Why sweet cherries fail to set fruit
Self-incompatibility, an unsuitable polleniser, bad weather at bloom, too few bees, frost and wrong planting distances — the six reasons a cherry orchard produces nothing.
Archive
September 2017
Cossus cossus, the goat moth that hollows out fruit trees
Biology, the two-year life cycle and seven practical measures against the largest wood-boring insect of Greek orchards — including the nematode option.
Capnodis tenebrionis, the flat-headed root borer of stone fruit
It lays only in dry soil, its eggs do not hatch in moist soil, and its larvae drown in the gum of vigorous trees. Why irrigation is the principal control method, not just good practice.
Pests and diseases of kiwifruit (upd. 03/09/2026)
Copper resistance documented in all 22 canker strains from Pella, a vine decline caused by Phytopythium on waterlogged soil rather than Phytophthora, botrytis decided at flowering five months before it shows, and stink bug damage visible only when the fruit is cut. With a field differential-diagnosis table and a monitoring calendar.