bill
good morning. my orchard is the berkshires of western massachusetts, elavation
1300ft. my past records of 20 years show 18 to 20 days from greentip to full
bloom on apples (given varietal differences-i don't grow red delicious) plums
bloom about 2 weeks before apples, asian pears
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 is based on pre-1990 weather data in the Grand Rapids
In Norfolk Virginia:
Liberty: 1/2 green tip March 23
Enterprise Green tip March 25
Black Oxford and Ark. Black nothing as of 3/31
Virginia or Hawes Crab: Green tip March 10th now in full leaf out.
Virginia Gold: Green tip March 20th
Stone fruits
March 5-Green tip
March 25-start blooming
New
Acton, Maine
Mar. 31, 2010
McIntosh silver tip
Peaches swollen bud
Temps in the 70's for Fri and Sat
Copper spray on Easter ?
This is fun
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
On Wed, Mar 31, 2010 at 9:18 AM, William Sharp bsharp1...@yahoo.com wrote:
I am In the Shenandoah Valley of Virginia and we are
I'm jealous, well sort of.
Fully dormant here at 4000 ft Montana. Skiff of snow last night with a low of
24°, high today in the 40s.
Forecast is for lows in the teens. Plenty of time left here for pruning...
Bill Fleming
Montana State University
Western Ag Research Center
580 Quast Ln
Corvallis,
Heading for a record early budbreak in Quebec. Old record of April 9th
established in 1981 will be beaten by about 2-3 days with the help of the
temperature in the higher 70's forecasted for the coming days. That's 2-3 WEEKS
ahead of our 30 year average for green tip.
Of course pruning is not
We hit 15 degrees last Saturday morning and may have gotten some damage. We
were at silver tip then on apples and swollen bud on peaches. Cool weather,
wet weather since has slowed development.
Art Kelly
Kelly Orchards
Acton, Me
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