Crop load management resources
Crop load management is one of the most important strategies to achieve optimum fruit size, yield and quality, all of which contribute to potential returns. The crop loading decisions made this year will also affect next season’s return bloom.
Information about crop loading and hand thinning can be found in the Future Orchards library.
Watch:
- Ross Wilson from AgFirst discusses how to manage vigour and crop load to increase profit
- Visit Waima Orchards with Ross Wilson to see how Mark Ericksen and Warren Grant achieve their optimum crop load targets using girdling to manage vigour and chemical and hand thinning
- Review last year’s Future Orchards November Talk with Nic Finger and Jonathan Brooks to prepare for summer
Read:
External resources:
- For crop loading in pears, see this recently published review by Dr Sally Bound: Managing Crop Load in European Pear ( Pyrus communis L.)
- Economic impacts of crop loading from the USA
- WSU Crop loading
