Technical Abstract: At the present time the practical approach to avoiding vivipary in existing orchards entails adoption of some combination of the following approaches: a) ensure that soil moisture levels are near field capacity during the kernel filling stage (i.e., usually September and October for most cultivars and locations in the U.S.; it should be noted that water-logged soils can actually induce vivipary); b) take advantage of the early-ripening effect of Temik usage; c) avoid excessive crop loads by either timely mechanically thinning excess fruit or by indirect thinning via hedge pruning; and d) early harvesting. Research efforts at the USDA-ARS Southeastern Fruit and Tree Nut Research Laboratory have investigated vivipary for several years and continue to look for additional strategies and tools that growers can use to eliminate vivipary.