What the Hail!?!

General Fruit Growing
#1

Oh. My. Gosh. It hailed here. Twice. I end up with about 1/2" total of hail in my yard. I am afraid to go down and see my stone frut blossoms :frowning: Here is how it started. Had to get up to work, so couldn’t take a final photo, but it was coming down hard early this morning, all the size of little BB’s. Then, about 2:00 pm, it started to hail again, this time larger hail about the size of peas. And thunder. And, apparently, a water spout. You would think I was back in Goshen, IN!!

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Could have been worse. Here is a photo of Huntington Beach, where I grew up. About an hour north of me up the coast. Literally ON the coast:

Boo.

#2

We had rain from that storm roll through here today but no hail. Snowed up in Flagstaff tho. The wind and rain had me in a fuss about our blossuming fruit…we are all so spoiled here in the southwest!

#3

Wow, a hail snowman in CA! You don’t see that often! Snowmen and palm trees, what’s wrong with this picture? :astonished:

#4

We get hail about a half-dozen times each summer. Anything pea-size or smaller doesn’t seem to do any damage so you should be fine.

#5

Thankfully, all that hail stayed well south of me. :umbrella:

#6

I lost my flavor delight apriums and goldkist apricots to today’s frost.

#7

How cold did it get and what stage was your fruit? One freeze seldom gets everything this early.

#8

27 F. They were half an inch long , or about a Month away from harvest. They usually ripen around may 12th.

#9

Sorry about your loss. Hope some are ok.

#10

weatherman:

Are there any blossoms not open yet? If so those would survive 27. We’ve lost apricot to two 22F freezes, last night and a week ago. But all varieties aren’t all bloomed out yet. Unopened flowers survived 22F.