In the next five years, Russia can fully provide itself with apples

In 2022, in the regions of the Center of Russia where apples are produced, there were unique weather conditions - this has not happened for the last 50 years. Due to the cold spring, pollination did not pass in many horticultural farms. “Usually flowering starts on May 9th and ends on May 20th. Last year, flowering began on May 15, and ended only on June 15, although the ovary usually falls in the middle of the first summer month in the Center, ”Igor Mukhanin, president of the Association of Gardeners of Russia, told Agroinvestor. No one remembers such a rainy autumn in a number of regions of Central Russia, as it was in 2022, he continues. In September alone, 200 mm of precipitation fell at a rate of 650 mm per year. Although the weather was warm in autumn, and the trees were well prepared for wintering, however, at the end of December, there was a positive temperature in a number of regions. “Of course, if the spring had been warmer, then last year's harvest would have been ...