date:May 19, 2017
oupled with warm and high wind speeds, which all drew moisture from the flowers and fruit. This occurred during early cell division and as the fruit increased in size during subsequent cell enlargement, the rind split open.
Furthermore, navel ends are particularly large this year, a common tendency under very high temperatures, and this exerted more pressure on the rind.
Last year we saw the same phenomenon on fruit in the Karino area, outside Nelspruit, and this year its in the Eastern Cape,