To: North American Fruit Explorers <nafex@lists.ibiblio.org>
Subject: Re: [NAFEX] Preventing early bloom - Donna's comment
Date: Wed, 5 Apr 2006 20:33:02 -0700 (PDT)
When trying to dig too early in the spring, I've found frozen soil under
thick mulch
well after the soil had thawed under mowed sod.
--- Rondi < wrote:
> Donna's comments about her plums waiting reminded me about something I
> noticed in my orchard this year. Most of my peaches are small and don't
> have mulch around them, but my Contender that I bought and is taller I
> mulched heavily with straw last year because of the drought we were
> experiencing. I didn't pull it away during the winter because the
> drought just never let up until two weeks ago. I noticed this spring
> this tree was about 2 weeks late to blossom compared others in the
> area. The only difference I can see is the mulch.
>
> What I am wondering is if it would make sense to mulch trees that are
> known to bloom before they ought to slow them down? Anyone else have
> experience with this? I would like to hear other such experiences.
>
> Thanks,
>
> Rondi
>
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