Strong winds and heavy rains increased bloom drop and caused some beds to wash out. Wet ground delayed field activity with land leveling, the laying of plastic, and transplanting resuming about mid-week. Picking is expected to begin in about two weeks. Workers are spraying and tying as needed. Staking is finished.
Planting is steady.
Fruit set is good. Most acreage escaped significant damage from the recent heavy rains. The storm flooded a very small acreage with most to be replanted. Growers repaired plastic that bubbled due to the storm. Spraying for the control of disease and insects is active.