A farmer's hands holding a small amber bottle of neem oil next to a hand sprayer, on a wooden bench in a sunlit orchard
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Neem oil: what it does and when you can use it

Neem oil works on aphids, scale insects, whitefly, thrips and spider mite, and it works in…
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Thrips: how to spot them and stop them properly

You recognise thrips by the damage before you see the insect: silvering of the leaf tissue,…
Frutti di kiwi in fase di accrescimento sotto la pergoletta con impianto di irrigazione a goccia
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Kiwifruit: the Weeks That Decide Fruit Size, and Why Saving Water Then Is a Bad Trade

During cell expansion, kiwifruit size is built with water. A deficit here is never recovered. In…
Vigneto in invaiatura con sensore di flusso linfatico installato sul ceppo per gestire il deficit idrico controllato
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Regulated Deficit Irrigation in the Vineyard: How Thirsty to Let the Vine Get Between Veraison and Harvest

After veraison, water stress becomes an oenological instrument. But only if you can measure it daily,…
Mele esposte al sole diretto in un meleto ad alta densità con primi segni di scottatura solare sulla buccia
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Sunburn on Apples: Why the Thermometer Tells You Less Than the Tree Does

Damage starts when the skin passes 46-49 °C. Air temperature does not tell you that. The…