Dormex® is a plant growth regulator used to substitute lack of chilling hours in regions with mild winters. Dormex allows producing blackberries in regions that otherwise might not be successful. This means growers can manage to harvest a crop even when the chill hours were not optimal.
It helps to put more leaves on a bush with earlier canopy development. Dormex also reduces apical dominance. With Dormex® growers can better manage when to go to market.
A uniform maturity at harvest depends on getting a uniform bud break. All deciduous fruit crops need a sufficient amount of winter chilling hours to resume normal growth in spring. In regions with mild or without winters, bud break is not optimal and consequently yield is reduced.
Dormex partially substitutes the lack of chilling hours and ensures an optimal bud break by releasing the plant from dormancy.
Depending on the application time, Dormex can advance bud break and consequently harvest time. This effect can be used by growers effectively to stagger the harvest time in order to fetch the highest crop market prices or utilize labor for fruit picking efficiently.
Whether you’re managing mature producing orchards or developing
younger trees, our technical team is here to help you time your application
perfectly.
John Meyer
Director of Sales
