PINEAPPLE

-Harvesting Time: Its color changes from darkish green into light green. 2 bottom Pineapple’s eye rows have yellowish color.

-Harvesting Technique: Cutting Pineapple with 2-3cm stem, sharp cutting without broken stem or crushed. Not harvesting on rainy/ hot-sunshine time, breaking the top of pineapple by sharp scissors instead of hand (in case of using the top for growing)

-Moving pineapple to shady places, not piling in bulk in hot/rainy weather.

-Export Preservation Method: Choosing standardous fruits (no crush, no defects, no scratches), categorizing, keeping in cold warehouse at temperature: 7-8oC, Ventilation: 85-90%. The process from harvesting to putting into cold warehouse doesn’t exceed 24 hours in Summer and 36 hours in Spring.

-Using Carton