Guava from Aguascalientes, Mexico dodge losses due to frost

Published 2022년 1월 25일

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Producers in Mexico's Calvillo region, who grow guayaberos, are experiencing a beneficial climate that has so far avoided fruit losses due to cold during the current harvest season. This is in contrast to the years 2017 and 2018, when cold weather caused significant damage to the industry. The favorable temperatures have led to an increase in the average yield of guava per hectare, bringing economic benefits to the producers. The region's weather being unpredictable, there is a concern for a possible late frost in February, but overall, the optimistic forecast is for a harvest of 75 thousand tons of fruit with an average yield of 20 tons per hectare.

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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. 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 ...

Source: Inforural