| CROP | USE | TIMING | RATE | CRITICAL COMMENTS |
| Apples | Boom use for improvement of fruit shape and increase in fruit size | Apply at 90% king bloom. | 125 mL/ 100 L water | Single application only. In regions or seasons where the bloom period may be extended a split application is recommended. |
| Apply first application at 50% king bloom and second application at 90% king bloom. | 65 mL/100 L water | Split application: Use in regions or seasons where the bloom period is extended. |
| Red Delicious and Gala Apples | Boom followed by NAA use for flower thinning | Boomapplication Apply as split application with first at 50% king bloom and second at 90% king bloom. NAA application At full bloom apply NAA. | 65 mL/100 L water | Boomcan be used in combination with NAA (3 mg/L) |
| Red Delicious Apples | Stimulation of lateral growth | Apply late October to early November. | 150 mL/10 L water | Apply to Red Delicious apple trees using a knapsack sprayer. Add non- ionic wetter at recommended rate. Thoroughly wet foliage on one year old wood in region of tree where laterals are required. NB: Most suitable for 2 to 3 year old trees. |
| Cherries | Stimulation of lateral growth on non-bearing trees | Apply between budswell and budburst. Apply to trees just after planting or in young non- bearing trees in the following year – still at least one year before trees start to bear fruit. | 25 mL + 75 mL acrylic or latex paint | Apply by brush to buds and bark of one year old wood on vigorous trees. |
