Hungary: We won't be making a lot of peach preserves this year

Published Apr 4, 2023

Tridge summary

Spring frosts have caused damage to the domestic fruit crop, with the extent of the damage depending on the cold temperatures and the stage of flowering of the fruit species. The cold on March 15 only affected a few varieties of apricots, but the second cold snap on March 27 caused significant flower damage to apricots, peaches, cherries, and plums. The ability of the flowers to be fertile, especially in non-irrigated plantations, may be affected due to last year's drought. The extent of the crop damage cannot yet be estimated, and it is uncertain what percentage of orchards were affected by critical cooling. The yield estimate can only be made after the risk of frost, which lasts until the middle of May, has passed.

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The spring frosts were not kind to the domestic fruit crop. The arctic cold that arrived on March 15 did not yet cause any particular damage, at that time only a few varieties of apricots bloomed, and those only in Southern Transdanubia. Other apricot varieties and fruit species were still well ahead of flowering, reports FruitVeb. By the time of the second cold snap, on March 27, apricots and peaches were blooming all over the country, and plums and cherries were already blooming in the south. The other fruit species were 1-3 weeks from the beginning of flowering, depending on the region and species. Where it was not colder than minus 1-2 degrees Celsius, the crops that were about to bloom were not, and those that were in bloom were barely damaged. However, the minus 3-4 degrees Celsius cooling already caused several tens of percent of flower damage in flowering or a few days before flowering crops, especially in apricots, peaches and cherries. Those about to bloom were at most ...

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