Fruit Loss

[Alan W.]

We got in the low 30's that night, but it apparently did not hurt my apples, most of which are in full bloom. Looked them over yesterday and they don't seem hurt and my bees are working them.....so maybe apples this year. I did plant the small orchard (40 trees) on a sloping, southeast facing hill hoping late cold air would fall on down the valley away from the trees....which is apparently what happened in this instance.

Thats what Im thinking has saved mine, the southern exposure hillside they are planted on.

 

[the old grind]

I wonder how many of us might be spared by that Spring has been cool enough to delay buds vulnerable to late frosts.

Hoar frost seen 6/7 mornings in the last few weeks. If I drove before 08:00 I'd have to scrape windows.

Michigan is the tart cherry capitol of the World. This year's Cherry Festival has been cancelled.

Oh, how I long for lamb kabobs and a good cherry compote on a cookout. :drool:

 

[Ford850]

22 degrees here this morning. The blossoms looked pretty bad while inspecting them over the past few days, with most of them fried back, curled, and distorted as they tried to open. With todays hard freeze I think this will be another 100% loss with zero peaches.

 

[Alan W.]

We keep getting hit here also. 30 this morn with a hard frost.
Im sure my trees will suffer accordingly.

 

[Peter 315]

I had a light dusting of snow last nite , Flowers all wilted over will check on trees later...

 

[fried1765]

I wonder how many of us might be spared by that Spring has been cool enough to delay buds vulnerable to late frosts.

Hoar frost seen 6/7 mornings in the last few weeks. If I drove before 08:00 I'd have to scrape windows.

Michigan is the tart cherry capitol of the World. This year's Cherry Festival has been cancelled.

Oh, how I long for lamb kabobs and a good cherry compote on a cookout. :drool:

Lamb, and cherries!
My two absolute favorite foods!
I am salivating!

 

[TnAndy]

i got hurt badly this year. lost 100 potatoes and 2 vineyards of my wine grapes! so that means no wine this year! SUCKS!!!! looks all brned out adter such beautiful growth and luscious gree leaves and growtth and super nice clusters. This is the worst I have ever seen!

We had a couple acres of wine grapes in the past. One year we had a really killing frost in LATE May....looked like 2 acres of grapes hit with Roundup.

 

[Diggin It]

I lost some peaches, not sure yet if I'll get any at all.

 

[Diggin It]

Most are already on the ground, so it doesn't appear that many, if any survived.

One freeze/frost may have been OK, but we got several that week.

 

[Paddy]

Sorry to hear it Diggin it

I thought we were hit real bad too. But after 2 weeks I'm seeing many have survived. Not near as many as the tree could support, but if I can keep the Oriental Fruit Moth off, I should have enough to enjoy.