Prediction of harvesting 14000 tons of walnuts in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

Prediction of harvesting 14000 tons of walnuts in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad

Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, director of horticultural affairs at Jihad Keshavarzi, said: It is expected that more than 14,000 tons of walnuts will be harvested from walnut cultivated lands in the province this year.

Zavareh Azadpour added: Walnut planting in this province is mostly done in cold regions of Boyer-Ahmad, Dena and part of Charam cities. This year, the early spring cold has caused damage to orchards. Before will decrease.

He pointed out: the area under cultivation of walnut trees in Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad is 10016 hectares, of which 3115 hectares are infertile seedlings and 6901 hectares are fertile seedlings. Boyer-Ahmad city with 7169 hectares of cultivated area and production forecast of 9 thousand tons of walnuts per year provides the most walnuts in the province.

Director of Horticulture Kohgiluyeh and Boyer-Ahmad, stating that Charam and Dena, with a forecast of 3241 thousand tons of walnuts after Boyer-Ahmad city, respectively, will produce the walnuts needed by the province, added: Walnut harvest in the province will begin in late September and continue until early October While this province is ranked 9th in the country in terms of production of this product.

Azadpour added: transplanting and pruning on walnut khatan, which are not in good quality, has been done, and by performing this corrective operation, better quantitative and qualitative products will be harvested, and the average yield in transplanted trees from 2000 kg to 4000 kg. Per hectare.