According to the Ministry of Agriculture's latest State of the Crops report, in week 7 (February 13 to 19), producers in the pepper greenhouses of Western Almeria continued to uproot the earliest varieties. They were also harvesting the peppers that were planted later and that are coming to the end of their cycle, as well as the long-cycle peppers, which will be the only crop left until the end of the campaign.
In the tomato plantations, producers continued harvesting all tomato varieties. The autumn plantations were uprooted or were being uprooted, the remaining ones were still in full production. The state of spring plantations varied.
There were new eggplant plantations, which will remain until the summer, and producers continued harvesting the long-cycle eggplant crops.
Many cucumber plantations were depleted and producers started planting new cucumber and other spring crops.
In zucchini, producers continued harvesting winter varieties and removed some early plantings to plant melon, watermelon, or zucchini once again. The drop in temperatures led to a decrease in yields and there could be problems in the setting. Transplants continued, while other plantations are starting to produce.
Galia melon transplants increased and transplants of Yellow and Piel de Sapo melon started. All plants were protected with thermal blankets.
The first watermelons were developing, favored by the greenhouse's special protections to reduce heat leakage at night.
Most of the seedbed facilities were occupied by watermelon and melon seedlings, while producers continued to withdraw from consignments of both cucurbits.
Nijar
In Nijar, producers in the long cycle tomato greenhouses in the area of Bajo Andarax-Campo de NÃjar budded the plants to end their development. There was still a normal setting and good fruit quality in general.
The red and yellow California pepper plantations were doing well, with good quality fruits, which will remain for a few months.
Zucchini continued to curdle less than expected at this time, which means there will be less production, but they have good quality.
The cucumber harvest also continued, although this campaign is already nearing its end. New greenhouses were being planted in a staggered manner, in most cases using thermal blankets, double roofs, or double bands.
Finally, the vegetative development of watermelon plants under blankets, or tunnels, continued. Last week, producers were planting most of the organic watermelons and continued planting melons.
Source: informacionagropesquera.com