Three Consecutive Months of Below Rainfall
March 15, 2021
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council February brought good news for the northern parts of our region, where rainfall totals were near average for the month. . . .
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An Earlier Start for Royal Gala
February 14, 2021
John Wilton This year, the Royal Gala group, the first of our main varieties will commence harvest around the second week in the month. As far as we can estimate . . .
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River Flows Getting Low
February 14, 2021
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council The past two months haven’t quite gone to the La Niña plan. January rainfall was below normal, roughly 57% of . . .
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Line Up Harvest Labour Strategies Now
December 15, 2020
John Wilton The 2021 harvest will be very challenging in regard to labour. There is a lot of misinformation circulating in regard to pay rates and working conditions. This needs . . .
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River Flows and Groundwater Levels Near Normal
December 15, 2020
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council The deluge in Napier and other parts of the region on the 9th November was enough to cast shade on . . .
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Smart Thinning and Vigour Control
November 13, 2020
John Wilton We have seen some spectacular chemical thinning results this year, undoubtedly helped by the dull cloudy weather and warm nights. With lower value commodity varieties such as the . . .
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Water Rates Critical for Successful Post Blossom Thinners
October 14, 2020
John Wilton For both Metamitron and the benzyladenine thinners sufficient water is necessary to give adequate spray covers, particularly in the upper tree. In our Metamitron development work, we standardised . . .
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Some Rain, But Is It Enough?
October 14, 2020
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council The region gets an A grade for hitting 100% of September’s average rainfall. It was on the back of overachievers . . .
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La Niña Present
September 18, 2020
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council August was a great end to winter if you like conditions relatively warm and dry. The lack of rain wasn’t . . .
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Dormancy Breakers – Don’t Beat the Gun
August 13, 2020
John Wilton Unless you have a specific early market “niche” or requirement for harvest management your main reason for using dormancy breakers is to compress bloom. Early application of dormancy . . .
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Our Weather For June
July 11, 2020
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council June rainfall exceeded expectations and put any suggestion of a potentially drier than normal winter on very shaky ground. The . . .
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Our Weather, Our Environment
June 14, 2020
Dr Kathleen Kozyniak Principal Scientist Air Hawke’s Bay Regional Council It was great to have some rain to kick off winter but it comes off seven consecutive months, i.e. November . . .
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