April frosts almost destroyed the early asparagus harvest in Ukraine

Only in Cherkasy on this night, weather stations recorded temperatures from -3 to 0 degrees on the ground. Meanwhile, frosts are slowing down the early season of asparagus. This year in Ukraine, it started around April 12 - three weeks earlier than usual, explains Cherkasy farmer Andriy Dulin, who has been growing asparagus on a hectare of land for several years. Read also: Watermelons are grown in one of the largest greenhouses in the Lviv region Many farmers of Central Ukraine complain about the frost on social networks: "...Part of the harvest is lost. It is also unclear what happened with the small shoots that had just broken through - there were a lot of them." "At night there was a noticeable frost, even the asparagus did not survive. Everything that has climbed out must be cut into scrap. The next cut is shifting." Asparagus is a thermophilic vegetable. When it's warm, asparagus can grow 12-15 centimeters in a day, but when it's cold, it can stop growing altogether. This ...