Strawberries - the fruit called "red gold" - are one of the most important agricultural products of İnegöl, a city in the Bursa Province in Turkey.Sezai Çelik said: "The great majority of the subalterns were damaged and it was not expected to be such a snowfall on April 23."
Farmers worry that after the snowfall may come freezing, which will cause even greater damage. With 190 thousand acres of fruit in the field, we do not want to even think about it, said Celik. Ali Soldildi, a strawberry farmer, said "there is a serious damage to the products because of the untimely falling snow on April 23." Thanks to Argiris Diamantis for this link.
"This must be the greenhouse effect," says Argiris. "Heavy snowfall causes the collapse of the greenhouses."
"This must be the greenhouse effect," says Argiris. "Heavy snowfall causes the collapse of the greenhouses."
the problem with the foil-tunnels is evident - they cannot take heavy snow
If you have one in your yard, just brush the snow off an you are fine.
Industrial style production takes it on the chin.
We covered the grapes, pears, kiwis and peaches, all survived.
The bigger trees like plums and apples are looking not too bad, we will know more soon.
Walnuts are 100% k.o., cherrytrees suffered 50% loss.
location: Austria/Hungarian Border