Originally Posted by
BlackPeter
cheers for sharing your industry knowledge. May I add some questions :) ?
1)
I understand the point with smaller Kiwifruit when its hot and dry.
Can you comment on fruit quality under these conditions? With other crops this could mean a bit smaller, but as well better taste (sweeter). Would this be the case with Kiwifruit as well?
2) You said a percentage of orchards are on irrigation (and I assume they have the smaller fruit problem to a lesser degree - though they still will feel the heat and the lower humidity).
Do you know - or can you hazard an estimate - what this percentage on irrigation might be for Seekas NZ clients?
I investigated some time ago for the Seeka (operated) orchards in Australia, and for them it was 100 % on irrigation.