Disadvantages Of Fruit Thinning

Different fruit trees have varying ability to bear fruits on its clusters. Some trees bears tens of fruit on a single cluster , while others just few. However, an orchardist often would choose trees that would give him high field. This is what the majority of farmers opt for, especially those that produce fruits for marketing. Nevertheless, the produce quality should correlate with what consumers would prefer in terms of fruit size and quality. In the following deliberation I intend to give an account of fruit thinning. The topic is looked at in three main dimensions; definition, why its done and the practical methods of fruit thinning.

Fruit thinning concerns with the reduction on the number of fruits per cluster to create enough space for the fruit to grow to a reasonable sizes. The type of fruits that are remove include those that are

Disadvantages

 Climbing up three tree and reaching out to fruits may be cumbersome, thus hand thinning is not suitable for large trees.

Hand thinning

Pole thinning: this method is used when thinning large trees where hand thinning could be of no help. In this method, mechanical injuries such as scarring or bruising, is minimised by tying a rubber hose or cloth or even a thick tape can be tied on one end of the pole. Intended individual fruit or cluster is Strike so as to remove the fruit.

Advantages

 It is easy to select fruit which should be thinned.

 It is effective and accurate in removing portion of fruits

 It is a convenient method to be used especially when thinning fruits on large tree

Disadvantages

 The method requires more labour when thinning large orchard.

 It is time