It has been a summer of high humidity and excessive rainfall in eastern Ontario, which has created difficult conditions for farmers – particularly of the garden vegetable variety.
Most farmers appreciate a regular rainfall, but some may say they’ve received too much of a good thing this season.The information you need to know, sent directly to you: Download the CTV News App
Average amounts of precipitation were predicted for eastern Ontario this season, but heavy rainfalls and remnants from two tropical storms have done enough to damage crops."The quantity will be down in some, like the cabbage is definitely just not ripening and the head is half sized. The broccoli, earlier I needed four to make the size of a head," said Horst."If you take tomatoes, for example, the ideal growing temperature for them apparently is 27 degrees," he said.
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