harvest planning Articles
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Autumn Strawberry Update: the chances of botrytis and rots developing on the fruits have increased due to weather
Soft Fruit Agronomist, Dr Neil Holmes, gives an autumn strawberry update. As strawberry crops approach the autumn season, several challenges remain for late 60-day June bearer and ever bearer crops. Inclement weather over recent weeks has increased the chances of botrytis and rots developing on the fruits. By the time grey mould has developed on the fruit, there is little that can be done to ...
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Harvesting your fish / Aquaculture
With good management, your fish should be ready to harvest within six to nine months after stocking. By this time, tilapia should have reached a size of approximately 250-300g and catfish a size of 250-500g, depending on their size at stocking, the density at which they were stocked, and water temperatures during the growing period. Preparing for the harvest Make marketing arrangements well ...
By Fishward
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Pit Test Pond construction / Aquaculture
Overview: The pit test in pond construction helps you to determine whether the selected area is suitable to construct an earthen pond. Dig a pit in the land area being evaluated, fill it with water, and observe how well it retains that water (better yet, dig and test a number of pits throughout the area). Follow these steps: Dig a small pit about 50 cm in diameter to the probable depth of ...
By Fishward
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Pre-Harvest Tips: How to Make your Harvest Data Deliver
Harvest is underway in some regions, but for much of the Midwest, late planting and the potential threat of early frost may make harvest a race against Mother Nature. No matter where you are, you’ll want to be ready the moment your crops are - and that means ensuring you’re set up to collect the data that is key to analyzing crop performance and making decisions for the coming season. ...
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An optimal harvest date prediction tool for long–term storage of red currants
Harvesting at the optimal time is critical for a high quality product destined for long–term storage. Still, there are insufficient tools to determine optimal harvest date. In this work, we present a very practical optimal harvest date tool based on a model developed several years ago and tested with several crops such as cherries, peaches, and nectarines. We have developed and validated ...
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