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Fruit Trees Screwed, Again......................................................
KenK/84Bravo
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All my fruit trees are fully budded out. It was snowing to beat the band earlier today.
Supposed to be 19* tonight. More snow forcasted for Tuesday.
4th year in a row this scenario has taken place. No fruit from any of my trees again this year.
Roughly 250 Peaches before that.
Got to love that "Global Warming."
Supposed to be 19* tonight. More snow forcasted for Tuesday.
4th year in a row this scenario has taken place. No fruit from any of my trees again this year.
Roughly 250 Peaches before that.
Got to love that "Global Warming."
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Hot House time! Saw a guy burying a long pipe under the frost line and growing cash crops in cold climates on youtube. I know it ain't helping now but it's idea if you had the time and the land . Later!
serf
http://blog.zipgrow.com/low-grade-geothermal-heating-cooling-greenhouses/
The most effective methods bury several feet of 4-6 inch corrugated septic tubing for every square foot of space being heated/cooled, with the intake and outflow pipes placed so that air flows though the space from the outflow to the intake. Air is then circulated through the underground system.
My next door neighbor was a horticulturist of some fame. His Apple tree varieties bloom at different times and have overlap for good cross-pollination, he always had Apples.
If I knew back when I planted my fruit trees what I know now, I'd buy different varieties of fruit trees that bloom at different times. Hindsight is always 20-20.
Way, way too early to be planting a garden around here.
When you buy two fruit trees from the same outlet chances are they are clones. And like I said the best pollination is from Trees of a different strain. Having two clone trees gives about the same results as a single tree trying to pollinate itself, anything from zero to poorly.
Something you can try is to cut thin thickly flowered branches off of another tree (from a different line or strain) and stick them in a water filled bucket or vase at the trunk of your tree. If your yield goes up then you know you need another tree as a pollinator. If you have ever checked out a commercial apple orchard there is usually a few crab Apple trees in the mix.
Apple trees like iron, if you get an iron fertilizer make sure it has it's own fixer mixed in.
The Plum trees we have around here are pretty bullet proof, they just need another variety (line/strain) to pollinate well.
This year I am going to war with the damned racoons. Last year they tore up our sweet corn and the pears. No more Mr. Nice Guy. Havahart trap, sardines, and a .22 in the ear. And if you think they are cute, give me your mailing address- I'll let you deal with them.
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
Or the kerosene smudge heater pots in the middle of the groves...
Yep, was gonna mention the smudge pots in my post but figured not too many would know what they were so I left them out , it's been years since we used them but they do help but require a lot of labor/work....water not so much
"Never do wrong to make a friend----or to keep one".....Robert E. Lee
If the illegals had to work to come they likely wouldn't show up. Or it might slow them down and god forbid they don't make it here in time to vote for the democrats.
Sorry about your loss. My brother in AZ has had some bad years for his trees from time to time. Pistachio , and a couple other trees that are fruit related rather than nuts.
Mostly apple trees here in MN . The danger with them is mostly worm related and they have to be sprayed.
It is Trumps fault...........
The other side has an apple tree that drops apples on my side. I have to pick them up all summer in varying degrees f ripeness and size before the mowing guys show up. Another PITA, but at least I get to prune back the branches and get good wood for my smoker!