Ukraine: The forestry in Volyn grows lemons in greenhouses

Published 2020년 12월 16일

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The article reports the successful harvest of Panderosa lemons from a greenhouse in Manevychi forestry, Volyn, which previously housed blueberry bushes. This experiment, which involved purchasing the lemon seedlings for nearly seven thousand hryvnias, has resulted in 55 lemon bushes yielding a total of 1,100 to 2,100 fruits. The largest fruit weighed 640 grams. The lemons are grown under 24-hour light and fluctuating temperatures, with no fertilization, and the young shoots are rootered to produce new bushes. The harvested lemons will be sent to a cannery to be mixed with birch sap to create a new flavor. The greenhouse also serves as a cultivation site for other produce like lettuce, parsley, dill, and various landscaping plants.

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The first harvest of Panderosa lemons is harvested in Manevychi forestry in Volyn. The engineer of the enterprise Irina Ostapchuk told about it, transfers Public. News. “Lemons are grown in the greenhouse of the forestry… Blueberry bushes used to grow on the place of lemons. Hybrid Panderosis is an experiment of foresters. To buy lemon seedlings, they spent almost seven thousand hryvnias, ”Ostapchuk said. Currently, the greenhouse has 55 lemon bushes. Each bore from ten to twenty fruits. "We were very surprised by the first fruit. It weighed up to 640 grams. This is the largest fruit. Average weight - 400 grams. There are different ones: smaller and bigger, ”says Zinaida Holodyuk, an employee of the forestry. According to her, lemons receive light around the clock, the temperature depending on the season from plus 10 to 30 degrees, the plants are not fed, only cut the shoots, which are then rooted to have new bushes. While on some bushes fruits are poured with juice, on others ...

Source: Agrobusiness