Weather station
The Baarlo fruit grower does not have time to take it easy today. Stappers started early so that the sprinkler system is on standby everywhere. Not all apple varieties are equally sensitive to the scorching sun. He receives targeted information via his own weather station, so that he can intervene quickly where necessary. Stappers: “The temperature quickly rose before noon. 36 degrees is really too hot, especially for apple varieties that are about to be harvested. Irrigation brings the temperature down. Not very much, but below the critical point.”
burnt
The hottest part of the day is yet to come. “I expect that we will reach 40 degrees here around 6.30 pm.” Stappers shows what a burnt apple looks like. “A dark red spot that eventually turns black. These apples fell to the ground and burned there. The intention is that everything hanging on the trees is not lost, of course.”
