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Fruit Thinning in Action – Thinned vs Un-Thinned Apples

A short post with photos to demonstrate the benefits of removing excess fruitlets. (Again with the fruit thinning..!)

Published July 4, 2021
Categorised as Top Fruit Thinning Tagged fruit thinning

Far Fewer Apples and Pears Than Last Year? Perfectly Normal.

If your fruit trees aren’t carrying much fruit after an amazing harvest in 2020 then don’t worry, it’s quite natural.

Published July 3, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Top Fruit Thinning Tagged biennial bearing, fruit load, fruit thinning

Thinning Apple Fruitlets in our Air-Pot Mini-Orchard

Now is a the best time to hand-thin apple fruitlets, particularly on smaller trees and definitely on any that are growing in pots.

Published June 6, 2021
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work, Top Fruit Thinning Tagged apple, fruit thinning, fruitlets, hand thinning, thinning

How To: Thin Out Apple and Pear Fruitlets

Fruit thinning is an essential operation to carry out to improve your chances of better quality fruit this year and more fruit buds next year.

Published June 17, 2020
Categorised as Feature Articles, Orchard Work Tagged apple, fruit thinning, orchard work, pear, top fruit

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Astomi in Manière et faitures des hommes d'Orient c1290. Unknown author. Bibliothèque municipal Valenciennes, France. Portail Biblissima. From our latest Apple Story 'The Gangines of the Mappa Mundi' available on the A&P website.

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Fire blight (Erwinia amylovora) causing classic bacterial ooze symptoms on apple fruit. This grower had good overall control utilizing Maryblyt to predict infection events & inform pesticide application timings. Controlling this disease during bloom is critical.

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