Due to spring frosts in Vinnytsia region, 85% of strawberries will not be harvested in some places, stone fruits were most affected in Volyn

Strawberries can withstand a short frost period of -3°C. But if the plants are in the flowering or budding phase, the risk of plant death increases. The second decade of May was also cold, because normally it should be +14°C, and in Volyn this indicator barely reached 9-8°C. Olena Kondratchuk, head of the agrometeorological forecast sector of the Volyn Hydrometeorological Center, told Suspilny. In particular, in one of the farms in the village of Romaniv, 3.5 hectares of strawberry blossoms froze due to cold weather. This is 85% of the planted field, says the owner Kateryna Khomyak. She grows different varieties on 4 hectares of the field. She has been growing this berry for 10 years. She says: this is the first time that such a number of plantings have frozen, and therefore there will be no profit this year. She now places all her hopes on remontant varieties that bear fruit throughout the year. “The first-year berry, nine flower stalks, it should have been a big, beautiful ...