The pruning of kiwi: PROTO’s useful tips
NEWS
- When pruning a kiwi plant, do not leave more than 17 rods on the plant. The selected rods must have proper room, without overlapping one another, as it is extremely important to allow fresh air and sunlight into our field.
- Remember always to keep only two arms of the kiwi plant on either side of the central wire. A third arm will be considered as "competitive" with the basic ones only to be weakened after one or two years resulting in the plant producing less. Rods with a diameter bigger than 2/3 of the arm, should be removed.
- In case of wood diseases, such as touchwood, you must prune in lower height, always on a healthy area of the plant. After pruning plants “suspicious” for wood diseases, do not forget to disinfect your pruning tools using alcohol.
Pesticides Directive No1-2016
Scope: Crimson grapes
Protect pruning cuts from wood diseases.
Spray after pruning with copper formulas: Copper hydroxide 50% WP (250 gr / 100 lt water) or Bordeaux mixture 20% WP (700 gr / 100 lt water)
Pesticides Directive for apricots No. 1-2016
Scope: apricots
Protection from monilia laxa
The flower parts (sepals, petals, anthers) are extremely sensitive to attack by monilia laxa, and that’s the reason why it‘s recommended to spray at stage C.
Preferred fungicides:
Tradename Dosage Days of waiting, before harvest
Dellan 70WG 100 gr/100 lt of water 28
Chorus 50WG 50 gr/100 lt of water 7
Capta 80WG 150 gr/100 lt of water 21
Thiram 80WG 250 gr/100 lt of water 42
The apricot tree must be protected from monilia laxa throughout the whole duration of bloom (flowering). Instructions will follow.
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- When pruning a kiwi plant, do not leave more than 17 rods on the plant. The selected rods must have proper room, without overlapping one another, as it is extremely important to allow fresh air and sunlight into our field.
- Remember always to keep only two arms of the kiwi plant on either side of the central wire. A third arm will be considered as "competitive" with the basic ones only to be weakened after one or two years resulting in the plant producing less. Rods with a diameter bigger than 2/3 of the arm, should be removed.
- In case of wood diseases, such as touchwood, you must prune in lower height, always on a healthy area of the plant. After pruning plants “suspicious” for wood diseases, do not forget to disinfect your pruning tools using alcohol.
Pesticides Directive No1-2016
Scope: Crimson grapes
Protect pruning cuts from wood diseases.
Spray after pruning with copper formulas: Copper hydroxide 50% WP (250 gr / 100 lt water) or Bordeaux mixture 20% WP (700 gr / 100 lt water)
Pesticides Directive for apricots No. 1-2016
Scope: apricots
Protection from monilia laxa
The flower parts (sepals, petals, anthers) are extremely sensitive to attack by monilia laxa, and that’s the reason why it‘s recommended to spray at stage C.
Preferred fungicides:
Tradename Dosage Days of waiting, before harvest
Dellan 70WG 100 gr/100 lt of water 28
Chorus 50WG 50 gr/100 lt of water 7
Capta 80WG 150 gr/100 lt of water 21
Thiram 80WG 250 gr/100 lt of water 42
The apricot tree must be protected from monilia laxa throughout the whole duration of bloom (flowering). Instructions will follow.