Poor fruit set due to the heat, Tuscany also pays the price

Even in Toscana high temperatures in full bloom have drastically resized the setting, in line with the pessimistic nationwide forecast expressed last week since Professor Riccardo Gucci. This trend is confirmed Claudio Cantini (in the picture), technologist of the Institute of Bioeconomy of the Cnr and manager of the Santa Paolina experimental company in Follonica.
“Throughout Tuscany we had – he explains – an abundant flowering. The had registered both Along the coast is inside of. In Sienese and in 'from Arezzo it had also been anticipated compared to the past. Bad high temperatures right during the maximum flowering, to which they have been added along the coast strong winds, they determined a marked desiccation, even in the face of the fact that it hasn't rained here for several weeks now. Who could give the water, conversely, he was faced with one abundant fruit set, as well as perhaps those who have olive groves in wetlands or in the valley floors. Unfortunately, however, irrigated lands are a small part in this region. In our experimental farms, for example, fruit set was really low, with many dried flowers. This lets you imagine a campaign once again patchy, with more productive areas and others of lean. The interior, especially, paid dearly for temperatures that reached even i 36%, so that even the traditionally cooler areas have suffered from the heat wave. Along the coast, on the other hand, strong and intense winds also took place, as mentioned, to worsen an already complex situation".