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 <jon.cleme...@umass.edu> 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 > 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 in > temperature according to NOAA/NWS, however, I been hearing rumblings from the > weather fanboys on the internet about a pattern change and significant cold > for Feb-Mar. Who do you believe? And what difference does it make? > > :-) > >> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Dennis Norton >> <dmnor...@royaloakfarmorchard.com> wrote: >> 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 were at >> 740!! In 2015 we had a very warm December, hitting near 60 on the 24th, >> which I had forgotten about. Looks like there's not to much to be concerned >> about this year unless this warm spell stretched out for several weeks and >> we reach the chill requirement for some varieties. Could be a colder >> February or March to make up for it like last year. We had a later spring >> last year by about two weeks. >> Dennis Norton >> IPM Specialist/Certified Nurseryman >> Royal Oak Farm Orchard >> 15908 Hebron Rd. >> Harvard, IL 60033-9357 >> Office (815) 648-4467 >> Mobile (815) 228-2174 >> Fax (609) 228-2174 >> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com >> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.blogspot.com >> https://www.facebook.com/royaloakfarmorchard/ >>> On 1/21/2017 12:37 PM, kellyorchards wrote: >>> It seems we have skipped right to March. >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> Art Kelly >>> Kelly Orchards >>> Acton, Maine >>> >>> >>> _______________________________________________ >>> apple-crop mailing list >>> apple-crop@virtualorchard.com >>> http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> >> >> _______________________________________________ >> apple-crop mailing list >> apple-crop@virtualorchard.com >> http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop >> > > > > -- > Jon Clements > aka 'Mr Honeycrisp' > University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension > UMass Cold Spring Orchard > 393 Sabin St. > Belchertown, MA 01007 > 413-478-7219 > umassfruit.com > _______________________________________________ > apple-crop mailing list > apple-crop@virtualorchard.com > http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
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