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Wachtberg (dpa / lnw) - With the help of the cultivation under protective film, Rhenish farmers want to harvest the first strawberries at the end of April.
However, sunshine is needed for this so that the temperatures in the polytunnels are early summer, explained the fruit growing Bonn / Rhein-Sieg specialist group in Wachtberg near Bonn on Tuesday.
In foil tunnels, the sensitive berries can ripen earlier and at the same time be protected from wind, rain, frost and hail.
At the beginning of May, the strawberry harvest from premature cultivation generally begins in North Rhine-Westphalia.
Classic harvest months are May, June and July.
Around a handful of fruit growers in the Rhineland started harvesting strawberries as early as the beginning of April: They grow the heat-loving fruits in heated glass houses.
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