"This was a polar front that had been announced, but its magnitude was much higher than expected and it affected many areas at the same time. The vast majority of the producers in the Sixth and Seventh Region have been affected, to a greater or lesser extent, depending on their orchards' location and their phenological state. At present, it is very difficult to quantify the damage, "said Alvaro Sepulveda, assistant commercial manager at Copefrut.
According to weather forecasts, there should be no more frosts in the next few weeks, but producers will take precautions for the whole month of September. "Since the plum is a fruit with a great productive potential, there is hope that the final damage is less than we've seen on the ground and that the frosts served as a natural thinning. We'll only have a clearer picture of what the consequences really were on the plum production at the beginning of October," said Sepulveda.
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