BUDDLY-UP SF

BUDDLY-UP SF TRIAL IN FIELD - APPLE (Gala)

Farm located in Conselice, RAVENNA (Italy)

Crop: Apple - Variety: Gala - Clone Dark Baron - Year of planting: 2019 - Planting distance: 0,5 x 3,2 - Time of the treatment: 17 March 2020 (stage Bbch 1-3, swelling bud) - Dosage: BUDDLY-UP SF 2 kg/Ha - Volume of water: 800 lt/Ha

1st April 2020 - Mouse ear stage

CONTROL

BUDDLY-UP SF

In plant treated with BUDDLY-UP SF there are more growth buds and the vegetative growth is homogeneous.

15th April 2020 - Flowering

CONTROL

BUDDLY-UP SF

Flowering has been more plentiful on plants treated with BUDDLY-UP SF, with a better vegetative balance.

08th May 2020 - Fruit size up to 10 mm

*NOTE: we've counted only shoots > 15 cm

Budding is more plentiful where plants have been treated with BUDDLY-UP SF and this prepares the crops for the production of the next year. There is choice for the pruning.

*NOTE: we've counted only twigs without sprouts > 20 cm

15th June 2020 - After thinning

(Brancher + 2 by hand)

27th July 2020 - Harvest

The final evaluation of this trial is foreseen in 2021, we will evaluate the capacity of BUDDLY-UP SF in preparing the buds for the year after its application.

WHY CHOICE BUDDLY-UP SF?

• Buds strengthening

• Increase in flowering

• Increase in sprouting

• Increase of fruit size

• Better vegetative balance

• Promotes buds formation for next year production

• Allowed in ORGANIC AGRICULTURE

• Characteristic of variety preserved

Appreciate