date:Jun 21, 2021
harvest. When leaves are being formed and rapidly growing and fruit is being formed and growing, it is important to thin off the excess says Dr. Hemant Gohil, associate professor and fruit agent with the Rutgers NJ Agricultural Experiment Station. Dr. Gohil, who serves as educational advisor to the NJ Peach Promotion Council, emphasizes that thinning is necessary to not only improve size but also to keep the tree branches and shoots from breaking with a heavy crop, and even dying from overload