| Date/Datum |
July 98 - January 99 |
| Product/Produk |
Yield-Plus |
| Crop/Oes |
Type/Tipe |
Peaches |
| Variety/Varieteit |
San Pedro |
| Locale/Plek |
Remhoogte, Riebeek Kasteel, RSA |
Rainfall/
Reenval |
Winter/
Winter |
ü |
Summer/
Somer |
|
Ave.
mm pa/
Gem. mm pj |
|
Soil quality/
Grond gehalte |
Excellent/
Uitstekend |
|
Good/
Goed |
ü |
Medium/
Gemiddeld |
|
Poor/
Arm |
|
Normal weather conditions/
Gewone weerstoestande |
Mild, wet winters
Hot, dry summers |
Test period weather
conditions other than normal/
Toets periode weersomstandighede buitengewoon |
Cold spell in early spring |
| Cooperator/Samewerker |
Mr D Vlok |
| Type of trial/Proeftipe |
Production field |
Experimental design/
Proefnemings ontwerp |
3 ha treated with Yield-Plus
Control |
| Treatments/Behandelinge |
400 ml at full flower
400 ml fourteen days later
400 ml fourteen days later |
Applications/
Toedienings |
Qty/Hoeveelheid |
Three |
| Form/Vorm |
Tractor spray |
| Counts/Tellings |
Yield |
| Results/Uitslae |
| Treated |
Untreated |
Increase |
| 3000 boxes |
4000 boxes |
33% |
|
| Conclusion/Gevolgtrekking |
|
Special comments/
Spesiale opmerkings |
Early ripening made the harvest of
treated peaches 10 days earlier, resulting in
earlier marketing and increasing prices.
Yield-Plus enabled the trees to cope much better
with the cold spell. |
| Notes/Notas |
|