Heavy salt spray thrown up by the intense winds of Tropical Storm Bavi over the weekend is expected to spoil the crops in the Kagman commercial plot, a large supplier to the Garapan Public Market, according to a CNMI Farmer\u2019s Cooperative official yesterday.<\/p>\n
Co-op secretary Isidoro Cabrera explained that the heavy salt sprays from the waves around Tank Beach were blown inland during the storm.<\/p>\n
This would \u201cdefinitely harm\u201d several plant crops, he said. \u201cProduction will be low. Some of the crops will completely die out,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Bell peppers, tomatoes, cucumbers, and tender leaf greens, he said, would be hit.<\/p>\n
According to him, 30 to 40 farmers grow crops around the Kagman commercial farm plot.<\/p>\n
The effects of the salt spray, he said, would be seen in the next several days, when the sun comes out.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to be just like an oven. The leaf will turn brown, even though the plants are still standing,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n
Cabrera said most, if not \u201c99 percent\u201d of Kagman commercial plot farmers, are members of the co-op.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s going to affect the co-op. We are going to get less produce. But this is normal [after a storm]. In another 20 to\u202640 days we\u2019ll be back,\u201d given there are no other storms, he said.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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