2020 Buds, Flowers and Fruit!

Naeem · March 20, 2020, 12:34am

I was outside yesterday and today took these pictures Cherry, Peach, Plum, Apples, Pears, Apricot, Flowers. You can share yours too. Lets go .
Cherry:

Peaches:

Plums:

Apples:

Pears:

Apricot:

Flowers:

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Poncho65 · March 20, 2020, 2:44am

Love all those pics!

subdood_ky_z6b · March 20, 2020, 3:17am

Nice pics. I can’t believe you have so many things blooming now. I’m maybe 300 miles west of you and my trees aren’t nearly as advanced as yours. I did see a few Contender peach buds start to bloom, though.

Naeem · March 20, 2020, 4:03am

Thanks . We had a very mild winter this year and my trees are about 3 weeks ahead from last year. Not every bud is open yet , only Cherry, Plum, Apricot and some peaches in bloom. Apples, Pears and some Peaches need few more days.

subdood_ky_z6b · March 20, 2020, 4:51am

My cherry and plum are at swollen bud stage now, nowhere close to yours. I do have a pluot that has flowered, though. And there is a pear that has a few blossoms about to pop open.

So, this could be an awesome year, or a big disappointment. Just have to wait and see.

Rosdonald · March 20, 2020, 1:27pm

I can smell the sweet scent of peach blossoms in the air in my orchard I pulled up a chair and just sat there to take it all in.

Naeem · March 20, 2020, 7:04pm

So far everything is going good but you never know.

subdood_ky_z6b · March 20, 2020, 7:40pm

Still haven’t seen any bees yet, but with it being 70 here today, I imagine they will be rousing soon.

I will say our house has been almost overrun by lots of Asian lady beetles for almost a month. They have been hibernating in the house in various places, and have been trying to get out since we’ve had some warmer weather. We have to take the vacuum cleaner to them there’s so many.

ammoun · March 20, 2020, 7:43pm

Beautiful!

What peaches do you grow please?

Naeem · March 20, 2020, 9:12pm

I have not seen any bees too but seen some small flies around my plums I hope these will pollinate some.

Bigrob · March 20, 2020, 9:20pm

Santa Rosa,Methley, and wild Chickasaw plum blooms.

PharmerDrewee · March 20, 2020, 10:18pm

Satsuma plum is beginning to flower. I planted it as a 2 foot tall bareroot last year.

Plenty of buds on Drippin Honey starting to open.

Another productive year for Korean Giant

I’m hoping these are flower buds on a Jilin pear I grafted 2 years ago onto OHxF87

Okolo looks like it’ll flower for the first time too. It was grafted 2 years ago onto OHxF87

Intrepid peach is covered in flower buds in its 3rd leaf.

PharmerDrewee · March 20, 2020, 10:44pm

If pollination becomes a problem for you, consider setting up mason bee houses. I don’t have any of the native ones around my house. The hornfaced bee, Osmia cornifrons, was what moved in when I put my houses out. They’ve been active for the past 2 weeks and I see plenty visiting my plum blossoms. I see dozens buzzing around so the population has built up very well the past 2 years since I gave them nesting sites. They did a very good job pollinating my pears last year.