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DATE OF PLANTING AND PLANT CHILLING TRIAL

 E. E. Albregts
 Associate Professor (Horticulturist)


Objective:


To determine if date of planting and amount of chilling that Florida
Belle, No. 10 and 71-729 receive before transplanting affects time of
fruiting, fruit yield, fruit quality, and plant growth.


Previous Trials:
 With the Tioga variety 15 days of chilling was optimum for fruit yield without
delaying fruit production. Delaying the transplanting date into November delayed
fruiting and can reduce yields.

 Since observations here indicated that other varieties were also affected by
planting date and chilling these three varieties or lines should also be evaluated
for these treatments.


 KEY TO TREATMENTS IN PLANTING DATE AND PRE-PLANT CHILLING TRIAL, FIELD 8




Plot No. Variety Chilling Date of Planting

 A September 15
 B October 1
 C October 15
 D November 1
 1 No. 10 0
 2 No. 10 15
 3 Florida Belle 0
 4 Florida Belle 15
 5 Florida Belle 30
 6 71-729 0
 7 71-729 15