Feijoa harvest in Georgia this season is one third lower than last year

The subtropical feijoa fruit has already appeared on the markets of Tbilisi, which, due to natural climatic conditions, is grown mainly in Western Georgia. Farmers have been harvesting feijoa for a week. According to their forecasts, a low harvest is expected this year due to the lack of rainfall in September-October. The volume of feijoa grown in the current season will amount to a third of last year's figures. The bulk of the feijoa crop in Georgia is grown in small areas, often without irrigation systems. And in order to obtain a high yield, according to farmers, irrigation is a necessary condition. Feijoa fruits have been increasing in size since September, but this year, just by that time, clear weather without precipitation was established in Western Georgia, which negatively affected both the quantity and quality of the crop. How feijoa is grown in Georgia can be seen here. Farmer Georgi Rapava established a 12 ha feijoa garden in Samegrelo-Upper Svaneti region (Western ...