Flowering of fruit trees and pest activity, abnormally warm winter in Tajikistan

These days, in most regions of Tajikistan, due to the warm winter, snowdrops, roses, almonds are blooming, cherry and apricot buds are swelling. Pests are visible in the fields and gardens, which have begun to eat the leaves of winter crops, a cluster of aphids is noticeable on the stems of plants, butterflies and beetles have awakened. Among pests, the bark beetle can be especially dangerous. Due to the warm winter, these insects did not die. There is also a noticeable increase in other insect pests, rodents, pathogens of agricultural crops (powdery mildew, septoria, root rot, etc.). On the banks of canals and irrigation ditches, dense shoots of mint and plantain are noticeable ahead of time. In a word, what should have happened in March happened already in January. “Abnormal” strawberries (strawberries) and alfalfa Due to abnormally warm weather in some areas of southern Tajikistan, strawberries were harvested in open fields. Unexpected strawberry harvest A farmer from ...