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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...

Wet Application Trial Results

Artificial Pollination can be done by wet or dry application. Both types of application have been proven to have be of significant benefit to both the size, and Dry Matter of fruit.

Benefits of Wet Pollination to your fruit:

Use PollenAid® wet application products from Kiwi Pollen to maximise pollination

in orchards where there are insufficient male vines
in orchards where bee pollination is not working well
in orchards surrounded by other crops that are more attractive to pollinating insects
in all orchards when wind, cold or rain limits pollination by bees.

Table: Fruit weight, tray count, yield per hectare, and financial returns from a Hayward kiwifruit orchard following pollination with pollen and PollenAid® as supplied by Kiwi Pollen.
Pergola orchard, 7.25 canopy hectare	Pollination system	Average fruit weight (g)	Average tray count	Trays per hectare	Yield per hectare (metric ton)	Orchard Gate Return (NZ$)**
Crop Year 2000/2001	Bees (8 hives/ha)	88	36.4	4620	14.8	144,000
Crop Year 2001/2002	Bees (8 hives/ha) plus PollenAid® using Airshear applicators	106	30.3	8700	27.8	382,000

**Orchard Gate Returns were increased by $238,000 for an investment of $33,000 for the PollenAid® treatment. Data courtesy of Charles Phare, NZ Kiwifruit Journal, Issue No 152, p57.