Hungarian producers expect a good garden strawberry season

The cool spring of 2023 delayed the start of the garden strawberry (strawberry) harvest season in Hungary by several days. At the same time, berry producers expect good flowering and fruiting. "Strawberry ripening is a few days behind normal due to the cool but not particularly cold spring weather. Many growers already sell their products to the wholesale market, but there are still significantly fewer berries on the market than usual. The condition of the plants is very good. Only in some areas there is local frost damage," said Dorina Tot-Babits, an agricultural expert from Hungary. “Harvesting from heated greenhouses is coming to an end, but in Hungary such structures occupy only a few tens of hectares, which is insignificant compared to the total area of strawberry cultivation, which is more than 800 hectares. strawberries from heated greenhouses were sold at good prices and domestic demand was strong," continued Dorina Tot-Babits, despite some pressure from imports, mainly ...