This year’s harvest is later than usual, and producers expect less fruit. The nights were cooler at the time of early flowering, which will result in a poorer yield, they say.

The hardest challenge facing producers is the spread of weeds. According to the report, the problem is more serious in places that received a high amount of precipitation, while the state of the watermelon stock in locations without heavy rainfall is generally acceptable.

Farmers are waiting for a secondary flowering in August to get additional crops, vg.hu noted.