Fresh fruit packing houses are active with grapefruit, Temples, tangerines and tangelos. Growers are hedging and topping harvested groves and a few blocks with fruit remaining on the trees such as Valencia oranges and grapefruit. Strong, gusty winds and blowing sand damaged some foliage and fruit. Major vegetables harvested during the week include tomatoes, peppers, endive, escarole, cabbage, celery, cucumbers, lettuce, radishes, snap beans, squash, strawberries, sweet corn, and eggplant. The crop is in very good condition.
Planting remains active.
Harvesting continues with a good volume of both hand and machine picked available. Quality and yield are good. Growers are discing some acreage completely picked and replanting. Workers are irrigating as needed. The crop is in mostly good condition.