| Date/Datum |
August - December 1998 |
| Product/Produk |
Yield-Plus |
| Crop/Oes |
Type/Tipe |
Grapes |
| Variety/Varieteit |
Black Gem |
| Locale/Plek |
Schoonbee Estate, Kameelkop, Loskop
Scheme, R.S.A |
Rainfall/
Reenval |
Winter/
Winter |
|
Summer/
Somer |
ü |
Ave.
mm pa/
Gem. mm pj |
|
Soil quality/
Grond gehalte |
Excellent/
Uitstekend |
|
Good/
Goed |
|
Medium/
Gemiddeld |
ü |
Poor/
Arm |
|
Normal weather conditions/
Gewone weerstoestande |
|
Test period weather
conditions other than normal/
Toets periode weersomstandighede buitengewoon |
|
| Cooperator/Samewerker |
Ms Adri Schoonbee |
| Type of trial/Proeftipe |
|
Experimental design/
Proefnemings ontwerp |
Two treatments and a control
1. 600 ml/ha
2. 400 ml/ha
3. Control
Four areas treated |
| Treatments/Behandelinge |
1. At flowering - 22 September 1998
2. Fourteen days later - 6 October
3. Twenty eight days later - 3 November |
Applications/
Toedienings |
Qty/Hoeveelheid |
Three |
| Form/Vorm |
Full spray |
| Counts/Tellings |
|
| Results/Uitslae |
| |
Sugar
content |
Brix |
Berry
Size |
| Treatment |
% |
% increase |
unit |
% increase |
unit |
% increase |
| 600 ml |
43 |
15 |
16.7 |
3.7 |
4.1 |
32 |
| 400 ml |
58 |
55 |
16.8 |
4.3 |
4.3 |
35.7 |
| Control |
37.5 |
-- |
16.1 |
3.1 |
3.1 |
|
|
| Conclusion/Gevolgtrekking |
|
Special comments/
Spesiale opmerkings |
1. Treated fruit ripened more
uniformly which made the harvesting easier
2. Better quality fruit: More solids (brix) and
higher sugar content |
| Notes/Notas |
Test done by L Ueckerman, Mpumalanga
Agri-Konsult BK |