Minya – Hassan Abdel Ghaffar
Thursday, 02 March 2023 03:00 AM
Al-Youm Al-Sabaa TV presented a live broadcast from the fig farms in the villages west of Minya, which farmers in Minya governorate begin to prepare its perennial trees, which remain in the ground for more than 40 years. One tree produces from 150 to 200 kilos per season.
Shadi Muhammad, one of the fig farmers, said that the fig crop is prepared for its trees, starting in January, by cutting small branches, preparing the tree with spraying, and uprooting trees that have become large and unable to bear fruit, and replacing them with new branches.
He added that the age of the trees in the land is now 15 years, and they are able to produce in a distinctive way, as the tree’s production reaches between 150 to 200 kilos per season.
And Shady went on to say that Satla fig Its price starts from 5 to 6 pounds, and the crop is grown in January and left in the ground for about two years, then the harvest begins. After 3 years have passed, the tree begins to shed heavily, and when planting figs, there must be distances of not less than 3 meters between the tree and the other, especially since An acre takes between 230 to 250 trees per acre.
He explained that the branches of trees that are cut down during the preparation period are used by the coal industry, or used by the farmer during the winter period for heating, and are sold to merchants in tons during the preparation season.
