Dormex® promotes uniform bud break and a compressed bloom—helping growers start the season strong and better manage harvest timing.
Dormex® is a “dormancy breaking” agent. It is applied to cherry trees prior to anticipated bud break in regions with mild winters. Dormex allows production in regions that otherwise might not be successful due to a lack of chill hours.
Dormex plant growth regulator is a uniformity management tool that gives growers more control over their crop by promoting uniform bud break and a compressed bloom. The use of Dormex helps to achieve uniformity and to get the right start to the growing season.
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
