soft fruit harvesting Articles
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Mechanical Harvest of Berries in the Past and Present
Poland is one of the leading European producers of berries. For over 40 years, the cultivation of currants, gooseberries, chokeberries, and raspberries has become the main source of income for many fruit growers in Poland. Soft fruit plantations became more popular. The manual harvest was laborious. It caused that growers had started to think about mechanical ...
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Soft Fruits Early Spring Fertilizers
Early-spring maintenance of soft fruit trees is important to start the growing season correctly and to prepare the trees for healthy, vigorous growth and an abundant harvest. Without early-spring fertilizing, fruit trees may suffer unnecessarily stunted or weak growth and damage. Here are the perfect tips from Oligro to start early spring fertilizing. Fertilizers: 16-8-24 Fertilizer Boroni ...
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NIR Vs. Penetrometer to judge produce quality
Though firmness has been popularly used to assess the quality of fruit, fruit dry matter is now increasingly being used instead. It is necessary to understand both traits to find the reason behind this shift in preference. Dry Matter When water is removed from produce, what is left are the solids, or the dry matter. The dry matter (DM) of plants is made up of many soluble compounds, called the ...
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