Heading fruiting shoots before bloom is equally effective as blossom removal in peach crop load management

Agriculture & Biology

• heading 100%
• peaches 94%
• fruiting 86%
• shoots 59%
• thinning (plants) 50%
• crops 49%
• fruit weight 47%
• fruit size 25%
• plant density 16%
• pruning 16%
• fruit set 16%
• profits and margins 15%
• fruits 13%
• tree yields 10%
• Prunus persica 9%
• fruit crops 8%
• labor 6%
• hands 6%
• flowers 5%