The season of Moldovan greenhouse cucumbers will begin later than usual

Published Apr 23, 2024

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This year, Moldova's first cucumber harvest is anticipated to be delayed and smaller than usual due to the adverse effects of low temperatures and insufficient sunlight on the pollination process. Pavel Terentyev, a local farmer managing over ten hectares of greenhouses, has faced significant challenges in cultivating the Rodnichok cucumber variety without an efficient heating system. The cold weather has led to inadequate pollination, resulting in a diminished yield. To counteract these issues and enhance future production, Terentyev is planning to invest in a modern heating system for his greenhouses with a loan of half a million lei. Consequently, the price for the season's first cucumbers is expected to be between 120 to 150 lei per kilogram.

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This year, Moldovan cucumbers will reach consumers later than usual. Despite being grown in greenhouses, the first harvest of cucumbers has been delayed due to the low temperatures of the last week. Farmers say harvests will be smaller than they expected due to lack of sun and heat. The first Moldovan cucumbers grown without heating systems should be harvested in a maximum of 10 days. Vegetable growers say that due to the cold weather, the flower did not have time to pollinate sufficiently, so they expect a low harvest, writes AgroExpert.md with reference to the TV report. “(Flowers) are not pollinated, this is our loss. We tear them up and throw them away, because they take a lot of energy from the cucumber stem, and the rest do not develop,” shares Pavel Terentyev, who owns more than ten hectares of greenhouses in the village of Koshnitsa, Dubossary district. A farmer grows cucumbers of the Rodnichok variety. Read also: FAO contributes to improving the sustainability of ...

Source: Eastfruit