Tag: fruit thinning
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Question of the Week – Whiteflies
What is on the underside of this kale leaf? These white-colored, oval-shaped things are the immature stages of whiteflies. Whiteflies are an occasional pest of brassica crops. They have piercing-sucking mouthparts used to suck sap from their host plant. Feeding from large populations may slow plant growth and leave deposits of “honeydew” (excreted as they…
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Question of the Week – Thinning Peaches
What is this piece of equipment used for? This is piece of equipment is used for shaking excess fruit off of peach trees. This year, the peach crop is plentiful, which can make it time consuming to thin only by hand. Some growers use these tree shakers to aid in removing some of the fruit…
The South Carolina Grower 