Guava from Aguascalientes, Mexico dodge losses due to frost
Fresh Guava
Mexico
Published Jan 26, 2022
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TOMAS DÁVALOS. THE SUN OF THE CENTER. Benevolent climate has allowed average yields of 20 tons per hectare, producers report. HOT WATERS. Guayaberos from Aguascalientes raffle frost season, as they have not reported fruit losses during the current season due to the cold; they hope that the benevolent climate will continue during February, when some drops in temperature are usually recorded.
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Miguel Martínez Rubio, president of the Guava Product System Committee, commented that the temperatures have been favorable for this fruit in particular, as there have been no major setbacks during the current harvest season that began in September of last year throughout the Calvillo region. He recalled that frosts are generally recorded in the months of December and January, and this month is about to be fulfilled, without there having been records of this type of meteorological phenomena in the orchards; In 2017 and 2018, the cold devastated various orchards that affected the guayabera industry for three consecutive years. Martínez Rubio acknowledged that during the first fortnight of February there could be a late frost in the Calvillo region, since the weather is unpredictable, but due to the behavior of the weather in recent weeks, they are hopeful that this will not happen. As there have been no fruit losses during the current harvest season, the average yield of guava per ...
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