What to Expect - Fruit Trees after LATE SPRING FROST
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- Опубликовано: 1 апр 2022
- As shown in the pdf below, depending on the stage our fruit trees are in their flower development greatly changes the temperatures they can withstand. Fortunately here in the Philadelphia area, I was able to avoid most of the damage this recent string of cold nights presented. Here's what to expect after damage and some creative ways to move onwards:
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Great lesson on fruit tree care Ross! I especially like how close you’ve got the trees growing to one another- ideal for the backyard orchard grower! I sent you a message on IG on a separate topic- let me know if there’s a better place to write you?
Have a GREAT weekend,
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Charlie, set my boy up with that fat sponsorship, send him some scion wood and your white miracle grafting paint and lets get the ball rolling on that fat sponsorship buba.
From what I've read, honeyberry flowers are ridiculously hardy, to 17-20F. So for those, it doesn't matter as much if they flower early.
mid-Missouri, USA Zone6A My 3 varieties of honeyberries had just leafed out- no blooms yet. The leaves were not "burned" at all. My young Santa Rosa plum was in full bloom, so I wrapped it with a tarp the evening before. The temp got down to 23 degrees F for one night. Most of the blooms look ok so far (24 hours after the freeze).
I also have a small Nankin cherry that was in full bloom and I think it came through ok, even with out any protection,
I’m confirming this. A couple of my honeyberry varieties woke up very early last year bloomed in between cold weather and snow and I was still able to get fruit off of them.
That's very good to hear. Definitely makes the information regarding bloom time that was available years ago a lot less important. Now I'm curious which variety produces the best fruit.
Thank you Ross, great video.
This weather is killing me… and we’re having another frost tonight. You’re a little more north than I am, so I’m sure you’ll be getting some frost too. 😕
Or maybe that was last night. I don’t know anymore, I haven’t been keeping up with the news/weather like I used to. 🤣
It sucks! Maybe another one coming here coastal MS end of week and I already have flowered/fruiting trees and shrubs and all my tomatoes etx are planted 😭
Ross, You are correct there is quite a risk with early bloomers. Basically for each day after dormancy a lil bit of hardiness is lost. After a rather mild winter we tied our coldest low temp on 03/09-03/10 of 20F but most fruit trees were not too far along so possibly a good crop for this year. Lets hope the last MAJOR cold outbreak is past us. Thanks for the info and update! Randy/GA
gotta remember graft compatibility too. You can't graft euro plums onto japanese plums. you kept the plum trees small enough that a tarp might have saved a few blossoms. tell me the low tunnels are in ok shape and we're getting those early figs this year bro.
I hope so. They still haven't woken up yet.
Waiting to see if I got any pollination on my almond. Definitely the same issue with it flowering way too early.
Does it get direct sun during the day? I've noticed that early flowering plants in the sun get a lot more visits from insects than the same plant in the shade nearby. I'm assuming that due to the cool temperatures this early in the season, the insects need to stay in the sun to be able to move.
@@XoroksComment You are correct. On these chilly days, my honeybees will only work the sunny side of the trees.
It's in full sun. I suspect that almonds are marginal in my climate; they need temps in the 50s to produce pollen, and we don't have that very often when they're trying to flower. Just added a second variety this year; the existing variety is only partially self-fertile. This is the second year it's flowered. Out of a few dozen flowers, it looks like I might have about 6 successful pollinations, but we'll see what happens as the season progresses.
Great video Ross,
Unfortunately my Apricot, Plum, and peach was full bloom so they gone, but the Pears is okay and Apples is very good,
It was Server weather
Thank you Boss,
Thanks for that freeze fact sheet. I tried the frozen water insulation technique this year, but didn't do it right. Lost all bloom off of almond and two plums, plus some off my apple.
So I’d love to hear more about that scrap pile of cuttings? What makes these deserving of the compost pile?
*Could you have covered them in plastic or a tarp for a few days?*
In my limited gardening experience l have found it is more the frost or moisture that does the most damage... _not_ the temps.
I have purchased 3 peach fruit trees a few weeks ago (in pots) that were in full bloom. I put them into a greenhouse _(that is missing windows and glass - so not real secure)_ and these trees have *ALL* kept their flowers. The temps at nite still went down to the same temps as outside.
*Just thinking out loud~*
Mulch lowers temperture bare wet ground and irrigation water being turned on provides some protecion under windless and high dewpoint conditions
My asks me, “why did you plant so many plums?” The answer is that I do not anticipate a great harvest from each variety each year. To have only one tree that all your hopes is pinned and then to realize it did not flower or did not survive a frost or something is disappointing. But if you have 6 trees, at least one will have a harvest.
Hi Ross, I planted several cherry trees last summer and 2 of them(“Rainier” & “blushing gold”) have winter burned buds and no flowers, I hope they are not dead, hopefully they recover?
Unfortunately this happened to my pineapple pear,.
How about the last SIX years in a row! I'm starting to believe in the Grand Solar Minimum! I'm going out to check my apples, cherries, and pears after last night's frost warning.
I’ve got a giant stone tree that is like a tremendous octopus with meany trunks reaching to the sky the problem is that the fruits absolutely terrible and the trunks are to thick already “it was already here wen I moved in” that I’m not sure how I would go about grafting new varieties to it
Ross haves a few good videos on this, but also check out JSacadura he has so many videos on grafting!
Do a bark graft. Super easy and simple.