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- Favorable climatic conditions continue
- 26 mm ( just over 1 inch) of precipitation recorded
- Air and soil temperatures inched upwards
- Minimum air reached 23.5ºC (74.3ºF); average air was 27.7ºC(81.9ºF)
- Soil temperature reached 28.4ºC (83ºF)
- Moderate solar radiation
- Humidity was 85.4%
- Harvest age was reduced significantly
- 3.3% harvested at 19 WAF
- 28% was at 20 WAF
- And almost 69% was at 21 WAF
- Natural fruit was not reported at all
- Sugar content remains high with and average of 15.5º Brix and 43% of the fruit had brix readings higher than 15.5
- Firmness of the pulp decreased slightly with 17% below the 2.7 psi level.
- Covid cases reported a 27% decrease from prior week.