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    Blooming Peach Trees

    I noticed this weekend I have two peach trees bloooming.

    For the particular species it seems about two- three weeks early.

    I sure hope I don't loose all the fruit this year.

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    Quote Originally Posted by JoAnn Purser View Post
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    I noticed this weekend I have two peach trees bloooming.

    For the particular species it seems about two- three weeks early.

    I sure hope I don't loose all the fruit this year.
    My Arizona ash is doing the same thing. It did it last year as well. Because we are having above average rain, and spring like temperatures, the trees are fooled into blooming early. If we have another cold snap, the fresh blooms will fall off again and die. It really messes the tree up, and later when it blooms for the second time, the leaves will be wrinkled and mutated. The tree will eventually get back to normal, but it really messes up it's sense of timing and natural cycle. The good news is that if you have fruit bearing peach trees, the fruit is usually sweeter at harvest time.
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    Quote Originally Posted by JoAnn Purser View Post
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    I sure hope I don't loose all the fruit this year.
    If you get a "bumper crop" of peaches this year and don't know what to do with them, I'll take some off your hands! If it grows on a vine or tree, I can put it in a jar. Yummiliciousness right there (and yes, I'll share!)

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    Don't count your chicks before they hatch people. Remember, last year around Feb 1 we had those three terribly cold, freezing days and nights.
    Light travels faster than sound. This is why some people appear bright until you hear them speak.

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    Not chicks....

    Peaches!

    The analogy could have been

    "Don't count your jars of jam before they'reir processed"

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    there's some apple and pear trees blooming in my back yard.....and allready being worked over by what i call "sweat bees"......or "mason bees".......don't ask me why 'cause i don't know.....mac

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    The plants don't look at the calendar. Some trees shed leaves during the drought last summer and went dormant because they react both to light and moisture. Of course, most of the junipers are surviving

    Now they are reacting to mild temps and plenty of moisture. It's like March out, and I'm seeing lots of the natives putting out leaves in the rural area where we live. Dare we hope for bluebonnets this year? I doubt there will be many, since the crop last year was sparse. This winter hasn't produced the cold that's required to crack their seed hulls. We haven't had a good show of bluebonnets in years.

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    Where are these natives putting out leaves. I have got to see them. Must save them a ton of money. BTW, I'm a native and I was wondering what was growing out my _________________!!!!




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    Watch the Mesquite and the native Pecans, they know it's not real. The others are as dumb a democrats.

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    My Arizona ash has already started to blossom. My Texas ash (being a Texan, and therefore much smarter) is waiting until spring. Bluebonnets require a hard freeze to germinate. The hard seed shell will crack open when frozen, allowing it to germinate. No freeze, no bluebonnets. They are a stinky flower anyhow. A premature blooming cycle will cause mutated leaves and really mess a trees natural rhythm up. (must be Catholic trees). Eventually they recover and get back on track.
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