How doable are apples and stonefruit in the NC triangle?

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Thanks for the information. I’m wondering if you have any trees on Bud9 and if they ever reached the size that you expected. Most of mine never reached the top wire which surprised the Apple PHD who had a lot of experience with B9 in Western NC but very little with Apples in the Piedmont.

We rely on drip irrigation too, but I was interested if the rivers have any tendency to moderate the frosts during peach bloom and if it has any impact on the humidity in the orchard.

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I’d like to add to what you mentioned by suggesting citation rootstock for stone fruit in locations with poor soil. My native soil is heavy clay, yet with the citation rootstock plums, nectarines and peaches do very well.

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I’d imagine my sand would want the opposite of that rootstock, but it’s just speculative. Sand acting the opposite of heavy clay, I struggle with moisture retention more than anything.

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