Poland: The cherry harvest ended a month earlier than usual

Published 2024년 7월 31일

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This year, Polish cherry plantations faced significant challenges due to frosts following an unusually warm early growing season, which led to crop losses in some regions. However, the surviving cherries benefited from the warm weather, resulting in larger and better-quality fruit. Despite these challenges, the Polish cherry harvest saw a 30% increase, reaching 77 thousand tons, with most cherries being consumed domestically. While some cherries are exported to neighboring countries and places like the UAE, the majority remain within Poland. Cherry consumption has risen, with 71% of consumers eating cherries in June, making it the second most popular fruit after strawberries.

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– This year we had frosts that decimated the plantations. The cherries were even 100% frozen in some places. However, there were places where the fruit was protected - there were less frosts and the cherries could be saved in some way. The fact that the growing season started three weeks earlier had both a negative impact, i.e. frosts, and a positive one where the fruit survived, emphasizes Krzysztof Czarnecki, a cherry producer and vice-president of the Association of Fruit Growers of the Republic of Poland. The weather affected the cherries After the warmest February in the entire history of meteorological measurements, this year's March was also extremely warm. According to IMWM, the average area air temperature was 6.7°C and was 3.6° higher than the long-term average for this month. April is also an anomalously warm month, with an average temperature of 10.5°C, which is 1.9° higher than the long-term average. Warm and sunny weather accelerated the flowering of plants. At the ...

Source: Farmer.pl