Italian fields are not the only ones affected by winter frosts. If in the last few days it was the turn of Sardinian artichokes (click here to read the article), Spain too was overwhelmed by polar temperatures. In the Murcia region, the thermostat dropped below zero, leaving serious consequences for winter crops, in particular on vegetables and lemons.
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Italian fields are not the only ones affected by winter frosts. If in the last few days it was the turn of Sardinian artichokes (click here to read the article), Spain too was overwhelmed by polar temperatures. In the Murcia region, the thermostat dropped below zero, leaving heavy consequences on winter crops, in particular on vegetables and lemons. But the greatest damages - as reported by the magazine revistamercados.com - are recorded on the production of chard, escarole and spinach. If at least almond and stone fruit trees seem to have survived the frost, some consequences have been recorded on the broccoli and cauliflower plantations of Totana and Alhama de Murcia. Valle del Segura, where this type of frost always reaches greater intensity. With the warm temperatures to date, the vegetative recovery of the citrus fruit was anticipated and the shoots appeared more sensitive to the cold". Things went even worse in the Guadalentín valley: as reported by the local newspaper La ...
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