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- January is one of the driest “rainy” season months in the last 5 years and one of the coldest too
- Just 2 mm (0,08 inches) of rainfall reported this week
- Minimum temperature dropped to 19.4 Celsius degrees (67.4°F)
- Several nights the minimum dipped below 20°C (68°F)
- The minimum average air temperature = 25.4°C (77.7°F)
- Soil temperature reached 25.8°C (78.4°F)
- Solar radiation was intense most of the week with risk of sunburn and “corky” fruits
- Relative humidity decreased to 78.4% – rather low for our tropical conditions
- Still to early to asses severity of “Natural Flowering” that may have been caused by low temperatures
- Harvest age is being held steady
- Most fruit continues to be harvested at 20 WAF (79 %)
- Nonetheless more fruit than last week was picked at 21 WAF (21%)
- None was harvested at 19 WAF
- We soon expect to increase harvest age given climatic conditions
- All good husbandry practices on schedule
- Quality is good but we need to improve external color and firmness of the pulp
- Covid infections rose by 38% from prior week