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- The “cold front” that rolled through the region brought overcast days and rainfall:
- The rain gauge recorded 85.5 mm – 3,4 inches of precipitation
- The minimum air temperature reached 21,2 °C (70,2°F)
- The average air temperature declined slightly to 25,1°C (77,2 °F)
- Soil temperature fell to 25,6°C (78,1°F).
- Relative humidity rose to 86,2%.
- The farms are holding steady on their harvest strategy – 77.5% of the fruit was harvested at 20 WAF and the balance at 21 WAF
- Even with a large percentage of fruit harvested at 20 WAF, the sugar content improved
- The amount of fruit with Brix content below 13,5 dropped by more than half to 6,4 %
- Almost 60% was within the benchmark (13,5 – 15.5 degrees Brix)
- Higher than 15,5 degrees Brix reached 33,9 %
- External color also improved
- Field sampling for natural flowering incidence (NDF) is underway and incidence is still insignificant
- New Coronavirus report – 6,515 new cases (+3.9%)