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Thinning Peaches and Nectarines

March 4, 2022Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu I am currently pruning in my peach orchard. This is the first step in managing the fruit load. Most years, peaches and nectarines will set many more fruit than the tree can… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 30:1, nectarine, peaches, stone fruit, tree fruit

Brown Rot of Peaches and Nectarines

July 2, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Conditions have been highly favorable for the development of brown rot in nectarines and peaches. Brown rot has blossom, shoot, canker, and fruit phases. Brown rot is caused by the fungus Monilinia… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 29:15, brown rot, nectarine, peaches

Split Pits in Peaches and Nectarines

June 25, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Split pit in peaches and nectarines is a physiological disorder that refers to the opening of the pit at the stem end of the fruit. This split becomes evident in the third… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 29:14, nectarine, peaches, physiological disorders

Fruit Cracking

June 18, 2021Emmalea Garver Ernest

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu We recently have had wet weather in many parts of Delmarva. Excess moisture can cause problems in fruit crops due to fruit cracking. Of the fruit crops, sweet cherries and certain plums… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 29:13, abiotic stress, cherry, fruit cracking, nectarine, physiological disorders, plum

Alternate Bearing in Fruits

May 21, 2021kgyoung

Gordon Johnson, Extension Vegetable & Fruit Specialist; gcjohn@udel.edu Biennial or alternate bearing refers to the tendency of perennial fruits to put on a heavy crop one year and then little or no fruit the second year. This is most common… Continue Reading →

Fruit Crops 29:9, 30:26, apple, nectarine, peaches, tree fruit

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