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At the Missouri State Fruit Experiment Station

Taking dormant season data for raspberry project

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Today we are collecting dormant season data from the “High Tunnel Production Rotation of Primocane Bearing Raspberries in Grow Bags” project funded through the USDA Specialty Crops Block Grant Program. We needed to strip leaves since they did not fall yet. The number of bearing canes and the pruning weight per replication were collected.

First the catch twine was removed from the trellis.
Shelia Long (left) and Amanda Gonzales first remove the catch twine from the trellis.
Then the leaves were stripped since they didn't fall on their own.
Then the leaves were stripped since they didn’t fall on their own.
The canes that bore fruit were counted.
The canes that bore fruit were counted.
Canes were cut out from the grow bags after they were counted.
Canes were then cut out from the grow bags.
The cut canes from each replication were weighed and the weights were recorded.
The cut canes from each replication were weighed and the weights were recorded.

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