Frosts in Sumy region destroyed almost 70% of the berry and fruit harvest

Almost 70% of the harvest of berry and fruit crops in Sumy region was destroyed by spring frosts. This year, mulberries, lemongrass, actinidia, black currants and walnuts froze, Mykola Sakhoshko, head of the scientific institution "Sumy branch of the Ukrainian Institute of Plant Variety Examination", told Suspilny. "Almost 70% of the harvest was destroyed by these frosts. There are very few berries, although the ovary was good. Apple trees were badly damaged: almost the entire ovary froze. Almost all fruit and berry crops in the Sumy region froze. 90% of cherries, sour cherries, and sea buckthorn froze. The first strawberry blossom also suffered. The middle turned black, which means there will be no berries, but taking into account the weather conditions - the rains that have passed, there are no catastrophic problems with strawberries in the region," he explained. According to the director of the regional department of agro-industrial development, Oleksandr Maslak, spring ...