Frost will hold back the vegetation of autumn plants and the untimely development of fruits.

Excessive temperatures during the first and the beginning of the second 10-day period in December, with maximum values exceeding 13-14 degrees Celsius in many places in the country, extended the autumn vegetation of autumn grain crops. As a result of the unusually high December temperatures and the availability of very good soil moisture reserves, some of the later sown crops advanced in their development and entered the 3-leaf phase. At the beginning of the next 7-day period, a cold snap and a change in the agrometeorological conditions are expected, according to the latest forecast by agrometeorologist Dukena Jolev from the National Institute of Meteorology and Hydrology (NIMH). In most of the field areas, average daily temperatures below the biological minimum required for the vegetation of autumn grain crops are forecast. The expected drop in temperatures will hinder the untimely development of some tree species, which was provoked by the high temperatures for the season at ...