umshado weplasitika olubomvu
I-mulch epulasitiki ebolayo imelela intuthuko enkulu kwezobuchwepheshe bezolimo, ehlanganisa ukusebenza kahle kwe-mulch epulasitiki yendabuko nokuzinza kwemvelo. Lesi sixazululo esisha sakhiwe ngokukhethekile ukuze sinikeze izimo ezikhulayo ezinhle kakhulu kuyilapho sibola ngokwemvelo sibe izingxenye ezingenabuthi ngemva kokuphila kwaso okusebenzayo. I-mulch yenziwa kusetshenziswa ama-polymers asuselwa ku-bio kanye nezakhi eziphilayo ezigcina ukuqina kwesakhiwo sonke isikhathi sokukhula kodwa eziwohloka ngezinqubo zemvelo zenhlabathi. Ilawula ukukhula kokhula ngokuphumelelayo, igcina inhlabathi inomswakama, ilawula izinga lokushisa kwenhlabathi, futhi inciphise isidingo semithi yokubulala ukhula. Le nto yakhelwe ukuba ihlale izinyanga ezintathu kuya kweziyisithupha, kuye ngezimo zemvelo nezidingo ezithile zezolimo. Ubukhulu bayo ngokuvamile buqala ku-0.6 kuya ku-1.0 mil, buhlinzeka ngamandla anele okufakwa kwemishini ngenkathi kuqinisekiswa ukubola okuphelele. I-mulch idala isimo sezulu esihle kakhulu sokukhula kwezimpande nokukhula kwezitshalo kuyilapho ivimbela ukuguguleka kwenhlabathi futhi inciphisa ukuhwamuka kwamanzi kuze kufike kuma-70%. Ngaphezu kwalokho, kukhuthaza ukuvuthwa kwezitshalo kusenesikhathi futhi kwandisa isivuno ngokugcina isimo somhlabathi singaguquguquki. Lobu buchwepheshe buye basetshenziswa ngempumelelo ezitshalweni ezihlukahlukene, kuhlanganise nemifino, izithelo nezitshalo zokuhlobisa, okubonisa ukuthi buyasebenza ezindaweni ezihlukahlukene zokulima.