My claim was 3.5 months or around 90 days and again, this was for Colorado Springs so please stop trying to say that i said 6+ month and such. We broke records in many places when it came to hail and there are numerous first hand accounts, not just mine when it came to the immense amount of hail that we had in Colorado Springs. I don’t understand why you have such an issue with the fact and with all the websites I posted for you, including the news station’s account on our record breaking hail for 2023.
Again, I was talking about Colorado Springs, not just for all of Colorado because I did state that Pueblo doesn’t have the same weather pattern as we do and they have their own climate which is always somewhat warmer.
So why do you have such an issue with my claim when again, there are many websites and many other accounts of my truth? Why do you refuse to look up Denver Front Range Weather on Facebook when i tell you that they record almost every day for weather that also affects Colorado Springs? Why don’t you look up the Colorado Springs Gardeners page back to those months to see other people posting about the nearly every day hail we had for the year?
Why is it so hard to believe something that other people claim even when there’s proof from many others when you’re unwilling to even look at the proof? I can show you over 20 screenshots of other people who live in and around Colorado Springs warning others about the incoming hail yet you only believe the pueblo weather station?
This was your claim copy and paste from the thread about growing citrus outside the citrus belt:
Last year in 2023, we had hail from March - Late August every day between 3pm and 7pm in Colorado Springs. They would be ping pong to softball sized and would go on for a few minutes to half an hour at most. It stripped a ton of my plants, broke branches, and destroyed not only leaves but fruit as well.
Here’s more screenshots btw. You can track the dates of these and the ones i posted previously and see that it’s much more than the 14 hail storms you claim i had.
You apparently can’t understand the difference between hail at one location vs hail over a wide area. I keep saying there was lots of hail in the area. but there wasn’t hail at your house 90 or 180 days in a row.
You can’t keep track of your claims much less how much it hailed.
@Melon - I think at the end of the day, this might not be the best thread to get your answer, because I haven’t noticed anyone who frequents this thread from Co Springs. Probably best to contact someone who lived on your street, as they would have a much better idea than us. Good luck in your search.
I’m trying something new for peaches on the Front Range. I bought a few of the larger Air-pots (12 gallon-$36 at HTG) and have planted some young trees in them. My idea is that I will bring them into my shed: 1) for any sub-zero periods and 2) spring storms and freezes. All potted up, they weigh around 45 lbs which is movable, though not as easy as I’d like. The 8 gallon version ($19), which I’ve used for more temporary housing for bench grafted apples and pears, weighs about 25 lbs. These pots are quite expensive, so this definitely falls in the hobby expense category.
My wife has wondered aloud whether it would be easier on my back, more reliable and less expensive to just buy Palisades peaches. She really doesn’t get it. 
“There is a very thin line between hobby and mental illness.” Dave Barry
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Sounds like a good experiment. I’ve got an Eldorado (minature peach) and another half dozen trees that I planted in a fabric containers. Most are in their 3rd or 4th leaf. Probably similar to your thinking, I am diversifying with trees in the ground and in containers, so that when we get a whacky spring, I’ve got a chance at some fruit for the year. It’s been a struggle learning about soils in containers and still not fully clear, but have a plan I’ve run with. I was surprised how heavy the 30 gallon containers got… movable with 2 people, but in the winter a massive boat anchor. Also… they can freeze to the ground/driveway, so I’ve found that those not on dollys benefit from a slip layer of poly sheet, else there’s no bringing them in during the cold snap. At least with the fabric containers.
Technically, she’s right 
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Huh, I probably bumped into you in line for cider or something at the Oct2024 MORP event!
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This my a bud from LATEST blooming peach:
It’s still March and every single stone fruit is either blooming or at some stage of bud swell. This is by far the earliest I’ve experienced in ~8 years. You all seeing the same?
Looking like a stone fruit free summer 
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@Scooter - everything here is in progress. Yeah, it’s crazy, and not much faith we can make it 5-6 weeks without a cold snap!
I’ve had an eldorado peach (container) blooming for almost 3 weeks now. A superior plum that’s fully open for about a week now, and other plums, peaches, pears, sweet cherry that the flowers are starting to open now. The ones that are just in late vegetative bud swell are the apples and sour cherries.
If we do get a cold snap, I’m hopeful some of the 3rd-4th leaf container trees will fruit this year (looks like they are going to flower), as in the containers I’ve only had figs and that eldorado peach produce previously.
It’s definitely a wild year.
Edit: OK - just got hit by a March hail storm. Not sure I can recall that in March.
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Same boat here. Everything is on the verge of blooming, and it looks pretty chilly later this week. I was thinking of firing up the charcoal grill with a slow burn and putting it under the peach tree. Not sure if that will work, but might be worth a try.
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Incandescent christmas lights, though at the forecasted temps, not sure those will help.
That’s a great idea! However, the neighbors might be curious why there’s Christmas in April.
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Weather Underground’s got a low of 23 this Saturday into Sunday… Hope that changes in the next few days, get at least into the upper 20’s.
I’ve got an ice fishing hut ready to protect one of my smaller, more manageable trees. Now the hard part, which tree to protect: Indian Free, Arctic Glow, or my multi-graft Japanese plum and pluot? Darn early spring!
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I’m finishing up my grafting and have quite a few extra apple scions and a few pear. Most are older varieties, all good for zone 5.
If you message me, I can probably save you a stick with 2-3 buds of: American Summer Permain, Ashmead’s Kernal, Benoni, Blenheim Orange, Chestnut Crab, Claygate Permain, Clark’s Crab, Cox’s Orange Pippin, Golden Russet, Gray Permain, Hudson’s Golden Gem, Lady, Lamb Abbey, Maiden’s Blush, Milo Gibson, Mullins Golden, Orleans Reinette, Pitmaston Pineapple, Rubinette, Spencer, Sweet 16.
Pear: Anjou, Large Seckel, Moonglow.
No charge, but you’ll need to come get them in next few days (west of Loveland, off US 34).
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Just a note on my grafts from last spring. I had the best luck with local scions rather than mail order. I think that close to 100% of the scions folks here gave me (honeycrisp) and self-cut (asian pears form trees I gave away) took. Mail order closer to 50%.
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Scions mostly gone now.
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Fingers crossed! Holding my breath!
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