pit hardening

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Deciduous Fruit for North Florida
... set, the stone or pit is soft and the proportion of flesh to pit is small. The second stage is a transitional stage in which the pit hardens. After pit hardening, the third stage begins ... the increased difficulty of cutting through the pit with a knife. When the knife first encounters a resistance to cutting through the seed, the pit hardening stage has begun. Optimum soil moisture conditions ...
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Brown Rot - June, 1998
... before pit hardening, this is not practical because: (i) early, mid-season and late cultivars reach the pit hardening stage at the same time; and (ii) thinning early season cultivars at pit hardening or before favors formation of split pits. If thinning is done after pit hardening, the thinned ...
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Brown Rot - July, 1997
... before pit hardening, this is not practical because: (i) early, mid-season and late cultivars reach the pit hardening stage at the same time; and (ii) thinning early season cultivars at pit hardening or before favors formation of split pits. If thinning is done after pit hardening, the thinned ...
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May 21, 2001 - SW Fruit Conditions
... leaves little can be done. Bacterial spot has not been found yet. Cherries are at pit hardening. Growers need to protect against plum curculio. American plum borer and lesser peach tree borer ...
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June 10, 2001 - SW Fruit IPM Report & Fruit Condition
... soils. Apricot fruits are 1.25 inches in diameter. The lack of growth would indicate pit hardening, when the stone and seed develop and there is little fruit development. Bacterial spot is ...
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Questions On Miscellaneous
... cool nights help keep everything compact. You also should be in the hardening off stage now or should have been some two to three weeks ... 255-7654. Q: I was eating a peach tonight and found inside the pit, a stringy, black, soft, rubbery substance. It was black and kind of ... (E-mail reference) A: It was probably the peach seed itself. The pit is just the outer covering of the seed. Based on your ...
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Plant Propagation from Seed
... procedures. Seeds of peaches should be removed from the hard pit. Care must be taken when cracking the pits. Any ... fertilizer, especially if they are under any moisture stress. Hardening Plants Hardening is the process of altering the quality of plant ... a transition period. Hardening is most critical with early crops, when adverse climatic conditions can be expected. Hardening can be accomplished ...
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