻia ma laila e like me nā mea kanu. ʻO keʻano, ua loaʻa nāʻano momona o ka hopena o ka lōʻihi o nā hana a nā mea hoʻohiwahiwa a laila ua laweʻia mai i nā'āinaʻo'Europa.
I mea e kānaluaʻole ai i kahi hui e mālamaʻia i ka melon, ua kapaʻiaʻo ia heʻalo lele a he'āpana.