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Kiwi Pollen a KVH Approved Pollen Producer

Kiwi Pollen has achieved KVH Approved Pollen Producer status today. An independant audit by Quality...

Dry Application Trial Results

Benefits of Dry Pollination to your fruit:

Apply dry pollen with a Kiwi Pollen Duster or Mini Duster to maximise pollination

in orchards where male flowering is less than optimum
in orchards where there are insufficient male vines
as a general top-up to maximise pollination.

Note: data assumes 225,613 fruit pieces per hectare

Table: Fruit size, tray count, yield per hectare and financial returns from Hayward kiwifruit flowers following a single pollination with pollen sprayed in PollenAid® or dusted with a Kiwi Pollen Duster
Crop Year 1997/1998	Pollination system ++	Average fruit weight (g)	Average tray count	Trays per hectare	Yield per hectare (metric ton)	Return (NZ$) per 1000 trays **
Wind pollination, bees excluded	Control	98	34.5	6909	22.1	3454
Wind pollination, bees excluded	Hand pollination	136	26.2	9588	30.7	6623
Wind pollination, bees excluded	PollenAid® system	130	28.2	9165	29.3	6094
Wind pollination, bees excluded	Kiwi Pollen Duster using 50:50 pollen mix	117	30.0	8249	26.4	5051

++ Note: the operation of Kiwi Pollen Duster is much faster and less labour intensive than hand-spaying PollenAid®

**Returns per 1000 trays were increased by $1597 by using the Kiwi Pollen Duster and by $2640 following pollination by PollenAid treatment. Data courtesy Charles Phare and Pat Sale, Consultants, New Zealand.