[Apple-Crop] Weather

[Arthur Kelly]

It only takes one polar vortex to screw things up like in 2016.

Sent from my iPhone

> On Jan 22, 2017, at 10:21 AM, Jon Clements <jon.clements at umass.edu> wrote:
> 
> We're accumulating significant chilling hours now here in the Northeast with daily temps in the mid-30's to 40's. I expect rest has been achieved for peaches and some apples, and significantly warm weather could result in bud movement. In fact, the Feb-Mar-Apr period is expected to be above normal in temperature according to NOAA/NWS, however, I been hearing rumblings from the weather fanboys on the internet about a pattern change and significant cold for Feb-Mar. Who do you believe? And what difference does it make?
> 
> :-)
> 
>> On Sat, Jan 21, 2017 at 3:50 PM, Dennis Norton <dmnorton at royaloakfarmorchard.com> wrote:
>> Art, here in northern Illinois, we reached 55 today.  Here I was getting a little concerned about the over accumulation of chill hours since we were reaching around 640 since November 1, 2016.  Then I ran a comparison report for the same time period for 2015/16 and at this time last year we were at 740!!  In 2015 we had a very warm December, hitting near 60 on the 24th, which I had forgotten about.  Looks like there's not to much to be concerned about this year unless this warm spell stretched out for several weeks and we reach the chill requirement for some varieties. Could be a colder February or March to make up for it like last year.  We had a later spring last year by about two weeks.    
>> Dennis Norton
>> IPM Specialist/Certified Nurseryman
>> Royal Oak Farm Orchard
>> 15908 Hebron Rd.
>> Harvard, IL 60033-9357
>> Office (815) 648-4467
>> Mobile (815) 228-2174
>> Fax (609) 228-2174
>> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.com
>> http://www.royaloakfarmorchard.blogspot.com
>> https://www.facebook.com/royaloakfarmorchard/
>>> On 1/21/2017 12:37 PM, kellyorchards wrote:
>>> It seems we have skipped right to March.
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> 
>>> Art Kelly
>>> Kelly Orchards
>>> Acton, Maine
>>> 
>>> 
>>> _______________________________________________
>>> apple-crop mailing list
>>> apple-crop at virtualorchard.com
>>> http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
>> 
>> 
>> _______________________________________________
>> apple-crop mailing list
>> apple-crop at virtualorchard.com
>> http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
>> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Jon Clements
> aka 'Mr Honeycrisp'
> University of Massachusetts Amherst Extension
> UMass Cold Spring Orchard
> 393 Sabin St.
> Belchertown, MA  01007
> 413-478-7219
> umassfruit.com
> _______________________________________________
> apple-crop mailing list
> apple-crop at virtualorchard.com
> http://virtualorchard.com/mailman/listinfo/apple-crop
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://virtualorchard.com/pipermail/apple-crop/attachments/20170122/b973c1ab/attachment.html>