My peaches are at the end of bloom… starting to leaf now… apples early bloom 30 percent or so. Cherries end of bloom… blueberries tiffblue loaded with blooms.
Nashville ch 5 4 and 2 are still showing 28 26 26 for tomorrow night.
Today they were off 6-7 degrees for me… hope the same happens tonight.
Local stations here Middle TN… are still saying 26-28 for tonight.
I managed to get something over my smaller peach, not sure if it will help.
If 1 or 2 degrees can make a difference perhaps a bed sheet will help a little ?
I near froze to death getting that on… the things a man will do for peaches
Here it looks like 28F tonight and 26F tomorrow in the most conservative forecasts; they vary up to lows of 30F. I might lose some but it should not be nearly as bad as last year.
The good thing here is after two bad days there is a long streak where things should be OK. That is not what happened last year, it just never warmed up and kept dipping too low over and over again.
Agreed, the weather channel says its 28 right now but I’m reading 32. Those few degrees might make the difference. Like Trev I have covered some of my peaches, but it has been tough getting it on. Same, it makes me feel better. Looking forward to the weekend and taking a deep breath. The things a woman will do for peaches
Up at 5:25 am and checked my Merc Thermometer on the back porch 35 degrees… my digital shows 36. Looking across the grass in the back yard, see a little glisten but nothing like a hard frost.
So looks like they were off quite a bit for me again…
It often drops another degree or so just after the sun breaks up over the ridge…
25 here in Rockingham County Va. Seems like a repeat of last year… Not as worried about fruit loss, as young trees dying. Most are still somewhat dormant. Peaches have blooms, apples and pears between silver tip and half inch.
Just pre-sunrise here in TN… no change still 35 on my merc thermometer and 36 on my digital.
Normally drops 1 just after sun up.
Good Luck to all of you who got colder. Looks like I might be OK thru this one… but last year is was April 15 when I lost all peaches, apples, grapes…
I think it was 2007 when I saw the latest hard frost that I can remember… it was late in April and got down around 25. All trees lost all leaves for a month… Most Ginseng was up at that point and most of the tops died from that frost… very low supply that fall and prices went to 1000.00 per pound or higher…
Damage may not be noticeable until a day or two later. You may not see much today. Later, you will have a better idea if or how much damage your fruit trees have sustained. Hope it will be no damage or very minimal for you.
Sun fully up at 6:41 here in TN… dropped 1 degree as usual.
I have two Merc Thermometers on the back porch now, both showing 34 degrees… and my digi is showing 35.
It usually does not change after the sun is up… holds steady a while, then starts rising.
Last year when I lost all peaches, apples, even my concord grapes…
By 9 am, my grapes were obviously done for…it was 4/15 and I had quite a bit of new growth, and tiny grape clusters on… but but 9 am that morning they were obviously in serious trouble, turned dark, wilted, goners… about a month later they sent out new growth, but only a small amount of new fruit buds that did not develop.
My Peaches and Apples looked good for a day or so, I thought they might be Ok… but then a bit later started noticing little indentions in the fruit, like dimples, and those continued and got worse, and they eventually just all shriveled up, browned and fell off. I had peaches and apples in the 3/4" to 1" size on at that time. Best I remember it was on day 2 when it started becoming obvious that they were not going to make it.