After damage and flooding caused by cold drop In the southeast of the peninsula, one of the products of the field that has been affected is the artichoke from the Levant. However, from the sector they show optimistic with the power to "recover many plants" that were "just sown." This has told Effeagro the president of Artichoke from Spain, Antonio Galindo, who thus trusts in the ability of this vegetable to cope with water. The one that has completely flooded the terraces of two of the main food-producing areas: the Vega Baja del Segura and Cartagena field. Learn more here.
The forecast regarding the artichoke of the Levant
From the passage of the DANA In the Alicante and Murcia region, many companies have been taking stock of crop damage. Thus, the quality technician of the firm Fruit and Vegetable 3 Bridges, Maria del Carmen Hernandez, has also assured Effeagro that the fields are still "flooded." At least, that is the case of the Alicante municipality of Dolores, where "there are terraces with up to a meter of water." This person in charge recognizes that "the perspectives are regular" regarding the artichoke from the Levant in this farming community. Indeed, until all the water is gone, you will not know what has been lost.
In that same sense, Galindo forward that until next week they will not receive exact data of the losses of this vegetable whose "leaves resist water well." That is why the hope remains that the artichoke from the Levant has been less damaged by rains that, on the other hand, have been beneficial in another area. It is the region of the high vega, compared to both the Vega Baja as with the Cartagena field, agricultural points where it is calculated that the 50% of the crops are "immersed in mud." In spite of everything, there is no harm that does not come, since "if the cold drop had been in a month, the situation would have been more serious for this vegetable."
Further south of the peninsula, in the region of Campo de Cartagena, rainfall has had fewer negative consequences. This has been confirmed by the manager of Release, Angel Garcia, who calculates damages of "between 20 and 25%" in the crop. "Unlike lettuce, water is good on the leaf, as long as the rain does not uproot the plant," he explains.
