Harvesting of dates from the groves of Bandar Abbas began

Harvesting of dates from the groves of Bandar Abbas began

Harvesting of dates began with the beginning of summer from more than seven thousand hectares of palm trees in Bandar Abbas.

Horticulture expert of the Jihad Agriculture Management of the province stated in this regard: The area under date palm cultivation in this city is more than seven thousand and 500 hectares, of which 5306 hectares are dedicated to irrigated date palms and 2293 hectares to dryland date palms.

Abdul Amir Jaloui, stating that more than 25,000 tons of dates are produced annually in Bandar Abbas, added: Early date cultivars include Al-Mehtari and Negar. Halili, Mardasang, shows that the highest level of date cultivation in Bandar Abbas is in the areas of Fin, Rovidar, Sarkhon, Qazi Ghazi and Tad.

He organized training classes for palm growers in the field of observing technical principles in planting palms, irrigating and feeding dates with chemical fertilizers, sorting and processing dates, improving palm orchards, implementing a plan to remove and replace worn palms, cooperating with farmers The tissue in replacing the lemon trees that have been destroyed by our disease on the broom, as well as the implementation of the fight against chain pests and dust mites on the date palms in the cities of Bandar Abbas are among the activities of this management in this section.