Prediction of harvesting 1200 tons of dates from Qasr Shirin palms
Qasrshirin city predicted that 1,200 tons of dates will be harvested from the city’s date palms this year.
Reza Mohammadi, the head of Qasr Shirin agricultural jihad, said that the area of fruitful palm trees in Qasr Shirin city is 245 hectares and said: Also, 333 hectares of palm trees in this city have not yet reached the fertile stage.
According to the head of agricultural jihad in Qasr Shirin city, the average yield of palm trees in this city is 12 tons per hectare.
He stated that last year 1160 tons of dates were produced in this city, and predicted that 1200 tons of dates would be produced in this city this year.
According to the head of Jihad Keshavarzi in Qasr Shirin, Zahedi, Ashresi, Jafari, etc. are among the dates produced in this city.
Mohammadi added: Among the dates cultivars produced in Qasrshirin city, only Jafari Ratab cultivar is and the rest of the cultivars are semi-dry nuts.
He stated that the harvest of Jafari cultivar in this city will start in September and will be done in two to three stages: the harvest of other date cultivars will start in early October.