Effects of late frost in late spring and hail before bagging on apple yield and quality this year.
The spring of 2020 is an extraordinary year. It is predicted that there will be a cold spring this year from the warm winter last winter. Although Yantai experienced several late frosts on April 4, April 22 and April 23, it had little effect on the fruit setting rate of apples, but only slightly affected some low-lying orchards. At that time, everyone was worried that the low fruit setting rate this year would affect the price of apples this year, so various measures were taken to prevent the harm of late frost. After taking a series of preventive measures, the fruit setting rate is high.
Now the bagging of apples is basically over, and the number of bagging is beyond people's expectation. Almost every household has more bags than expected, and paper bags have become scarce materials. The main reason is that fruit farmers are affected by frequent hail disasters in apple producing areas nationwide this year, and the fruit thinning time is too light. They think that hail will appear on a large scale this year and the output will be reduced. However, all fruit farmers have such a heart. As far as I know, some fruit farmers even put the young fruits injured by hail in paper bags, and all the young fruits at the lower part of the crown were neglected, and the fruits were not thinned according to the spacing, resulting in a large number of fruits left in every household, and the number of bagging was significantly higher than last year.
Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, apple sales are not good at present.
In the Spring Festival of 2020, the sudden outbreak of COVID-19 caused incalculable losses to the sales of Yantai apples. First, the village was closed and the road was closed, resulting in a small sales climax after the holiday.
With the relief of the epidemic and the cancellation of the village and road closure, Apple merchants gradually began to buy, but the price was lower than before the Spring Festival. After more than 80mm, a kilo fell from 2.8 yuan before the festival to 2.3 yuan, and the cargo volume was not large. Until around May Day, the price rose and returned to the price before the Spring Festival. However, most fruit farmers are reluctant to sell apples, thinking that domestic consumption of apples is not a problem as long as they do not import apples. However, the ideal is full and the reality is cruel.
After May Day, with the introduction of seasonal fruits such as cherries, early-maturing peaches and watermelons, the number of apple merchants has also decreased. Faced with a large number of apples in stock, the end of May is the apple thinning and bagging season. There are many employees in the orchard and the wages are high, which leads to an increase in the wages of apple packers. In addition, with the increase of temperature, the number of vendors who buy defective fruits is also reduced, and the price of defective fruits is also low. Affected by the COVID-19 epidemic, the consumption level of the whole country is decreasing, which leads to the continuous decline in the price of apples in stock. Now, apples with a diameter of 80mm have dropped to a catty in 2 yuan, and the third-grade fruit and 70mm small fruit have reached the point where no one cares.
Analysis of Apple Price in Autumn of 2020
1. According to the above situation, I think the output of apples will be high and the quality will be uneven this year. The price of apples in autumn is still not optimistic, and the price of high-quality high-end fruits will be slightly higher than this year. Because the fruit thinning is too light, the amount of fruit left is too large, the quality of apples is poor, there are many small fruits, and there are many hail fruits. It will be a problem to sell hail in autumn. I'm afraid I can't even sell the wages of paper bags for fertilizers and pesticides, and I may even lose money.
The storage of 2.20 19 apples has a great influence. It's almost July now, and there are still many apples in the cold storage. The controlled atmosphere storage is not on sale yet, so I'm afraid it won't be sold until autumn. It is conceivable how much impact it will have on the price of apples this year.
Here, I still suggest that you can sell apples at a reasonable price in time after harvest in autumn, instead of property hoarding. With the decrease of consumption level caused by the epidemic, the price of apple will not increase much in a short time. what do you think? #2020 Golden Rice Ear Plan
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