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Sonoran melon acreage is down this fall, according to Miky Suarez, sales manager and partner in MAS Melons & Grapes.

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“Weirdest grape growing season I’ve seen in 33 years” Mexico’s Sonora region is getting ready for the start of the grape season. “I’ve been involved with grapes for 33 years and this is the weirdest growing season I’ve seen,” says Miky Suarez with MAS Melons & Grapes. “It feels like nothing makes sense.” First of all, there was a good accumulation of chill hours, essential to achieve a good crop. However, despite the desired cold weather, the bunch count per plant is very poor on some varieties and normal to almost normal on other varieties. T...

By February 9, 2021 MAS Melons & Grapes LLC, because of expanding programs “we are having one of our busiest seasons,” said Miky Suarez, the Nogales firm’s managing partner. “Normally in the winter, we only handle honeydew, watermelon and mini-watermelon from Colima and Nayarit. But now we have soft squashes and cucumbers from Angostura, Sinaloa.”  Angostura is located about halfway between Sinaloa’s growing districts of Las Mochis and Culiacan. This began in mid-December and run to early spring. Miky Suarez stands outside the Rio Rico, AZ, headquarters of his firm, MAS Melons & ...