Pomelos taking a pummelling in the heat

Shrunken fruits: Tambun Pomelo Growers Association chairman Chin Too Kam showing how the heatwave has resulted in pomelos growing smaller (left) than usual (right) at his farm in Tambun. — SAIFUL BAHRI/The Star

IPOH: Farmers in the Tambun area here are not pruning their pomelo trees as they do not want them to flower, and then wither and die in this hot weather.

Tambun Pomelo Growers Asso­ciation chairman Chin Too Kam said the production of pomelos had now fallen drastically and the price of the fruits was expected to go up.