date:Jun 21, 2021
Fruit thinning is a labor intensive practice for peach growers in New Jersey. It is an expensive practice done mostly by hand, but a necessary cost because it is important to produce large fruit to meet the needs of a competitive fruit market. Big peaches are what most fruit buyers and consumers demand. New Jersey growers are thinning now to produce peaches to meet that demand.
Thinning is the removal of excess flowers and fruit to balance the ratio of leaves to fruit starting in bloom and into