We are kicking off a new avocado season in Peru, and all signs point to it being another very challenging one, just as it was during the 23\/24 season.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Unusually high temperatures during the winter prevented the plants from entering dormancy before pruning, which left them weakened. In addition, some companies extended the harvest season, which will have a negative impact on estimated yields for the upcoming season along the Peruvian coast.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
The experience of 23\/24 should have taught us the importance of giving the tree a rest, even if that means delaying pruning. Some growers did just that, and today their orchards are showing good results. In contrast, those who finished harvesting and pruned immediately are now facing vegetative growth that will limit the number of blooms and, consequently, the tree\u2019s ability to set fruit.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
On the other hand, we have received calls from fellow growers asking us how to reduce expenses, assuming from the outset that they will have no fruit. Since the trees in these orchards have not had a rest period, they are producing shoots without flowers or, at times, profuse blooms without leaves. This will cause the trees, once the leaves emerge, to shed the set fruit due to natural competition.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Those who did their jobs well will indeed have fruit in a year in which supply from Peru is expected to be lower during the April\u2013August season. That reduction will likely drive prices above historical averages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Good for the producers who learned their lesson!<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n <\/p>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Estamos iniciando una nueva temporada de paltas en Per\u00fa, y todo indica que ser\u00e1 nuevamente muy retadora, como ocurri\u00f3 en el ciclo 23\/24. Las temperaturas inusualmente altas durante el invierno impidieron que las plantas descansaran antes de la poda, lo que las dej\u00f3 debilitadas. A esto se suma que algunas empresas extendieron la temporada de cosecha, lo cual tendr\u00e1 un efecto negativo en las producciones estimadas para la pr\u00f3xima campa\u00f1a en la costa peruana. La experiencia del 23\/24 debi\u00f3 ense\u00f1arnos la importancia de dar descanso al \u00e1rbol, incluso si eso significa retrasar las podas. Algunos productores lo hicieron, y hoy sus campos muestran buenos resultados. En cambio, aquellos que terminaron la cosecha y podaron de inmediato enfrentan brotes vegetativos que limitar\u00e1n el n\u00famero de floraciones y, por ende, la capacidad de cuaja de fruta. Por otro lado, hemos recibido llamadas de amigos productores preguntandonos como hacer para reducir gastos, asumiendo apriori que no tendr\u00e1n fruta. Estos campos, al no haber descansado los \u00e1rboles, presentan brotes sin flor o, en ocasiones, floraciones intensas sin hojas. Esto provocar\u00e1 que, cuando broten las hojas, los \u00e1rboles tiendan a botar la fruta cuajada por la competencia natural. Quienes hicieron bien su trabajo s\u00ed tendr\u00e1n fruta en un a\u00f1o en el que se prev\u00e9 una menor oferta de Per\u00fa durante la temporada abril\/agosto. Esa reducci\u00f3n probablemente impulse los precios por encima de los promedios hist\u00f3ricos. \u00a1Bien por los productores que aprendieron la lecci\u00f3n!<\/p>","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1586,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-1628","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-blog"],"yoast_head":"\n