Effect
Increased produce quality
No effect on produce quality
Hold Plus treated Sweetheart cherry trees had 14.2 % lower premature fruit loss, but the effect was not stat. significant. There was no effect on skin colour either. Treated fruit had significantly higher and more uniform firmness and also significantly higher BRIX (total soluble sugar) levels.
Trial details
Outdoor, field trial, mature Sweetheart cherry trees, grown in optimal conditions in polytunnel
UK
Crop
Cherry, Prunus avium
Trial application
Method
Foliar spray
Timing
3 applications applied at: 45 days before estimated harvest; 30 days before estimated harvest; 15 days before estimated harvest
Rate
2.5 L/ha of Hold Plus, Water volume; 500 L/ha
2020
Crop group
