Not sure since Morse was never forthcoming on what they used and I was too stupid to care lolWhat do you think the rootstock of that Jonagold from Morse was? My Jonagold on Antonovka i field grafted last year grew like gangbusters.
I think so at this point. Been so cold the last week or so there hasnt been any real change in fruitlet size. Looks like my strawberries may even be unscathed. They were buried under the snow and I figured the blossoms would have been damaged, but they look normal today. Good luck with the fires and fans!I just got the fans hooked up and fires ready. We'll see. Accuweather is saying 32 and 3-4 mph wind at 5-6AM. Weather channel is saying 34 and 0 wind. That's too close for comfort, it's normally colder than they say. I should have 800-1000 bushel out there if all goes right, can't take a chance on losing that.
Did you have a good fruit set TC?
I can't believe you got to 24 spur. It was 34.7 low at my place this morning and it can't be more than 15 miles as the crow flys wow. We are supposed to get 33 low 2 nights over the next 4 days so am hoping it's true to forecast. The forecast for last night was 34 and that's what I got. Only issue is that today seems like a no fly zone as I was spraying and cutting grass.My apple blossoms are now in the dead stage. I had 24 degrees this morning and now the sun has been up for a half hour and we are up to 26 now. No fruit this year, again.
Praying for you brother but at 28 it's a theoretical 10% kill which should save you some chemicals and work on thinning. I did read that a 10% kill from cold is not such a bad thing? What do you say about that George?Been out in the orchards burning and running fans since 3AM. Got down to about 28 and a hard frost....we'll see what happened a little later.
You're right, that's not a bad thing, it would normally just kill off those outer and weaker blossoms anyways which are the same ones killed by a thinner. However, I don't think I lost a thing! None of the blossoms browned and I cut into about 20 of them and didn't find one brown one. It was totally white out there from frost and I checked 2 thermometers that said 28. Even if the temps were off by a degree or 2 I really thought the trees in the lower parts of the orchards would have been hit by the frost, but nothing. There was ice on them. I need to get out and check some deer trees.Praying for you brother but at 28 it's a theoretical 10% kill which should save you some chemicals and work on thinning. I did read that a 10% kill from cold is not such a bad thing? What do you say about that George?
I can't believe you got to 24 spur. It was 34.7 low at my place this morning and it can't be more than 15 miles as the crow flys wow. We are supposed to get 33 low 2 nights over the next 4 days so am hoping it's true to forecast. The forecast for last night was 34 and that's what I got. Only issue is that today seems like a no fly zone as I was spraying and cutting grass.
Wow that sucks. You can come steal apples from me if I make it through the next 4 daysAt the bottom of our "hill" it is between 2 and 3 degrees warmer. As you drive up the hill you can feel it get significantly cooler about half way up.