Drastic change in the weather. A chill with frosts is coming!
Several days of cooling are expected from Tuesday onwards. Synoptics are forecasting the return of frost! The coming days will get colder and colder, with single-digit temperatures at the warmest

More than 80% of vineyards died from winter frosts in the Hisar Valley (Tajikistan)
The consequences of severe January frosts for vineyards in Tajikistan became known in mid-April 2023. As Asia-Plus writes, the vineyards of the Hisar Valley suffered the most, and the frosts

"The cold, dark weather significantly delaying Belgian cherries"
In early April, it was all hands on deck on Dutch and Belgian cherry farms. The frost caused sleepless nights for growers protecting the early varieties from damage by stoking, among other things.

Grower Tabanelli: 'I saved the peaches on the hardest night due to frost'
Emilia-Romagna's stone fruit producers have had to reckon with record-breaking frosts again this year, which have wiped out a large part of their production. Temperatures plummeted as low as -6°

Fruit grower: but who made you do it?
Fruit growers, particularly those in Emilia Romagna, are licking their wounds again this year after the late frosts that mowed down the future harvests of entire farms. Yet another low blow that

Soil sampling in raspberry plantations
As we have already reported on our portal (read here), shoot damage/freezing has occurred in many raspberry plantations. This applies to second year shoots as well as young root suckers..More. Go

Frosts are returning. As low as -5 degrees C. at ground level.
Synopticians are forecasting the return of frost. Temperatures could drop to -5 deg C. By Thursday (20.04), nights and early mornings in the west, north and centre of the country will bring

It promises to be a good strawberry season
So far, the frosty nights have not caused major damage to German strawberry plantations. Thanks to adequate protection of the plants in the plastic tunnels, they have survived them well, reports

Frost in the raspberry - how to regenerate damage?
Author: Sylwia Sałyga 18 April 2023 13:43 Raspberry growers are recording frost damage on their plantations. We ask Jacek Witkowski, berry crop specialist at Timac Agro Polska, about

Last week's anticyclone caused frosts at night and damage in several Spanish regions
"The anticyclone in Spain during the last days, which is responsible for the high daytime temperatures during Easter, has also caused a significant drop in temperatures during several consecutive

Deutscher Wetterdienst: Global warming - does it bring a higher risk of late frost damage?
Sharsh night frosts, such as those that occurred in the first week of April, can cause considerable damage during fruit blossoming. The Agricultural Meteorology Division of the German Weather

VSSE: Start of the strawberry season
All over Germany, the strawberry plants showed themselves rich in blossoms. So far, the frost nights have not caused any significant damage, as they have survived them well thanks to the fleece

Evaluation of overwintering of strawberries in Czerwińsk nad Wisłą
Author: Sylwia Sałyga 15 April 2023 11:29 About the situation on strawberry plantations in the strawberry basin, frosts and how to improve the condition of strawberries on plantations, says Jacek

Bud frost in raspberries. How to assess the damage?
On our plantation we had another cataclysmic event during the winter. The plastic tunnels in which the raspberries (long cane) grown for the summer harvest were overwintered collapsed under the

Austria: severe frosts and numerous orchard losses
In Burgenland, Lower Austria and Styria, nights with temperatures as low as minus 8°C were recorded. As a result of early vegetation and low temperatures, frost damage has occurred in orchards

Grzegorz Pagacz: The frosts took me a bit by surprise [Vetting photos].
- I think that inspecting cherry orchards after the frost surprised many of us," says Mr Grzegorz Pagacz from Biała Rządowa, near Wieluń. As our interviewee explains, he observes the

'Apricots, frost has burnt up to 80 per cent of the fruit'
Over the past few nights, frost has made itself felt on fruit and vegetable production in Emilia-Romagna. As we anticipated in our article (click here to read more), apricots and stone fruits in

Strawberries 2023: A difficult start to April. What are the prospects for the season?
Author: Albert Katana 12 April 2023 09:04 "As it turns out, the beginning of April is not very kind. At the moment there is full flowering on the Alba variety in the tunnels, so we are protecting

Killer frost in the Mantuan area
The frosts of the past few nights have compromised production in 2023. This was pointed out by Paolo Lavagnini from San Benedetto, an official of Cia East Lombardy in Mantua, who collected

How companies protect their crops from frost
There are those who use under-foliage irrigation to create a micro-climate and those who prefer over-foliage anti-frost systems, pellet or wood burners, or even burners towed by tractors.

Mróz: Francuscy sadownicy zachowują czujność
"Zapowiedziano mróz, więc zachowujemy czujność" - wyjaśnia Anthony Oboussier, sadownik z siedzibą w departamencie Drôme. "W zeszłym tygodniu zmagaliśmy się z tym w nocy. Pewnej

Frost: French fruit growers remain vigilant
“Frost was announced so we remain vigilant,” explains Anthony Oboussier, fruit grower based in the Drôme department. “Last week, we struggled at night. One night, the alarm went off at 1.45

Мороз: Французские садоводы сохраняют бдительность
"Было объявлено о заморозках, поэтому мы сохраняем бдительность", - объясняет Энтони Обусье, садовод из

In France they are also fighting frosts
Anthony Oboussier, an orchardist from the Drôme department in France in 2021, lost 100 per cent of his crop through frosts. Frosts are currently haunting France, so he and many other fruit

Austria: Severe frost damage in fruit growing
The early start of vegetation together with the recent low night temperatures have caused serious frost damage in Austrian fruit growing, according to information from the 'Agricultural