Dzuwa, mphepo ndi kutentha pa khonde
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Makhonde alibe nyengo yaying'ono yofanana ndi nthaka ili pansi pawo. Makoma oyang'ana kumwera ndi nsanja za mtundu wonyezimira zimabwezera kutentha ku zomera tsiku lonse, ndikupanga chilumba cha kutentha chimene chingakhale chotentha madigiri 8 mpaka 15 kuposa mpweya wozungulira. Ichi ndi chinthu chabwino m'malo ozizira kwa mbewu zokonda kutentha monga tsabola ndi basil, koma chinthu chovuta kwambiri m'mizinda yotentha kale pa nthawi ya kutentha kwambiri kwa chilimwe.
Mphepo ndi chinthu china chofunika kwambiri. Ngakhale mphepo yofatsa imamveka mwamphamvu kwambiri pamwamba, ndipo mphepo yamphamvu yomwe singasunthe ngakhale pang'ono mtengo wa m'munda ingaumitse nthaka ya m'chidebe m'maola ochepa. Makhonde ataliatali ndi madera a m'ngodya amakhala pachiwopsezo chachikulu. Dziwani komwe mphepo imachokera musanaike zidebe: gwiritsani ntchito zomangamanga zokhazikika ndi zomera zotchinga zowirira kuti mupange mthunzi wa mphepo kwa mbewu zosalimba.
Nsalu yamthunzi ya mtundu wa 30 mpaka 50 peresenti ingachepetse mavuto a kutentha m'malo otentha kwambiri popanda kutchinga kuwala kokwanira kuvulaza mbewu zobala zipatso. Zidebe za mtundu wonyezimira zimatenganso kutentha kochepa kuposa zakuda, ndikusunga madera a mizu ozizira pa makhonde oyang'ana kumwera m'chilimwe.