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I’ve grown to expect that type of weather as it’s becoming the new normal. 2022 spring I’m assuming will be similar. I’m going back over everything we documented about this trying to learn the new trends and the best ways to deal with those trends.
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Today we’ve been very warm and we have a blizzard bearing down on us within a couple of days. This weird weather has my plums all pushing buds. It looks like we wont be getting any plums this year. Anyone else had weird weather this year? What’s going on where you are?
We didn’t have a spring at my location for 2018. Winter turned to summer and the time we normally use to graft and plant did not exist. Any other locations have similar weather? Right now my location is in a serious drought. We have had 4 feet of drop in the water table and many ponds that were 4 feet deep are dried up. Nearby locations have had more rainfall but they are still dry. My strange weather will it get our blooms and fruit thread was nearly 2 years old and getting hard to follow! To…
Today is October 29th 2019 and there are still pears and apples on the trees from the heavy crop we did not completely pick due to excessive water this year. Literally every tree had over 1/2 of the branches break due to heavy water filled fruit. Winter hung around an extra month or two this spring. Summer flooding went on most of the year with exception of a drought in the middle just long enough and hot enough to kill many new fruit trees. The ponds , reservoirs, rivers and creeks are still…
Many of us are seeing extreme shifts in weather from 80’s into the 30’s. Temperature swings by themselves of some kind are not terribly unusual this time of year in early spring. We have also saw extreme droughts last year and a very wet and cold winter. Is everyone else seeing very intense weather in recent years? How does this impact your fruit growing?
Wonder what this year has in store for us? Im continuing a tradition with weather observations as we have done many times before. This was 2 days ago Feb 14
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This is today Feb 16
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The snow is melting and promises of spring are in the air
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I stood outside soaking up the sun barefoot in shorts for at least 10 minutes on the south side of the house. Its 51 degrees today but seems very warm in the sun.
It’s November 21st 2021 and we still have fruit on the trees. Autumn berries and pears this time of year are really nice but it is very strange weather. Anyone else had weird weather this year? Nearly every year has been really unusual for about the last 5 years now. Winter hung around a long time this spring. Is it possible our seasons shifted a month? Could May be April now and November be October? Anyone else having strange weather that’s keeping you guessing on what to do and when? A…
Winter is starting very late this year
We let the animals eat the windfall pears that might need them. We have an abundance and many animals and people are going into winter in very good condition from the large pear crop. Today is November 26 and pears are still hanging in the trees! Family, friends and wild animals harvested all they want. Gave some away to strangers or friends of friends this year as well. Hope everyone was blessed with a large crop this year. Next year I will focus more on selling pears as the crop continues …
The droughts and floods can be the worst here not the cold. This thread is a must read if we plan to raise long term orchards in Kansas. Floods like the one in 1993 can be devastating! 1951 flood was worse Great Flood of 1951 - Wikipedia
We rely on some spring rains and this year so far those heavy rains have not came. We have had cracks in the ground for about a month now. How is your rainfall this year? There is a huge upside which is less fungal and bacterial diseases.
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