Crop report - May 2008 (Saaz area)

1. Basic weather conditions datas

temperature °C

rainfalls mm

First and second decade of the month was characteristic by low temperatures and quiet often rainfalls. Third decade was higher in temperatatures and last day of the month crossed even the border of tropical day 30°C. Rainfalls was not equal in whole area as last year. On May was northern part of the area hit by hailstorm- it touched about 220 ha with damages 10% to 100% - Staňkovice, Lišany, Postoloprty . The worst situation was in Lišany area where was about 70 ha completely destroyed(100%).

Gennerally was May from the point of wiev of temperatures as well as rainfalls standart.

2. Vegetation development

Colder weather with enough rainfalls in first decade broke the growth of the hops and complicated training of the hops, which was gennerally terminated by 25.5. and in some cases even in last days of the month.

The training through particular problems was finished in time and in the good quality. Immediatelly after training was first preventive treatment against downy mildew realized. In the third decade hop aphids massivelly apeared on the most of hopgardens and was nessesary to applicated immediatelly spraying against them.

The general stage of the hopgardens can be by the end of May gennerally evaluated as good with exception of hopgardens hit by hailstorm.