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- September is usually one of the driest months of the year and this week was true to form.
- Our pluviometer barely recorded 2.8 mm (1/10th of an inch) of precipitation
- Air and soil temperatures declined slightly
- Overcast skies resulted in moderate to low Solar radiation.
- Our fruit signaled and farm management implemented harvest age increase
- 66% harvested at 21 weeks after forcing (WAF)
- 34 % harvested at 20 WAF
- Complete reversal from prior week’s metrics – swift management decision making and implementation!
- Sugar content metrics stable and with reduced deviation than prior week (< 1.0 STD), signaling consistency in taste and aroma
- External color also improving with much less color “0”
- New coronavirus cases seem to have plateaued around 8.5k new cases per week during the last 3 weeks.