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Freezing my Buds?

9 years ago

Hello Lady and Gentleman fruit Growers. I have a chart with pictures and low temps and what loss to expect for various fruit bud development. The worst case scenario for Weather has hit much of the Midwest. I see the Arkansas Peach crop could be all but lost the next few days. I am up in southern Iowa. 80' Feb temps have pushed my pear and even some early apple buds out to the break bud stage or silver stage. I see with a low temp of 20' I could expect at least a 10% loss. We are expected to dip down into the teens one or two of the next nights. I suspect these low temps to do even more damage. Anyone with experience in these circumstances? With the wild extremes in Temps and Weather the past 10 yrs. It is getting ever more difficult to grow fruit. thank You.