Spain: Due to the frosts, 30% of artichoke in Lorca has been lost, and in Cieza, the extra-early fruit trees are concerned
Fruits
Vegetables
Spain
Published Jan 23, 2022
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At A Vivir Tierra y Mar we have taken a first photograph of the effects of the frosts, recorded this week, on the primary sector. In Lorca, it has affected certain vegetables that will see their caliber reduced, such as broccoli or iceberg lettuce. The greatest damage has been suffered by the artichoke, the most delicate crop.
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At A Vivir Tierra y Mar we have taken a first photograph of the effects of the frosts, recorded this week, on the primary sector. In Lorca, it has affected certain vegetables that will see their caliber reduced, such as broccoli or iceberg lettuce. The greatest condition has been suffered by the artichoke, the most delicate crop. According to Plácido Pérez Chuecos, a farmer in the area, 30% has been completely lost and another 50% will only be worth for the canning industry, notably lowering its value and the benefit of the farmer. To fight against frost in vegetables there are only thermal blankets, capable of raising temperatures by one or two degrees. An expensive system that does not guarantee success, as explained by Pérez. In Cieza, to save the fruit trees, they have burned paraffin, used Californian diesel stoves and have even used windmills to circulate the air and prevent the cold from settling. Even so, they fear that the extra-early varieties of nectarine or apricot ...
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