Planting began slightly behind schedule in October in Huelva due to the high temperatures. Strawberry surface areas are continuing to fall (5 400 ha, i.e. - 7 % on 2016) according to Freshuelva, bearing in mind that they culminated at nearly 7 000 ha in 2014. The zone’s total berry surface area is apparently up by more than 4 % (10 030 ha), with strong growth in the blueberry (2 538 ha, i.e. + 30 %) and to a lesser degree the blackberry which still represents only a small surface area (160 ha, i.e. + 23 %). The increase is also continuing for the raspberry (1 945 ha, i.e. + 7 %). So blueberry surface areas are now bigger than raspberry surface areas, yet it will take three years to attain the full harvest. It should also be noted that surface areas are migrating toward the west coast in order to provide for the water requirements.
Source: Freshuelva
Click "Continue" to continue shopping or "See your basket" to complete the order.
