Pear orchards face heavy loses due to temperature swings
Pear orchards face heavy loses due to temperature swings
2026-03-11
Farmers are facing serious difficulties due to recent fluctuations in temperature. One pear orchard in Miaoli’s Dahu Township is struggling with false fruit sets, causing it to lose over 30% of its harvest. Because of large swings in temperature, flowers blossom but the fruit drops late or never fully develops. Farmers look at an orchard full of pear blossoms, but they may bear little to no fruit.
This 1,300-hectare pear orchard in Miaoli is in full bloom. Outsiders may find it beautiful, but farmers have little to smile about. Due to recent temperature swings, the pear trees may be flowering and the fruits may be setting, but they often never fully develop.
Tree branches are marked with yellow, red, or blue tape to indicate how many times farmers had to graft them. Grafting means attaching a small branch from one tree onto another so it can grow there and produce fruit. Some pear trees are failing to produce any fruit, even though they have been almost entirely grafted over again.
Pears are usually grafted after winter starts, with the work completed before spring. But with large temperature swings this year, the grafts haven’t been growing or pollinating properly. Normally shoots are bright green, but they turn yellow if the fruit is unhealthy.
Voice of pear farmer
Facing growing troubles
It loses the competition for nutrients and later falls off. In this case, the fruit stalk is more yellow. Normally it’s green.
Chiu Chun-yuan
Local village chief
Its roots begin to wake up when the temperature rises, but when the temperature suddenly drops, it returns to hibernation, so it loses its fruit.
Farmers say the grafts usually flower after 20 days, but this year it took over 30. And it’s not just in Dahu. Orchards in other Miaoli townships are also facing similar disasters. It’s expected that losses will reach the standard for natural disaster subsidies.
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忽冷忽熱有夠慘! 苗栗高接梨穗"假性著果"
2026-03-11
天氣變化大，農民好困擾！苗栗大湖鄉高接梨穗，因為氣候忽冷忽熱，出現嚴重"假性著果"，梨農反覆嫁接卻不結果，甚至翻接兩到三次還是失敗，梨園損失恐怕超過三成，農民看了滿園梨花，卻一點都笑不出來。
苗栗縣高接梨，種植面積將近1300公頃，梨花滿開，外邊的人看了說好美，果農卻是傷心難過。因為極端氣候，今年出現嚴重"假性著果"，漂亮歸漂亮，就是結不了果。
仔細看樹枝上包著黃色、紅色、藍色膠布，都是農民一次又一次重新嫁接痕跡。有的梨樹幾乎整棵重新嫁接，還是長不出果實，讓梨農直說今年真的"有夠慘"。
高接梨通常冬至過後，開始嫁接，春分前要全部完成，但今年氣候忽冷忽熱，梨穗生長，節奏整個亂掉，授粉異常。正常枝條顏色翠綠，假性著果卻偏黃。
[[聲源:梨農]]
“它養分競爭然後輸了，之後就掉了，(假性著果)它的果柄會比較黃，正常就綠色的”
[[大湖新開村長 邱春元]]
“氣溫高的時候，它的根部就開始甦醒，忽然間天氣又突然驟降，它又跑回去休眠期間，所以造成落果”
梨農無奈表示，正常20天就會開花，今年拖到30多天還沒動靜，不只大湖鄉，卓蘭鎮和三灣鄉也傳出災情，目前農損還在統計，農業處預估會達到天然災害補助的標準。
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