Summer, with its high temperatures and sudden rains, can pose many challenges for stone fruit growers. Fruit skin quality, appearance and shelf life are often compromised by these meteorological vagaries. Fortunately, there's a natural and effective solution: TÉNÉA.
What is TÉNÉA?
TÉNÉA is a 100% natural product, made from plant extracts and enriched with vegetable gums. Designed to be applied to ripe fruit before rainfall, it forms a protective film on the surface. This film preserves and strengthens the epidermis, while encouraging water run-off, thus limiting the risk of micro-cracks, bursting or toad skin.
How does TÉNÉA work?
The combination of plant extracts and vegetable gums in TÉNÉA maintains the organoleptic qualities of the fruit, as well as its sugar content. But it also preserves and strengthens the skin to limit defects and losses.
Applying TÉNÉA before a rainfall creates an effective barrier against the damaging effects of cold water on fruit skins, while allowing them to finish ripening.
A practice recommended by our farmers
Nicolas Godard, farm manager at SCEA le Soleil des Collines, has been using TÉNÉA for several years on his apricot varieties with highly sensitive skin: Lady Cot, Anegat and Bergeval.
By applying TÉNÉA 12 hours before a more announced, its objective is twofold:
- Create a protective film on fruit to limit mottling
- Limit water pumping through leaves to limit cracking.
Without TÉNÉA, we'd be harvesting earlier, before the rain, and the fruit would be less ripe, affecting the taste quality of the apricots. It's an extra insurance policy for harvesting at the peak of ripeness.
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