Currently, extreme soil drought is more than 66 percent of Slovakia. This was stated on the social network by climatologist Lívia Labudová from the Slovak Hydrometeorological Institute. Drought in 2022 gradually gained intensity and culminated at the end of July. This year, extremely drought expanded at the end of June, which, according to Labudová, is about a month earlier than it was in 2022.
It continues that the relative saturation of the soil below less than 30 percent is at 78 percent of Slovakia. “The relative saturation of the soil below 30 percent is the limit under which vegetation suffers from extreme stress. Due to the lack of moisture in the soil, just the low relative saturations cause vegetation to significantly affect its physiological processes and stop growing,” The climatologist noted.
In Slovakia, according to Labudová, there are several sites with cracked soil as well as also Corn stands, which are in significantly poor condition. Experts observe a copy -like turning of corn leaves that are prevented excessive water loss During dry and very warm days.
They also see very thin and low soya vegetation from the district of Vranov nad Topľou and also the discontinuous stand of the lantern, which at this stage should create a deep green continuous cover. “At the moment, it is not in many locations in Slovakia and pastures from several sites have been reported,” Labudová said.
