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Hello! This is Onuma Farm.
We would like to express our deepest condolences to those who lost their lives in the heavy rain disaster in western Japan, and our heartfelt sympathies to everyone affected.
On Twitter and Facebook, we have seen reports of friends in the Kyushu region, including Kumamoto Prefecture, whose greenhouses have been submerged, or whose orchards have been flooded and trees knocked down...
The amount of damage we see is increasing day by day, and it breaks my heart...
To think that trees and greenhouses that have been cared for over a dozen years can disappear without a trace in a single night—just imagining it fills me with such frustration.
I sincerely pray for the earliest possible recovery and reconstruction.
For the past three or four days, it has been raining continuously here in Minamisanriku Town as well.
It hasn't been raining non-stop, but just when it clears up during the day, we get rain that pours down like a bucket being overturned from evening through the night...
If it rains for a long time at night, the fields that dried out a little during the day become inaccessible again the next day.
So, our work is falling behind (+_+)
Furthermore, what is scary about this continued high humidity and long rain is, of course, disease!!
Diseases are breaking out in the peaches and grapes that were healthy until the rainy season began...
The other day, I confirmed bacterial shot hole disease in peaches, black spot disease in grapes, and powdery mildew in pumpkins, among others...
Bacterial shot hole disease is said to be the most difficult to control among peach diseases.
It infects the new shoots (branches that grew that year) of the previous year, lies dormant, and overwinters as is.
Then it develops the following year and is often seen in orchards exposed to strong winds.
(About peach bacterial shot hole disease → https://www.pref.aichi.jp/byogaichu/seitaitoboujyo/2-momo/momo-sennkousaikinn.html)
Also, high temperatures in early spring and heavy rain or high temperatures from June to August are said to promote the onset of the disease.
It is a disease that is quite difficult to control in the Tohoku region, where there is the 'yamase' (cold wind) and a long rainy season.
And this year, because the rainy season front is stationary, it seems the disease will spread even further...
We can't disinfect unless it's sunny, and above all, we can't get machinery into the fields (´;ω;｀)
This year, with more crops to cultivate than last year, we are really struggling with various diseases and insects.
Along with that, the amount of studying has increased! There have been quite a few things I've learned!
Anyway, I have to stay positive and look forward.
And I apologize for the late introduction.
The white corn in the image is a sweet corn variety called 'Crispy White'.
It is the first vegetable I handled from sowing to harvesting and selling after entering the agricultural college!
I remember eating it raw right in the field. I remember it being so delicious ^^
These days, I find myself wishing I could grow even more delicious vegetables and fruits like the ones from back then ^^
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