Text: Xiaoxin, who is full of vitality
Editor|Uncle Wang of the Dump Garden
Preface
This year's lychee season has made many fruit lovers lament that "lychee freedom" seems to have become a luxury. The price of 70 yuan per catty makes the ordinary summer fruits extraordinarily "noble".
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Recently, the frequent occurrence of extreme weather in Guangdong has had a significant impact on agriculture, especially lychee, a fruit that is sensitive to climate change.
This year, Guangdong Province has not only experienced a rare cold spring, but also recorded record rainfall, and these unusual weather events have caused serious disruptions to the growing cycle of lychees.
According to the Guangdong Provincial Climate Center, the average precipitation in Guangdong Province reached 497.7 mm in April this year, 1.8 times the historical record for the same period, and the rainfall in some areas even set a new record.
This extreme humid environment adversely affects the flowering and pollination process of lychee, resulting in a decrease in the number of flowers, which affects the normal development of the fruit.
In addition, the low temperature weather at the beginning of this year also had a significant impact on the growth of lychees.
Many places in Guangdong experienced low temperatures close to freezing, which caused damage to the terminal buds of lychee trees and hindered the normal pumping of flower spikes.
Since these terminal buds are the main growth points of the next year's fruit, the effects of low temperatures directly lead to a significant reduction in yield.
Fruit growers in Gaozhou City, Maoming City, reported that this year's output of some late-maturing varieties, such as Guiwei and glutinous rice balls, was less than half of last year's.
Growers generally reported that this year's extreme weather was the worst they had ever seen, with almost all varieties of lychee affected.
As soon as the topic was posted on the Internet, the comment area instantly exploded! Tens of thousands of comments poured in,
Some of these netizens' comments are even more exciting, let's take a look.
I feel like I can't afford to eat lychees this year
Netizen: Then I will cry to death, I love lychee the most
At this time, a little girl who was a little poor and loved to eat lychees quietly broke it
Netizen: Which one do you like lychee or coriander?
Guangxi old watch, litchi freedom depends on you
Netizen: No way, 70% of the lychee hail is broken this year
No wonder I haven't served lychees yet
Netizen: Cantonese people don't have lychees to eat this year, and even fewer outside the province
I will tell you secretly that Cantonese people don't like to eat lychees because they are afraid of getting fired
Netizen: When I was a child, I ate a lot, but when I was older, I couldn't stand it, and when I ate it, I had a sore throat and a fever in severe cases
Personal opinion
As an ordinary consumer who loves fruits, I feel both regretful and helpless about the soaring prices of lychee production in Guangdong this year due to extreme weather.
Every year during the lychee season, I look forward to enjoying the delicious taste of this season, but this year's "Lychee Freedom" seems to have become a luxury.
As a consumer, I can understand the reason for the price increase.
According to reports, the weather in Guangdong Province this year has been abnormal, with continuous cold spring and record rainfall seriously affecting the normal growth cycle of lychees.
The low temperature and excessive humidity have dealt a fatal blow to the flowering period and pollination process of lychee, resulting in a decrease in the number of flowers, which in turn affects the normal development of the fruit. Fruit farmers in Maoming and other places have reported that the output of some lychee varieties is less than 20% of last year's.
I sympathize with the plight of these growers. They work hard in the hope of getting the rewards they deserve from each season, but they face the risk of a reduced harvest or even a dead harvest due to force majeure weather factors.
This is not only an economic loss, but also a denial of the fruits of their labor.
While the price of lychees may be prohibitive for many this year, it is also a reminder that food production is so dependent on the right natural conditions, which are becoming increasingly unpredictable in the current environmental changes.
This is not only a cautionary tale for consumers, but a reminder to all of us that we need to be more appreciative and grateful to those who provide us with food.
Looking ahead, I hope that the weather conditions will improve so that farmers in Guangdong and even the whole country can have a good harvest.
At the same time, I also hope that each and every one of us can learn something from this incident of rising lychee prices, not only about the power of nature, but also about the harmonious coexistence of human beings and nature.
#荔枝自由要没了 ##广东#
Editor's note: The comments of netizens in the article reflect the diverse voices and opinions of society, but do not represent the position of this article
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