Agroinform.hu: This year they also produce vegetables in half a million small gardens for their own purposes

By: STA Date: 2025. 03. 21. 10:15

This year they produce vegetables in half a million small gardens for their own purposes, according to a survey by agroinform.hu, on Friday. According to a survey by the specialist portal, in these weeks, more than half a million small gardens start spring work on a total of about 35-40,000 hectares, most of which continue to be considered as a recreational activity to care for the retail garden, but due to rising vegetables and fruits, 70%of hobby gardens play an important role.

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The Communication states that 54%of the half thousand respondents involved in their research are less than 100 square meters, and 29%have an area of more than 200 square meters. The vast majority, 87%, cultivate a courtyard or garden around the dwelling house, but there are 20%who operate in a closed garden, holiday home or other fenced garden, and maintain a small garden in 7%.

According to the answers, tomatoes and peppers are most common among the vegetables grown in small gardens, these are 98%of small gardens

The ratio of cucumbers and other pumpkins is also high, 85%, and root vegetables are also present in 8%of the gardens. The legumes are deals with 74%of the small garden, the same number of salads and other leaf vegetables. 47%of cabbage and 45%of potatoes.

In terms of time spent on the small garden, the answers were significantly scattered

57%of those involved in the survey spend up to ten hours per week in the small garden from spring to autumn. At the same time, 26%wrote a minimum of 20 hours for weekly gardening, which means an average of at least three hours a day, said agroinform.hu. 96%of respondents are more or less regularly transferred to at least some of their plantations. The main source of the irrigation water is most often the drilled well in the area and the collected rainwater. Only 18%of those affected regularly irrigates with piped water due to its high cost. The announcement said that if there are fruit trees in the small garden, their care is most often the spring pruning, with 81 percent of the owners a problem. 54%per year spraying 1-2 times a year. 44%of respondents occasionally help the development of fruit trees by occasional fertilization and 41%of irrigation, 12%who do not care for fruit trees at all, only when ripening.

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