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Sat, Jan 3, 15 at 12:38
| Three days freezing rain leaves a beautiful mess. Some large broken pecan limbs but I think fruit trees are OK. So much ice on the lawn I could walk on top of the grass.
Peach trellis:
Snow storm a week ago took down my grape shelter.
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| Wow. You got the worst of the winter storm. The temp was 31degrees here this week. Tony |
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| This storm is coming east now... |
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- Posted by Fascist_Nation USDA 9b, Sunset 13, (My Page) on Sat, Jan 3, 15 at 16:13
| Yes, it was bad here. I wasn't able to be outside in my short sleeves until 10AM. I know, I know, the horror! ;-) |
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| I haven't been off my property in 4 days. Finally above freezing today so there is a lot of melting. I'm about to head out walking. Lots of trees and power lines down from what I've heard. |
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| I wish I lived close enough to help you with the fixing. |
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| fruitnut, Are those Peach trees going to be trained into an espalier of some sort? Brady |
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| Not an espalier, just a fan. Rows are about 7ft, trees spaced 3.5ft, and canopy width will be 2-3ft. But I've had such bad luck outdoors it hardy matters. If I get any fruit it will be a bonus. |
This post was edited by fruitnut on Sun, Jan 4, 15 at 12:26
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- Posted by john222-gg Mississippi 8a/8b (My Page) on Sun, Jan 4, 15 at 7:33
| you are freezing . Our temp's were in the 80's today I have full bloom on some low chill peaches. Temps going to drop into low 20.s later this week. My poor trees don't stand a chance. You have a lot colder weather than where I live .Right now my chill hours are 382below-348between-148Utah. I need more cold just not in the low 20's. |
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- Posted by harvestman 6 (My Page) on Sun, Jan 4, 15 at 9:18
| We had a fat heavy flake, low wind snow in Nov that snapped some trees in my nursery and tilted a couple. Such storms seem to be increasingly common here, but ice storms are the worse. None of those here yet but I bought a generator at long last, more than anything to be able to save 2 freezer fulls of frozen fruits and vegies if we lose power which happens a lot from ice storms. Last time I spent a couple hundred dollars on dry ice to keep things frozen. |
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| I consider a fan espalier, and so do my pruning books from England. Yeah that front is coming and we go to negative numbers this week, argh! Luckily all my trees are very dormant, and ready to handle it. I'm collecting some rainwater today, it will be the last time till spring. At least the cold took some time to get here, so less winter to endure. |
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| Fruitnut, I do know that freezing ice trees creates damage, however, that said, the pics are really beautiful. The Ice on the trellises is quite amazing. We had only a first 'damp' snow here last night (less than an inch) gone by morning. You really get a freeze!!!! Mrs. G |
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