The farmer mentioned the advantages of plum as an alternative to Hungarian

Published 2024년 11월 14일

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Ukrainian farmer, Ivan Yarmolyuk, has identified the need for a change from domestic plums or cucumber plums, which he finds unprofitable and disease-prone, to the Japanese or willow plum. This alternative offers advantages such as smaller fruit walls, better fruit quality, and increased productivity. Additionally, it is more resistant to fungus and offers a longer harvest period from late June to October. Furthermore, the Japanese plum's fruits can be stored until the New Year, making it a more viable and sustainable option for farming.

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Domestic plums, or cucumbers, both in Ukraine and in Europe, are exhausting themselves. Its alternative is Japanese or willow plum. Ivan Yarmolyuk, the owner of the "Renaissance" farm (Dnipropetrovsk region), expressed this opinion in his article for the magazine "Gardening in Ukrainian". "It does not produce a large fruit wall, its fruits are not very valuable, and it is not profitable to grow it commercially," he explained. - But the main thing is that they get sick, in particular, with the fungus, which causes entire gardens to be uprooted." According to the expert, the position of this plum is being taken over by a diploid plum - Japanese, or verbolista. This species produces round fruits of large size, excellent density and productivity, good shelf life and transportability. "They are collected in the Dnipropetrovsk region at the end of June and until the end of October, and plums can be stored for several more months in ...

Source: Agrotimes