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To: Daisyjane69
We just humid here....Everything is growing well. Including the weeds.
The peas were as tall As I am this spring. Wild raspberries are almost gone....Now are picking beans, thorn less blackberries, The tomatoes, peppers and summer squash are just coming on, and the lettuce onion etc have been great.

Have a wonderful crop of onions and garlic this year and the winter squash and pumpkins are setting on nicely.

OTOH not a piece of fruit on any of the fruit trees.

The local markets have an abundance of corn and our world famous melons. The local farms have sandy loam, I have southern IN yellow clay...Somethings I just rely on the farmers a couple of miles from the house.

20 posted on 07/17/2009 5:05:01 AM PDT by hoosiermama (ONLY DEAD FISH GO WITH THE FLOW.......I am swimming with Sarahcudah! Sarah has read the tealeaves.)
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To: hoosiermama

Wonder why no fruit on your trees?

First thing I wonder is if you had enough winter cold. Although that seems impossible, in your area. That is a guaranteed way to ensure no fruit.

OR

A heavy frost that occurred once the trees have bloomed. That would do it as well, as the blooms would drop immediately. (this is why, when I was in Ohio and my peachtree would bloom in April, that I’d spray it with the hose on the nights we were getting a late frost). Nothin’ like that ol’ hard frost on April 28, I always say. LOL

You may have to go back and review your weather records, that is almost certainly the reason.

Btw, I do know this sounds goofy, but here goes:

Your fruit trees will bloom when the soil and air temperature of the moment tell them that it’s “time.” But sometimes Mother Nature plans a little practical joke, and sends you one quick blast of a little winter. Just to remind you who’s boss. LOL It pays to be a weather watcher in the spring. Once your fruit trees are in bloom, and the TV weatherman issues a frost warning for that night, it’s time for you to go outside, to save your crop. You need to gently spray the blooms on your tree with water, to ensure that they will freeze in the overnight temps. Believe it or not, that tiny layer of ice will PROTECT your blooms from cold damage. The ice will melt off at sunrise. If cold temps are called for again, you will need to do it the next night, and so on. IF the cold hits the blooms directly, they are unsalvagable. Period.

I hope that helps. :)


28 posted on 07/17/2009 5:32:01 AM PDT by Daisyjane69 (Michael Reagan: "Welcome back, Dad, even if you're wearing a dress and bearing children this time)
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To: hoosiermama

Was there a shortage of honey bees or other insects and the trees didn’t get pollinated?


76 posted on 07/17/2009 7:51:42 AM PDT by tubebender (Doesn't expecting the unexpected make the unexpected expected?)
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