Sweet Cherries: High Tunnels Change Just About Everything Gregory Lang, Bill Shane, Phil Schwallier, Rufus Isaacs, MSU MSU High Tunnel Cherry Project Tree.

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Sweet Cherries: High Tunnels Change Just About Everything Gregory Lang, Bill Shane, Phil Schwallier, Rufus Isaacs, MSU MSU High Tunnel Cherry Project Tree Goals: - Fill orchard space and begin fruiting rapidly - Manage and harvest trees mostly from the ground Fruiting Goals: - Premium quality - size, sugar, appearance - Reduced cracking, fruit rots, bird damage Research Sites: - SWMREC (Benton Harbor): Four 24 ft x 200 ft tunnels - CHES (Clarksville): Three 28 ft x 159 ft tunnels - Adjacent comparative plots without tunnels Photo courtesy of Phil Schwallier Plastic Mulch Weed Barriers - 6’ at CHES in tunnel leg row - 8’ at SWMREC in tree row - 12’ at CHES in tractor alley Tree row weed barrier, grass tractor alley Cherry Tunnel Climatic Monitoring Two stations: permanent and mobile - air temperature - relative humidity - wind speed and gust - leaf wetness - solar radiation - soil temperature weed barrier, tractor alley SWMREC Varieties & Tree Development Red: Skeena/Gi5, NY Elite/Gi5, Glacier/Gi6 Blush: Rainier/Gi5, Early Robin/Gi12 Guards/Pollinizers: Benton (sf), BlackGold (sf), BlushingGold, Cristalina, Lapins (sf), Regina, Sandra Rose (sf), Summit, Tieton, Ulster; 20 advanced selections from Cornell & WSU, plus the sweet/tarts Danube and Jubileum TunnelNo Tunnel Varietyn=2006 Lateral Shoots (#) Early Robin / Gi1236 Rainier / Gi536 Skeena / Gi536 Average Table sweet cherry lateral shoot formation, with and without high tunnel production systems, SWMREC (est. 2005) NY 119 / Gi Glacier / Gi Ave w/NY 119 & Glacier Fig sweet cherry shoot leaf size, with and without high tunnel production systems, at MSU-CHES New shoot leaves were 23% larger in the tunnels 97.8 cm cm 2 CHES Varieties and Cropping Red: Lapins/Gi5 and Gi6, Sweetheart/Gi5 Blush: Rainier/Gi5 and Gi6 Planted in 2000, tunnels erected in 2005 Table ‘Rainier’ sweet cherry yield and fruit size, with and without high tunnel production systems, CHES (est. 2000) ‘Rainier’/Gisela 5 ‘Rainier’/Gisela 6 Covered OpenCovered Open (tunnel)(no tunnel)(tunnel)(no tunnel) Tree Yield (kg/tree) (lb/tree) Orchard Yield (mt/ha) (ton/acre) Tree density is 890 trees/ha (360 trees/acre) Fruit Weight 100 fruit mean (g) Table ‘Rainier’ sweet cherry fruit size distribution and crop value with and without high tunnel production systems, CHES (est. 2000) ‘Rainier’/Gisela 5 ‘Rainier’/Gisela 6 TunnelNo TunnelTunnelNo Tunnel Fruit Size Distribution (%) 9-Row & larger 9.5 to 10-Row 10.5 to 11-Row 11.5-Row & smaller 2 Gross Crop Value ($) ($/acre) 2 Crop values based on: Export/specialty premium (9-row & larger) $2.50/lb, Domestic premium (9.5 to 10-Row) $1.75/lb, Domestic value (10.5 to 11-Row) $1.00/lb, Processing (11.5-Row & smaller) $0.50/lb 3 Net Crop Value (Gross value – Harvest cost) ($/acre) 3 Labor cost to hand-pick based on $0.50/lb ,50024,75018,65027,250 19,10014,85014,65018, Pollination Options to Improve Fruit Set - Honeybee hives placed in the tunnel - A bumblebee hive placed in each (?) tunnel - Hornfaced bee straws placed in each tunnel Financial, in-kind, and/or technical support from Project GREEEN, Haygrove Inc., International Fruit Tree Association, Summit Sales, Gisela Inc., Michigan Agricultural Experiment Station, SWMREC, and CHES is gratefully acknowledged. Tunnel Production of Sweet Cherries Can Affect Tree Growth and Leaf Area; Fruit Set, Yield, and Quality; and Incidence of Fruit Cracking, Insect Pests, and Diseases Thus far, high tunnels have provided noticeable reductions of: - spring frost damage during bloom (2006) - rain-induced fruit cracking and postharvest diseases (2005) - red blush development on ‘Rainier’ ( ; not a good effect!) Moreover, additional advantages have been observed with respect to integrated pest management issues (e.g., Fig. 2) and reduced pesticide inputs, as high tunnel production also reduced: - cherry leaf spot damage and defoliation (2006) - Japanese beetle damage and defoliation (2006) - bacterial canker (2006; preliminary data) - bird damage to fruit and deer damage to trees In 2006, no pesticides were used in the CHES tunnels; there was little to no apparent movement of plum curculio or cherry fruit fly into the tunnels from surrounding infested plots, which were sprayed conventionally. There have been noticeable, though not yet economically important, increases of: - powdery mildew (2005), aphids & spider mites (2006) In 2006, brown rot infections were significant in both the tunnel and no-tunnel plots. Although levels were similar at harvest, it appeared to develop earlier under the tunnels, probably due to higher humidity and temperatures. Brown rot Much research remains regarding high tunnel production of sweet cherries - climatic (especially temperature, humidity, and light) analyses; optimization of yields, fruit quality traits, and high density tree architectures; whether IPM strategies can approach organic certification, etc. However, the dramatic results of these preliminary studies have revealed a significant set of potential advantages under Great Lakes growing conditions for growers wishing to target dwarf cherry production for high value premium fresh markets. Fig. 2. Sweet cherry new shoot leaf damage due to Japanese beetle and cherry leaf spot, recorded 9 Aug 2006 at MSU-CHES High tunnel production systems resulted in larger leaves, smaller diameter trunks, and variety-specific effects on lateral shoot formation (Table 1 and Fig. 1). Fruit set at CHES was excellent in 2006; high tunnels reduced fruit set and yield (Table 2), presumably due to reduced honeybee activity. However, average fruit size and market size distributions (Table 3) were outstanding, achieving levels not only uncommon for the Great Lakes but on par with sweet cherry production anywhere in the world. Crop values per acre appear to justify the higher establishment costs for tunnel production systems. MSU Tree Fruit Research Bacterial canker Extensive 2006 lateral branching to fill space rapidly No tunnel Tunnel