In more than 200 chemical thinning trials that the Washington Tree Fruit Research Commission has conducted on apples over the past eight years, Crocker’s Fish Oil and lime sulfur has outperformed almost every other material in terms of reducing the crop load, increasing fruit size, and promoting return bloom. Tory Schmidt, horticultural associate, said the commission has tested a wide range of products on about ten different apple cultivars in 80 orchards in Washington state and has a broad base of information from which to draw some conclusions. However, he said results have been very variable. Some trials were great […]