Larger fruit
Field trials in commercial orchards in southwestern Idaho have proven the effectiveness of an available plant growth regulator.
Accede is a product that can be used to thin stone fruit, reducing the amount of labor needed for hand thinning, and can also be used to extend the thinning window in apples and other pome fruit.
The chemical contains ACC, a natural compound responsible for the ripening or maturing of fruit.
Research into the use of blossom thinners for many years were conducted.
One of the results of that work – Accede – became commercially registered last year.
“The results are fantastic,” he told orchardists June 22 during the Idaho State Horticultural Society’s summer field tour. “It is a huge development in the fruit world.”
The orchardists were taken to several of the trial plots.
“This is exciting.” “With Accede, we are getting rid of inferior fruit and getting more uniformity on the remaining fruit.”
