When is the best time to harvest kiwi fruit? Pay attention to these four points when harvesting!

The season for eating kiwifruit has come again! In addition to kiwifruit contains kiwifruit alkaloids, proteolytic enzymes, tannin pectin, calcium, potassium, selenium, zinc, germanium and other elements. So when does he usually harvest kiwifruit best? We must pay attention to these four points when harvesting!

When will kiwifruit be harvested best?

In general, kiwifruit ripens from August to October, and some varieties are on the market from late August to early September. Kiwifruit is picked when the temperature does not rise before 10:00 in the morning. Kiwifruit must be handled gently when picking.

Second, harvest kiwifruit, pay attention to these four points

1. Harvest standard

In our country, the lowest harvest index is that the soluble solids content reaches 6.5%. If the storage period is longer after harvest, the soluble solids content reaches 7.5%, which makes the fruit better in storability, shelf life and flavor quality after soft ripening.

2. Timely harvest

There are many kiwifruit varieties, and the period from flowering to harvest is generally 140-150 days. The fruit growth period varies greatly among varieties, and the ripening period begins from August to the end of October. Early-harvested kiwifruit has less nutrient accumulation, sugar and acidity are not up to the standard, lose the flavor of the original variety after soft ripening; high starch content, the transformation process is also easy to change flavor. Fruit picking should be carried out in sunny morning or evening cool, or cloudy weather, to avoid harvesting at high temperature at noon, otherwise the fruit absorbs a large amount of heat in the field and does not give off, which is easy to accelerate the softening of the fruit. it is also not suitable to harvest when rain, fog and dew are not dry, and the wet surface of the fruit is conducive to pathogen infection.

3. Take off the bag before harvest

Bagged kiwifruit had better be bagged 5-7 days before harvest, so that the pericarp surface can increase color under sunlight, avoid the appearance of all-green fruit, and at the same time improve fruit sugar content and fruit quality.

4. Harvesting method

When picking the fruit, hold the fruit with your hand, gently press the handle of the fruit, break it near the fruit, and handle it gently to avoid stabbing, crushing and bruising the fruit as far as possible. In order to avoid damage caused by fruit picking, fruit pickers should cut their nails short and smooth, wear soft gloves, and use wooden boxes and fruit baskets with soft bedding to avoid damage to the fruit.