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Peach Chill Hours

As we quickly approach spring, and the early budding of our trees, you might become a little frustrated if your fruit trees do not make this year.  There is a high probability of this occurrence, and it is due to our warm winter. Peach trees, as well as many other fruit trees, need a certain number of chill hours to produce fruit.  Winter chilling is needed for fruit trees to break dormancy, bloom and grow normally in the spring.  Numerous ways of calculating chilling have been devised; one… Read More →