Re: [Apple-Crop] Weather

2017-01-22 Thread Evan B. Milburn
If there is only thing I have learned by being in this business for some 57 years is do not worry about something you have absolutely control over!   That will drive one NUTS!  On Sunday, January 22, 2017 1:18 PM, Arthur Kelly wrote: It only takes one polar vortex to screw things up

Re: [Apple-Crop] Weather

2017-01-22 Thread Arthur Kelly
It only takes one polar vortex to screw things up like in 2016. Sent from my iPhone > On Jan 22, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Jon Clements wrote: > > We're accumulating significant chilling hours now here in the Northeast with > daily temps in the mid-30's to 40's. I expect rest has been achieved for >

Re: [Apple-Crop] Weather

2017-01-22 Thread Jon Clements
We're accumulating significant chilling hours now here in the Northeast with daily temps in the mid-30's to 40's. I expect rest has been achieved for peaches and some apples, and significantly warm weather could result in bud movement. In fact, the Feb-Mar-Apr period is expected to be above normal

Re: [Apple-Crop] Weather

2017-01-21 Thread Dennis Norton
Art, here in northern Illinois, we reached 55 today. Here I was getting a little concerned about the over accumulation of chill hours since we were reaching around 640 since November 1, 2016. Then I ran a comparison report for the same time period for 2015/16 and at this time last year we wer