Freeze predicted tonight
Beth - Michigan 6A
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Comments (16)This is SO different from last year - I had oaks with 10 inches of tender new growth, American persimmons with 4-6 inches of tender new growth, all my fruit trees had all but finished blooming - many with small fruit already developing. The 4-5 consecutive nights of temps into the low 20s/teens were devastating - I had young grafted pecans, persimmons, and mulberries in the 6-10 ft height range killed back to the ground. Pecans and hickories lost all their leaves. Only two of a dozen or so grafted heartnut varieties were not killed off completely - including a couple that were 10 ft tall - killed back to the black walnut rootstock. Black walnuts and most Asian persimmons were still dormant, and escaped significant damage. This year, pears, peaches, plums and a few early apples are just now in bloom, but pecans and oaks are just entering bud-swell, or early leaf extension. Persimmons and mulberries have not yet broken bud. I'm not overly worried, and I'm not bothering to attempt to cover anything. Extension fruit specialists here are predicting at most a 10% reduction in total crop....See MoreArgh. Frost prediction for tonight
Comments (3)Things came through pretty good, even thought there was frost all over! The blanketed stuff looks fine, the plastic covering didn't seem to work too good. Overall I'm hoping for another week or so of looking at my banannas, zinnias and coleus and then I'm going to have to let go :(...See More49?F predicted tonight! How to protect blossoms?
Comments (11)The Bonide Blossom Set Spray caught my eye, because I just bought some today, and am wondering if it will make any difference with my tomatoes. ****** See the FAQ, link at the top of this first page, on blossom drop re the product blossom set which is sold under many brand names. It was devised to be used to help fruit set in those areas where the early temps are too cool for normal pollination. And use of blossom set certainly can make a difference with your tomatoes. Different blossom set products have different plant hormones, the one I know best is Indole Acetic acid. What it does is to allow for fruit set in the absence of normal pollination and fertilization of the ovules in the tomato ovary. Fertilized ovules become seeds/ So fruits induced in this way, which is called parthenocarpy, are usually seedless, and can be malformed as well as have an unpleasant flesh consistency, and that's because fruit development is abnormal. Do all of these things all of the time? No, but there's no way to predict. Dr. Baggett at OSU bred many parthenocarpic varieties, such as Oregon Spring, which are helpful to those in the PNW where late Springs are consistently cool. Using blossom set does not protect the blossoms in any way. Sure it's colder than normal for many of us right now, but we all know it will turn warmer in a few days and then temps will be OK for normal self pollenization to occur, per usual. Carolyn, who would never use blossom set, regardless....See MoreGot a prediction for The Voice tonight?
Comments (5)They are sending one home tonight. I think Jacquie is the best, and Cole is my second choice, then Will, then James. Based on last night's performance, I think I would send Matthew home....See Moreken_adrian Adrian MI cold Z5
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