A new Summerfruit NZ project in Central Otago is taking knowledge gained from A Lighter Touch work on beneficial planting in Gisborne citrus orchards and applying it to summerfruit crops.
The first plantings for the Summerfruit NZ-sponsored project went in the ground in autumn on an apricot orchard in Roxburgh. Spring plantings on cherry orchards in Cromwell will follow later this year, and there is capacity in the project to also extend to orchards in Hawke’s Bay.
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