Crop report 2010 January - April (Saaz area)

1. Basic weather conditions datas


temperature °C


Month

2010

2009

30-years average

difference (2010-2009)

Januar

-4,2

2,0

-2,0

-0,8

Februar

-2,3

0,5

-0,2

-2,8

March

3,6

5,2

3,6

-1,6

April

8,5

12,2

8,5

-3,7

In total

5,6

14,5

9,9

rainfalls mm


Month

2010

2009

30-years average

difference (2010-2009)

Januar

22,6

6,6

20,0

16,0

Februar

7,4

13,4

19,0

-6,0

March

10,2

25,0

23,0

-14,8

April

24,6

30,0

32,0

-5,4

In total

64,8

75,0

94,0


Years

2010

2009

Max. temperature - °C

25,3 (30.04.)

24,8 (27.04.)

Min. temperature - °C

-3,8 (03.04.)

-3,2 (01.04.)

Max. rainfalls - mm

12,0 (12.04.)

15,4 (17.04.)

Number of dry days

23

23

The weather was under long-term average as far as both - temperature as well as rainfalls - regards in the first four months this year, as you can see in the figure, see above „basic weather conditions datas".

The covering of snow was unusually high, it last out to the end of February and with a spring thaw the most of soil moisture soaked into a soil. It could be better for a soil water and should raise the level of groundwater.

2. Spring works and vegetation stage


The spring works are continuing fluently according to the weather in April. Due to a dry weather in April the growers could start and continue with cutting of hops according to their idea. By the end of April at the hopgardens were instaled wires. Due to a cold weather in April was trained just a some area of hybrid varieties. First of all it was trained in an area in a lower altitude. The start of training of the main variety Saaz we estimate in term from 6. 5. 2010 till 8. 5. 2010

We recommend in this term (the end of April) make a protection differently, according to actual appearance of alfalfa snout beetle. In the case of downy mildew we prefer to treat trained hybrid varieties and virus-free hops, where appeared a spiky groynes with a special protection Aliette 80 WP.

3. Overview of acreage in the Czech Republic by 30. 4. 2010


Variety

Saaz (ha)

planting out of that

Auscha (ha)

planting out of that

Trschitz (ha)

planting out of that

CZ (ha)

planting out of that

Saaz

3 405

137

572

19

582

7

4 559

163

Agnus

58

0

3

3

0

0

61

3

Bor

4

0

7

0

0

0

11

0

Fuggle

0

0

0

0

5

0

5

0

Harmonie

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Magnum

2

0

6

0

2

0

10

0

Premiant

156

1

51

0

77

0

284

1

Rubin

1

0

0

0

0

0

1

0

Sladek

193

18

15

5

75

0

283

23

Vital

1

1

0

0

0

0

1

1

Others

18

0

1

0

3

0

22

0

Acreage totally

3 839

157

655

27

744

7

5 238

191

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