PC damage

Noticed a lot of new damage on plums, cherries and nectarines... I had sprayed the apples yesterday, but decided to skip the plums until today ...not good! I should still be ok, i put a spray on this morning. Sweet cherries had a few hits, nectarines got hit again... Think my sour cherry that I moved in March may be on the slow road to death. It flowered, fruited and it still just has small leaves popping out... Apricots are really sizing up...

Plums are the size of peas at the biggest. Need to spray sooner.

90F today

Surround WP

Stella sweet cherry

One last May post

Not much happening lately.  Its been cold (cool) the past week or so and growth has really slowed once again.  I'll try to take some pictures of all the fruit and the various stages they are in.  I did learn that the container peaches are actually nectarines!!  Oops!  Also the interior of my Puget Gold apricot dropped all of its fruit and the leaves started wilting...so i chopped it out.  It now has a nice open center.  The fruit on the outer branches are sizing nicely.

My broccoli and cauliflower are growing very quickly now.  I've even found one forming a head.  It looks like Romanesco broccoli.

Another fruit update

Weather has been warmer lately.  We had over an inch of rain yesterday.  I noticed my first plum curculio damage on Saturday.  I ended up picking up a bottle of Maxide to treat a few of the fruit that were damaged.  This evening I sprayed Triazicide which I hope is my last time spraying the apricots.  I will need to put a good coat on the apples and plums in a few days.

Schuck split

The apricots are really moving along and the trees look to hold a decent crop.  There have been a few Puget Gold dropping, maybe from poor pollination?  The bloom is about done now so its time to protect the fruit.  I put the first spray on the apricots for plum curculio.  This pest is a big time trouble maker in my yard.  The weather has been cool, but sunny (night lows in the 30Fs).  Today turned cloudy in the afternoon.  Temps look to warm,  especially overnight. 

Tomcot

Another chilly day

Most of the fruits are done flowering, just the apples and pears remain.  The apricots and some of the sweet cherries have small fruit, while the rest seem to be at petal fall.  With today and yesterday not making it out of the 50F's, I should be protected from Plum Curculio.  I will have to put a spray on by Monday (just the apricots). 

nectarine

89F today

The trees are humming along.  Everything is in bloom except the apples.   I'm seeing peach leaf curl on one of my peach trees.

Birds in the plum trees

I've never seen these birds before.  There were 3 of them jumping around the branches of the plums, sour cherries and sweet cherries.  They were eating the nectar and having a good time.





plum bird

First heavy rain this morning.  Around an inch fell.

Warm up in progress

So that past 2 days have been 70F+.  The trees have really come alive.  Some peaches, all apricots, some sweet cherries, plums and strawberries are all in bloom.  The sour cherries should open starting tomorrow as will the pear.  The apples need a few more days.  The bees have been very busy hitting all the blooms.  Hopefully I can get a good fruit set with this dry and warm weather.

Superior Plum

Peach (unknown seedling)

Apples making some progress

The McIntosh and the Cortland are both getting near flowering stage.  Probably less then a week should the warm weather arrive late this weekend/next week.  The plums are both near flowering stage (Alderman opened some flowers yesterday).  Peaches are still hanging back...  just the container peaches are starting to flower.  The sweet/sour cherries are both lagging, while the container Stella is flowering.

Sweet 16

McIntosh

This weather is beyond bad

Sunday/Monday and now Tuesday have been stuck in the low/mid 40F's with clouds.  A few peeks of sun here and there, but other then that it has been a complete turd.  Trees have pretty much stopped their spring progression.  I have put a bunch of potted plants in the garage, and the sweet cherry has start showing some white so it will be blooming very shortly, hopefully back outside!  The extended range finally looks like it SHOULD stay in the 60Fs.  This time of year the average high is almost 70F.   Tonite looks like the temp should drop to near freezing, but that shouldn't cause many problems.  It can't get any worse :)

Stella sweet cherry