Posts Tagged ‘overwintering’
Cold injury to fruit trees a big concern
By Gary Pullano, Assistant Editor Reprinted with permission from Fruit Growers News, April 2014 Edition Vol. 53, #4 The need for growers to understand the impact of cold injury to fruit trees in 2014, particularly to the more tender crops, made a series of presentations by Jon Clements, Extension tree fruit specialist with the University…
Read MoreA Study of the Winter Kill Phenomena
By Anne Wieland Passed on from Ellen VandeVisse, a member from Palmer AK. Dear Homer friends who garden, Back in June you may have taken the time to enter data in the Winter Kill survey. It’s been quite a while since then and some amazing things have happened demonstrating the resilience of nature…
Read MorePresident’s Message
By Kevin Irvin This year has been quite the roller coaster as far as weather as I am sure you all know. Many iron-clad varieties had survival problems and it wasn’t just apples! It also is dependent on the micro-climate we each have at our respective orchards. Some fared far better than others simply…
Read MoreThe Importance of Chilling Hours
The Importance of Chilling Hours Flower buds require sufficient chilling hours during the winter to break dormancy and bloom in the spring. Chilling hours is a complex and confusing issue. Because so many customers have asked about chilling hours, Grandpa has compiled some charts from the best sources that he has to help customers concerned…
Read MoreINCREASING APPLE CULTIVAR HARDINESS TO -40° F
—by Bernie Nikolai 14012-86 Ave. Edmonton, Alberta T5R4B2 (Reprinted from Pomona, v. 25, no. 4, Fall 1994, with permission) For about the last five years I’ve been experimenting with attempting to significantly increase the hardiness of tender apple cultivars to enable them to survive and produce after prairie Canada’s long, very harsh…
Read MoreEARLY ALASKAN ORCHARD BEARS FRUIT TREE KNOWLEDGE
Thanks to Joe Orsi, one of our Southeast members, for the following–it’s a great article! Dear Pam: I enjoy reading the newsletter material and think you are doing a great job with it. In the last newsletter I really liked the piece by Bob Purvis on “Preparing Your Fruit Trees for Winter”, and…
Read MoreFRUIT TREE SURVIVAL RECORD FOR WINTER OF 91-92 IN FAIRBANKS, AK.
The following had no winter injury: APPLE 922 END IMP. BATTLEFORD RED SUMBO AKANE JACQUES RED WELL AL MA SWEET JOHN WALLACE RENOWN ANOROS JORDAN RUSSET RESCUE ARBOR DALE KEEPSAKE ROMFO UNKNOWN ARCTIC RED KERR ROSTHERN 18 BATTLEFORD LEAFLAND ROSYBROOK BIDDY LIVELAND RASBERRY SCOT 144 BREAKEY LODI SEPT. RUBY BREAKEY X CRIMSON BEAUTY LOWELL …
Read MorePREPARING TOUR FRUIT TREES FOR WINTER
By Bob Purvis Getting a 1- or 2-year-old fruit tree to survive an Alaskan winter is not all easy task even if the tree is a hardy Canadian apple variety on an Antonovka or Ranetka rootstock. With winter almost here, it may be worth outlining practices that improve the odds of tree survival. These…
Read More1988-89 WINTER HARDINESS REPORT: Purvis
By Robert A. Purvis The winter of 1988-89 was a “test winter” in both Southcentral Alaska and in the Interior, with temperatures dipping into the -30 to -40°F range in Southcentral and into the -50 to -70°F range in Fairbanks and vicinity. As such, this past winter can provide valuable information on how…
Read MoreOverwintering Fruit trees in Alaska 1988
During the winters of 1986 and 1987 and 1987 to 1988 I overwintered in pots, a number of apple, pear, plum, apricot, and sweet and tart cherry trees. The decision to grow things in pots was based on these considerations: First, a black plastic pot provides a warm environment for growing new roots on bare-root…
Read MoreArborgards — better than burlap
After some bad experiences this past winter with bark rotting caused by wet burlap applied originally to my apple trees for sun scald protection, I found an alternative: Arborgards. Arborgards are white spiral perforated tubes, 24 – 40 inches high, made of durable, springy plastic. Used by professional landscapers to protect trunks of newly planted…
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