How to pick apples scientifically

It depends on weather conditions. Fruit picking period moisture, in the case of dew, fog, raindrops, fruit rotten, not resistant to storage, to choose sunny fruit picking. When forced to harvest fruit in rain or fog, the fruit must be dried in a ventilated place.

The second is to pick fruits in order. When picking fruit, we should first pick the outer and upper fruits of the crown, then pick the lower and inner fruits, and pick them branch by branch to prevent missing. When picking fruit, we should make use of fruit picking platform as much as possible, or use ladders and benches more, and climb trees less, so as to protect branches, leaves and fruits from bruising and treading. Harvesters should cut their nails short and round them to avoid scratching the fruit surface; they should wear soft shoes without nails to avoid treading on the bark. When operating, pick and unload gently to reduce losses such as collision and crush, and pay attention to protecting fruit stems. For red Fuji apple and other fruits with long pedicels, cut the pedicels to the depths of the pedicels with stalk shears, so as not to wear the fruit shoulders and stab the surrounding fruits.

Third, it is necessary to harvest by stages and batches to improve the commodity uniformity of apple fruit. Usually 2 - 3 batches to complete the recovery task. The first batch of first pick the upper part of the crown, peripheral coloring good, fruit a large fruit; the second batch in 5 - 7 days later, the same selection of good color, fruit a large fruit harvest; and then 5 - 7 days, the rest of the fruit on the tree all picked. Generally, the first two batches of fruit account for 70%-80% of the whole tree, and the last batch of fruit accounts for 20%-30%.