Picking Billions Of Plums In California - Prunes Production Process

hello everyone we are currently at a plum Farm in the U.S state of California and in today's video we will see how the pharmacy cultivate and harvest billions of plums every year [Music] like many other fruit trees plum tree planting in California usually takes place in the fall according to statistics released in 2020 the total area of Plum cultivation in California is about 125 000 acres and accounts for 95 of the plum growing area in the country foreign these are plum trees that are about eight months old the time from planting to harvest of all this fruit usually lasts about four years [Music] basically caring for plum trees is similar to caring for other fruit trees like apples or pears when winter comes the farmers here will conduct pruning of plum trees pruning helps control the vertical and horizontal growth of plum trees in addition most other varieties of fruits trees also need to be pruned in the winter to increase yield in the next Harvest mid-February is the time when the plum trees flower at this time millions of honeybees will be brought to the Farms to help pollinate the flowers [Music] this man is preparing himself a protective suit his next job is to spray a probiotic that protects the young shoots of the plum trees from attacks by pests and aphids if possible we recommend visiting the Orchards when the flowers are in full bloom the scene then will be very wonderful [Music] after more than three months since flowering the billions of plums here are ready to be harvested foreign [Music] Plum harvest season in California there are usually about 9 000 workers hired to pick plums [Music] on average these workers receive about 150 dollars per day would you like to visit these Plum Farms once and pick your own ripe plums in 2020 U.S Plum production is about 390 000 tons this is 17 times lower than that of China the world's largest Plum producer [Music] this is the process of harvesting plums on a farm in the state of Florida these plums will be used to make prunes billions of plums after the Harvest will be sent to factories to pack or produce prunes oh currently we are at a factory that produces dried plums [Music] millions of these plums will be washed and put in the oven have you ever eaten prunes let us know what you think about this dish [Music] later in the video we will go to pear farms in Washington to see how millions of pairs here are picked when picking pears and filling them up in this bin each worker will receive about 23 dollars in wages [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music] foreign [Music]

Channel: Tony 98 - Discovery

Views: 1,038,192

Keywords: agriculture, farming, harvesting, fruits, plum farming, california plum, prunes, american agriculture, modern agricultural technology, cultivation technology, #tony98discovery

Id: G9HcwI-hHjQ

Length: 8min 1sec (481 seconds)

Published: Fri Sep 02 2022