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Post by terrifictom on May 23, 2022 5:11:32 GMT -6
Got well below freezing last night and most of the apple trees had blossoms on yesterday. This will be 2 years in a row that late freeze got them.
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Post by Sandbur on May 23, 2022 6:15:51 GMT -6
Got well below freezing last night and most of the apple trees had blossoms on yesterday. This will be 2 years in a row that late freeze got them. i missed frost last night and at this point, plums and just a few crab apples are blooming. I must be 25 days behind some years on peak bloom. Perhaps many trees are resting this year with few blossoms.
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Post by Bwoods11 on May 23, 2022 6:19:23 GMT -6
That stinks ! Global warming.
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Post by chummer16 on Jun 4, 2022 19:02:23 GMT -6
Looks like the cold damp week during bloom took its toll, very few apples on most of the trees.
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Post by Freeborn on Jun 4, 2022 19:10:48 GMT -6
Sorry to hear that Tom. For us far northern growers the weather sure can cause problems.
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Post by badgerfowl on Jun 4, 2022 21:40:35 GMT -6
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Post by nhmountains on Jun 5, 2022 12:09:04 GMT -6
Looks like the cold damp week during bloom took its toll, very few apples on most of the trees. At my home, it was damp, rainy, and windy during bloom. My father in-law’s three trees sit 50’ from the neighbors 20 beehives. The bees must not have been working in those conditions because he’s got very few apples. At my camp I saw quite a few apples yesterday when mowing the lawn. I didn’t get a chance to see the trees in the woods.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 6, 2022 7:43:13 GMT -6
Interesting how much farther along your trees are than mine. I've still got unopened blossoms on some trees. The largest fruitlets I have now are on pear trees and they may be 1/4"
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Post by biglakebass on Jun 6, 2022 9:34:09 GMT -6
I have more trees that have not blossomed yet, than ones that have blossomed.
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 6, 2022 18:37:59 GMT -6
Blossoms are about done and I need to spray this week.
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Post by badgerfowl on Jun 6, 2022 18:49:48 GMT -6
Blossoms are about done and I need to spray this week. What will you be spraying? Carbaryl?
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 7, 2022 18:16:34 GMT -6
Blossoms are about done and I need to spray this week. What will you be spraying? Carbaryl? . I have used the mixture in the small bottle but will switch to the other product when the first is gone. why? I couldn’t find the first product when I ordered a year or so ago.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 8, 2022 19:02:02 GMT -6
I've still got some blossoms on my trees, but I need to get the first shot of insecticide and fungicide applied. The weather looks calm for Friday a.m., so I intend to get them sprayed then.
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Post by Sandbur on Jun 8, 2022 19:47:58 GMT -6
I've still got some blossoms on my trees, but I need to get the first shot of insecticide and fungicide applied. The weather looks calm for Friday a.m., so I intend to get them sprayed then. I sprayed this morning. The mosquitoes were horrendous. The old product was a suspension with some residual action. The new product(big jug) has a much shorter duration. I still think I will just spray twice and see what happens. I normally use a plastic cup to measure with. The new product ate thru the cup. Stu, how soon will you spray again? I only saw 2-3 blossoms.
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Post by smsmith on Jun 8, 2022 20:08:39 GMT -6
I've still got some blossoms on my trees, but I need to get the first shot of insecticide and fungicide applied. The weather looks calm for Friday a.m., so I intend to get them sprayed then. I sprayed this morning. The mosquitoes were horrendous. The old product was a suspension with some residual action. The new product(big jug) has a much shorter duration. I still think I will just spray twice and see what happens. I normally use a plastic cup to measure with. The new product ate thru the cup. Stu, how soon will you spray again? I only saw 2-3 blossoms. I try to spray in early June, early July, and early August. It worked last year because it didn't rain much from May through mid-late August. I may add another spray this year if we get rain shortly after a dose.
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