No Winter Kill Z5b NY- Looking Good

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I visited my orchard this past weekend and found that the warm winter and the unlikelyhood of a freeze has given me a ray of optimism during these trying times

.I found that the stone fruit, and the plums in particular, are carrying a POTENTIAL for a HEAVY crop this year.

Below is just a ample. This year I hope to select a few cultivars and will start a dedicated thread to each and will be adding weekly photos so there will be a stream of photos showing the progress from week to week up to harvest.

Mike

Below is just a sample of what I found this week in Z5b NY about 35 miles south of Albany NY

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I’m looking forward to your planned reports. While I don’t have the same varieties as you the fact that we have the same zone means I ( and others) can learn much by observing!
Good luck!

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@Oepfeli

Every day we learn something new is a good day.

Mike

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I checked our apricots yesterday, all the ovaries are brown, looks like no apricots this year.

Eric

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Sorry to hear that.
What was the low temp you got at bloom time?

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They haven’t bloomed yet, this is Vermont, I cut they and looked. Highest temp earlier 60F, combined with freezing temps inbetween this month.

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.Hope all of your plums will do well for you.

Apricots are hit or miss even in a warmer zone 6a where I am. They are blooming now. So far, the lowest temp was 29 early this week. Not much damage but it’s only April 10. things still can be tricky here.

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Same here…looks like the peaches/nectarines/plums look to have made it…so far. Luckily nothing is blooming because low 20Fs are a sure thing in the next few nights. I did spray copper aboutt a week ago for peach leaf curl.

Coldest here this winter was around that -20F mark…