Despite the change in weather, the strawberry harvest begins earlier than usual. The weather was so warm in the first half of April, the season could start earlier.
Sebastian Würfl has already started harvesting asparagus. “Nature is currently two weeks ahead of its usual development, ” says the farmer. The first berries can be picked at Gründau-Lieblos/Fulda at the end of this week. It is possible that it will start a week or two earlier than usual. But that still depends on the weather, especially frost. Persistent frost is the great enemy of plants. Night frosts are now threatening again. There was even snow on the Wasserkuppe, Hesse's highest mountain. The storm that brought polar air to Hesse this week also brought snow to the region. It has never been as warm in large parts of Hesse at the beginning of April as it is this year. The mild weather is affecting the work of fruit growers.