Turkey: Harvest started with a delay in registered Adana watermelon

In Adana, where 20% of the watermelon production is made in Turkey, the harvest of the registered product started with a delay of about two weeks due to the cold weather. The farmers, who planted new watermelon seedlings that were damaged due to the agricultural frost in March this year, are happy to be able to harvest the greenhouse watermelons, albeit delayed. 630-650 thousand tons of watermelon is expected this year from the watermelon planted on an area of 95 thousand decares, 70 percent of which is under greenhouse. Adana Agriculture and Forestry Director Muhammet Ali Tekin said that there was a delay in harvesting in Adana this year due to weather conditions. Stating that the watermelon harvest normally starts in the first week of May, Tekin said, “This year, the harvest ended in May due to weather conditions. "Due to the frost, the watermelon was damaged in winter, additional plantings were made, there were delays," he said. Tekin stated that the registered watermelon is ...