ReTain

Product Group: Plant Growth Regulator
Active Ingredient: 150g/kg Aviglycine Hydrochloride
Formulation: Water soluble powder

ReTain suppresses ethylene biosynthesis for better management of fruit ripening, increased fruit size and firmness, and improves fruit storage potential.

Benefits of ReTain

• Increase in size
• Increase in yield
• Improves storage quality
       – Reduction in greasiness
       – Increase in brix
       – Better background colour
       – Increase in firmness
• Promotes uniform ripening
       – Potentially reducing number of picks
       – Cost savings

Directions for use

Ideal timing is 21–28 days before the anticipated harvest. Understand the difference between anticipated harvest and harvest. You can use multiple applications. If you are concerned around timing you can use a split application at 28 days and then 21 days.

Starch should not have broken before the first application of ReTain. Once Ethylene production starts its very difficult to slow down. For 7 days application before anticipated harvest time Starch should be 0.5 SPI (Starch Pattern Index).

ReTain must be sprayed before the sun comes up in the early morning, when drying conditions are slower to ensure adequate absorption. If using foil mulch or reflective films, apply ReTain before laying down the foil mulch or reflective films.

Do not apply ReTain:

• When trees may be nutrient, water, insect or disease stressed
• To pipfruit within 7 days of any calcium spray
• In the late afternoon or early evening if fruit are still warm
• With management tools that affect apple maturity such as girdling, etc
• If rain is expected within 6 hours of application

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