Crop information
Benefits of Kelpak on Cherries
Kelpak trials on cherries in California, Chile and South Africa show significant yield increases as well as several other benefits including colour and fruit quality:
- Improves rooting of nursery trees
- Stimulates root and shoot development
- Improves pollen germination
- Increases fruit set and retention
- More fruit per tree
- Improves fruit colour
- Reduces fruit split
- Improves marketable yield
Bing cherry pollen control:
Bing cherry pollen with Kelpak applied:
Kelpak improved fruit set and retention:
Recommended
application rates
Spray 3 to 5 times at a rate of 300 ml/100 L starting at 50% bloom with 10 day intervals.
Kelpak can be applied in mixes with other pesticides and foliar nutrients.
The pH of the spray solution should be below 7 for optimum results.