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Can vigorous rootstock be used to manage verticillium wilt? ‘Maxifort’

Cedar Meadow Farm. Can vigorous rootstock be used to manage verticillium wilt? ‘Maxifort’ How does grafting fit in with fumigation? Additive or alternative Can we reduce economic constraints through cultural methods? Plant spacing. Grafting Trial planted May 12th. Cultural Management.

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Can vigorous rootstock be used to manage verticillium wilt? ‘Maxifort’

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  1. Cedar Meadow Farm • Can vigorous rootstock be used to manage verticillium wilt? • ‘Maxifort’ • How does grafting fit in with fumigation? • Additive or alternative • Can we reduce economic constraints through cultural methods? • Plant spacing

  2. Grafting Trial planted May 12th

  3. Cultural Management Twin Leader

  4. Cedar Meadow Farm

  5. Cedar Meadow Farm • Fall Fumigation • ‘BHN 589’ • “Twin-heading” • Disease ratings • Data collection • Mid-October

  6. Grafting

  7. Scion Rootstock

  8. Maxifort rootstock-gone wild!

  9. High horsepower “Grafted” snow blower!

  10. B A P = NS P = NS P < 0.01 Verticillium Wilt

  11. Y B A Z P = NS P < 0.01 P < 0.05 Verticillium Wilt

  12. B Y YZ Z A Marketable Fruit Weight LSD based on P=0.01

  13. C C BC B B A Marketable Fruit Weight LSD based on P=0.05

  14. Marketable Fruit Weight LSD based on P=0.05

  15. Y B Y A Z Marketable Fruit Number LSD based on P=0.05

  16. B A Marketable Fruit Size LSD based on P=0.01

  17. P<0.01 Yield Dynamics

  18. P<0.01 Yield Dynamics P<0.01

  19. Per Plant Productivity

  20. None grafted

  21. Grafted

  22. None grafted

  23. Grafted

  24. Non Grafted

  25. Grafted

  26. The Bottom line… Grafted-55.9 tons/A 4,472- 25lb boxes/A Non-Grafted-46.5 tons/A 3,720- 25 lb. boxes/A 20% increase in yield

  27. The Bottom line… 9.4 more tons per acre Or, 752 more boxes per acre @ $12.00 per box (#1’s and #2’s) = $9,024 increase Or, $1.88 per plant increase

  28. How much does it cost to graft? Healing chamber Labor costs Grow 2 sets of plants

  29. Cary Rivard, Graduate Research AssistantNorth Carolina State University-Technical advisor

  30. Is Grafting in your future?

  31. Permanent Cover Cropping System Steve Groff Cedar Meadow Farm Holtwood, PA steve@cedarmeadowfarm.com www.cedarmeadowfarm.com

  32. Summary • Fall fumigation did not reduce disease incidence and had no effect on fruit yield. Fumigation should have been done in the spring. • ‘Maxifort’ rootstock increased yield across at all levels of plant spacing and fumigation. • Fruit size and number • Similar per acre yields were seen with half the number of grafted plants. • Increased spacing and ‘Maxifort’ slowed early season production. • Per plant yield was increased by 4-10 lbs/plant with ‘Maxifort.

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