Haygrove Customer Case Study at Lower Hope Fruit Farm, UK

Lower Hope are a long-standing Haygrove customer. Fruit Manager, Emily Cliff, explains the benefits of using Haygrove Tunnels to cover the cherry crop.

Lower Hope Cherries began in 1999 and have continued to grow until the present day. Lower Hope have worked with Haygrove to develop their cropping systems and now work with a standard planting of 1.75m between the trees and 1800 trees per hectare.

They aim for a yield of 10kg per tree giving a Class 1 yield of 18 tonnes per hectare. Using Haygrove polytunnels to cover the cherry trees has increased yield, quality and extended the season. The polytunnels protect the cherry trees from frost when they are most susceptible at blossom time and then protect the fruit from rain and wind damage.

When cherry trees are protected by polytunnels, growers can leave the fruit to grow bigger as there is a significantly reduced risk of cracking. An increased fruit size means an increased yield. The Haygrove polytunnels also protect the ripe berries from birds which if not protect can decimate a sweet cherry crop.

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