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- For four weeks in a row now we have had favorable climatic conditions
- Negligible precipitation recorded – 1 mm (0.04 inches)
- Stable air and soil temperatures
- 84% relative humidity
- 95% of our fruit harvested at 21 WAF; the balance at 20 WAF
- Farming is a daily balancing act influenced by weather variables:
- All chores up to date; good inventory of land prepared and ready to be planted
- Average sugar content is stable but percentage with brix > 15.5 inched up to 48%
- Firmness of the pulp improved – the minimum rose to 2.4 psi and the average 3.3 psi
- External color dipped with 46% at color “0”.
- Internal maturity index with 100% at the perfect “B” level.
- Authorities reported a slight decline in Covid cases (15,293 cases).
- One third of our collaborators in the farms have now received their second vaccine dose