Kukohwa Kwakaoma uye Kuchengetwa Kwakareba Gadzira "Mamiriro Akanaka" eZvirwere zveMbatatisi

Due to slow market activity, potatoes have remained in storage longer than usual, significantly increasing the risk of disease development. The dry harvest conditions of 2025 led to greater tuber damage, creating entry points for pathogens. According to seed treatment specialist Darren Wonnacott, the combination of increased harvest damage, extended storage periods, and demand for only top-quality potatoes has created “ideal conditions” for storage diseases such as Fusarium dry rot, soft rot, and silver scurf. “There were many damaged tubers during harvest, and the long storage period makes problems worse because pathogens need time to develop,” he explains.

Dambudziko iri rinodarika kunaka kwezvirimwa zviripo parizvino—zvirwere zvinogona kuramba zviri munzvimbo dzekuchengetera uye zvinokanganisa goho ra2026. Wonnacott anokurudzira varimi kuti vachenese nzvimbo dzekuchengetera nekubvisa ivhu, guruva, mbesa dzekare, uye marara vasati vauraya utachiona. Zvisinei, anonyevera kuti kubvisa utachiona nekukurumidza hazvina zvazvinobatsira kana nzvimbo yacho ikaramba yakavhurika kana kuti ichishandiswa kune zvimwe zvirimwa kana michina isati yadzoka mbatatisi. Anoyeuka zviitiko apo mhute yekuuraya utachiona yeJET5 yakashandiswa, asi guruva rinotakura utachiona rinopfuta nemhepo rinopindazve munzvimbo yacho vhiki imwe chete gare gare. Anokurudzira kurapa nzvimbo yekuchengetera nekukurumidza mushure mekuburitsa zvinhu, kurodha hafu yesimba chete kuti mhute ifambe zvakanaka. "Tinoziva kuti 2026–2027 haizove isina matambudziko, saka zvine musoro kutora matanho ese anogoneka kuderedza kurasikirwa kwezvirimwa uye kukuvara kwemari," anopedzisa.