The homeowners of SIA «Dundaga», which owns the attractive discipline of Incarnated clover, which has created an actual explosion in North Kurzeme, are wanting ahead to the weekend with concern – a whole lot of picture hunters are already going there, who, whereas in search of stunning footage, are additionally destroying the sector. If the plenty develop into even bigger, it is not going to be doable to reap the plowed discipline.
“Dundaga” SIA conjured up a crimson sea on an space of 223 hectares, and the corporate is testing Inkārnāta clover for the primary yr. It’s grown for seed, however the inexperienced mass can be integrated into the bottom as inexperienced manure. “We knew it might be stunning, however we did not anticipate it to be so stunning!” that is acknowledged by the consultant of SIA “Dundaga” Judīte Alpa, who runs the household enterprise collectively together with her husband Udo Portmann. “We had seen smaller fields earlier than, and for the primary time we see it on such a big space. I already instructed my husband that individuals will certainly come to take footage – he did not consider it. However we actually did not assume it might be this loopy! At a distance of about ten meters from the highway, the sector may be very moist – there the clover is not going to rise once more. We’ve got to thresh the sector with a mix, however when the plant is on the bottom, the mix won’t be able to take it that low. So sure, it is loss and harm. If we don’t harvest, then subsequent yr there can be no seed to sow new fields.”
The warmth of Might has prompted the crimson fields to bloom sooner than predicted, and they’ll most likely bloom for one more week or two. In some locations, because of the warmth, they’ve already bloomed, however there are fields the place the clover heads are nonetheless in full bloom. The homeowners don’t forbid having fun with the sweetness, they solely ask to respect the work invested. «Rejoice, {photograph}, file selfies and a household picture – however do it from the aspect of the highway. Don’t wade, don’t roll and don’t sleep clover fields! It is loopy proper now!” says J. Alpa in a barely unhappy voice in a phone dialog. “I am going there myself on occasion and ask individuals to come back out of the sector. Most are understanding and apologetic, however there are additionally those that aggressively reply that they need to not have sowed all this. Some merely don’t perceive that agriculture is personal property.» When requested why our society has an rising sense of permissiveness, Judīte solutions: «You already know, my husband is German, we’ve got traveled so much and noticed that this perspective just isn’t solely in Latvia, however all through Europe. Perhaps it was influenced by the pandemic, which pressured individuals to remain at dwelling so much, and now the society has remained lazy, very adverse and doesn’t need to perceive the opposite. Likewise, the big selection of commenting alternatives on the Web – at first they vented their negativity there, however now they’re beginning to face-to-face as effectively. Individuals have additionally been corrupted by the fact created by social networks, as a result of everybody strives for stunning footage.»
For the time being, the homeowners of the attractive discipline don’t but know the way the weekend will end up and the way many individuals will go to it, however they don’t seem to be contemplating the potential of not rising Inkārnātas clover sooner or later. “We’ll proceed, as a result of it’s inexperienced manure for the land. Right here, on the Dundaga aspect, the lands are empty of mineral fertilizers – in an effort to develop one thing, you both should unfold synthetic mineral fertilizers or you may incorporate this mineral fertilizer, which has superb nitrogen. Subsequent yr, there can be rapeseed in these fields, and clover in others – we’ll rotate it.”
Picture: Ivars Koloda
2024-05-31 18:44:36