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Originally Posted by Nan_PA_6b
"Adams et al. (2001) found that fruit size was largest at 18 °C and declined as temperature increased, because the effect of shorter fruit growth duration dominated the effect of a higher optimum temperature for fruit growth rate. ..De Koning (1996), likewise, found largest fruits at 17 °C, decreasing to 23 °C." 17C = 63 F."
Really? Biggest fruit at 63F? Do the grow-for-size people know this, or concur with this?
Nan
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It was news to me, but I'm sure the grow-for-size people know all the science and then some.
These experiments are interesting but may be hard to map onto a reality where we don't actually control the temperature, and instead are living with the seasonal changes and whatever ups and downs the weather may bring..
I almost always get bigger fruit outdoors here (plenty colder, and plenty later as well!). I thought it was because of bees and wind making a difference in pollination but maybe not so.