Grow Better Cherries with Extenday ®

Increased Light

Comparison of cherry maturity. On the Extenday-treated side, large, deep-red cherries are ready for harvest, showing superior color development and uniform ripening compared to the untreated side.Control group of cherries grown without reflective covers. The fruit remains in the immature green and pale-yellow stages, lacking the deep anthocyanin color seen in the Extenday-enhanced crop.
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Bing

Side-by-side performance test of Bing cherries grown with Extenday reflective covers. The fruit shows a highly uniform, deep mahogany red coloration and accelerated maturity across the entire crop load.Control group of Bing cherries grown without reflective covers. The cherries show significant color variability, with a mix of lighter red and unevenly colored fruit, demonstrating less advanced ripening.
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Rainier

Rainier cherries grown with Extenday reflective fabric, showing a distinct, vibrant red blush on a yellow background. The fruit demonstrates advanced maturity and the high-value coloration required for premium markets.Control group of Rainier cherries without reflective covers. The fruit remains predominantly pale yellow with minimal or no red blush, indicating delayed maturity and lower color development.
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Enhance and Protect Your Cherries With Extenday

Extenday Rain Covers, and Reflective Fabric
A cherry orchard demonstrating a triple-layer protection strategy: overhead rain covers to prevent cracking, total-enclosure bird netting for pest exclusion, and reflective ground fabric to optimize light distribution for fruit color.
Extenday Bird Nets, Rain Covers, and Reflective Fabric
On-site yield measurement in a cherry orchard. The image shows a researcher using a scale to weigh freshly harvested fruit, emphasizing the rigorous scientific testing used to measure the performance of reflective ground covers.
Researchers weighing cherries in the field

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Increased Light

Bar graph showing a 4% first-year and 20% second-year yield increase for Bing cherries grown with Extenday reflective ground covers.Extenday Reflective Fabric enhances sunlight exposure to the plants, boosting photosynthesis, which improves fruit development and ripening. The carbohydrates accumulated in the first year contribute to better flowering and increased yields in following years.

Improve Maturity & Yield

Comparative bar graph showing harvest efficiency in rainier cherries. The data shows that Extenday-treated fruit achieved full maturity in only 3 picking passes compared to 5 passes for silver mylar, representing a 7-day advancement in harvest.Increased photosynthesis accelerates maturity, leading to earlier harvests with potentially less picks required. When Extenday Reflective Fabric is used throughout the growing season, this will result in a higher overall yield.

Better Size Color & Sweetness

Comparative bar chart showing bing cherry color grade distribution. The data reveals that 58% of the Extenday-grown crop reached the premium Mahogany grade, compared to only 15% for the control group, demonstrating a significant increase in high-value fruit.Extenday Reflective Fabric, when applied throughout the growing season, enhances cherry quality. Cherries grown with Extenday exhibit increased maturity, improved color, larger size, and heightened sweetness. Even short-term applications can significantly boost color, even out maturity, and elevate sweetness.

Insect & Disease Control

Comparative graph showing an 88-91% decrease in leafhopper populations on cherry crops using Extenday reflective ground covers compared to kaolin clay.Extenday Reflective Fabric can lower the number of pests such as leafhoppers, which are known vectors of Little Cherry Virus. Reduced humidity levels can lower the risk of fungal diseases, protecting your crops.

Rain Covers

Retracted Extenday rain covers secured to the orchard trellis during the cherry flowering stage. The covers are bundled and stored in-place, allowing for maximum natural light and airflow during pollination while remaining ready for rapid deployment during fruit development.Extenday’s customizable rain covers are simple to install and offer numerous benefits, including protection from rain, improved airflow, and reduced heat stress.

Bird Exclusion Nets

Integrated cherry orchard protection system featuring white bird exclusion netting and rain covers over the crop rows, transitioning to heavy-duty black netting over the headlands. The design accommodates tractor turning circles maintaining a pest-exclusion environment.Reduce bird-related crop losses with Extenday Bird Exclusion Netting. Our smart chemistry creates a diffuse light environment, to promote optimal growth.

Winter Chill Nets

Dormant cherry orchard in winter utilizing DayChill specialized shade netting. The black netting blocks solar radiation to maintain lower bud temperatures, ensuring the trees accumulate the necessary winter chill hours required for uniform dormancy break.DayChill, a specialized shade net, is designed to block solar radiation during the winter dormancy period. By reducing temperatures, DayChill increases accumulation of winter chill, a crucial factor for good cherry crops.

DayChill enables cherries to break dormancy more efficiently to produce more blossom and cherries.

Proven Technology

Real-world application of Extenday technology during cherry harvest. The presence of picking crews and tractors in the rows highlights the durability of the reflective fabric and its integration into standard commercial orchard management.Extenday Reflective Fabric, trusted by growers since 1996, has undergone rigorous testing by Extenday, universities, and research institutes worldwide. These tests have consistently demonstrated the effectiveness of our products.

Contact

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