Lack of rain and drought in Guangdong, poor strawberry harvest

(agricultural Wealth Network) recently, the weather has been dry and there is little rain, and the salt tide in the Pearl River Estuary has also arrived ahead of schedule. The salinity of the freshwater lake in Shatian Town has greatly increased, and farmers have been forced to irrigate with salt water. This has the greatest impact on the growth of strawberries. The survival rate of strawberry seedlings is low and the growth is slow.

Mr. Huang and his wife, the newcomers, rented 2.5 mu of land and planted more than 20,000 strawberry seedlings in Shatian Town. The couple said that they had expected a bumper harvest of strawberries at the end of next month and sold them at a good price, but the weather has been hot since the beginning of autumn. and dry and no rain, more than 20,000 strawberry seedlings died and withered in the sun, and the surviving strawberry seedlings grew very slowly. They are worried that the remaining strawberry seedlings will also die, and the investment of more than 30,000 yuan will go down the drain.

This year, there are more than 10 farmers growing strawberries in Sha Tin, with a planting area of more than 30 mu. Like Mr. Huang, strawberry seedlings planted by other strawberry growers are also affected by dry weather and salt tide, with a survival rate of less than 2/3, making it difficult for farmers to achieve a bumper harvest.