03-12-2015, 06:52 PM
Iselle, then the wind storm at the beginning of this year have hit many of the Puna papaya growers... and the wind storm also hit the other islands in the state crops..then add the drought we are getting over (even my spoiled papayas in my garden were not overly pleased with my stingy watering...)
Hopefully the crops can get back to a more "normal" growing routine the rest of this year!
OH, if anyone would like bilimbi... our tree is very prolific & we almost always have a few (hundred...thousand?) and only use a few...so many are not utilized...
Add Wiki has this tidbit that Iselle "caused heavy crop damage, estimated at $66 million (2014 USD), including 60% of the state's papaya that was lost." I am not sure if this was total trees, or also fruit & flower lost off of standing trees...
Hopefully the crops can get back to a more "normal" growing routine the rest of this year!
OH, if anyone would like bilimbi... our tree is very prolific & we almost always have a few (hundred...thousand?) and only use a few...so many are not utilized...
Add Wiki has this tidbit that Iselle "caused heavy crop damage, estimated at $66 million (2014 USD), including 60% of the state's papaya that was lost." I am not sure if this was total trees, or also fruit & flower lost off of standing trees...