RE: Apple-Crop: degree days and apple bloom prediction

2010-04-01 Thread Con.Traas
Sorry Bill, Degree days on what degree base? Con In Michigan we have used approximately 284 DD42 from March 1 as the start point for king bloom on Macs. This is in our Michigan State University Fruit Management guide E-154, from a chart originally prepared by Phil Schwallier of MSU. This

Re: Apple-Crop: degree days and apple bloom prediction

2010-04-01 Thread Bill Shane
Con, This is degree day base 42 F. Bill On Thu, Apr 1, 2010 at 5:13 AM, Con.Traas con.tr...@ul.ie wrote: Sorry Bill, Degree days on what degree base? Con In Michigan we have used approximately 284 DD42 from March 1 as the start point for king bloom on Macs. This is in our Michigan