In US, long-term impact of California rains on strawberries unknown

Published 2023년 2월 1일

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Californian city Santa Maria has seen an end to the heavy rainfall and atmospheric rivers that hit between December 2022 and January 2023, with a total rainfall of 12.39 inches. This area is crucial for strawberry farming and the current plantings have not yet produced any fruit, meaning the farming operations have not been affected. However, the saturated ground is likely to cause delays in plant production, and there are concerns for potential root diseases that could further delay growth or damage the plants.

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The excessive rainfall and atmospheric rivers seem to have stopped in California, at least for the moment. They started in early December 2022 and continued until January 27, 2023. According to the Santa Maria CIMIS weather station, the Santa Maria area received a total of 12.39 inches (314.7 mm) of rain since December 1 of last year. The area is one of California’s key strawberry-growing regions. Photo: Felix Zorita “Production and harvest in the Santa Maria valley haven’t started as the October and November plantings don’t have any fruit yet,” says Felix Zorita with Driscoll’s. “As a result, no real production has been impacted right now.” However, with the ground being so wet, plant production is expected to be slow and delayed in the short term. “Some of the beds the strawberries are grown in fell apart, ...

Source: Hortidaily