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Help needed!! We live in southwestern KY USA zone 7b and our last estimated frost is April 19. Our trees usually come out of dormancy in march and they have already started the process because of an unseasonably warm january. I have some very young pear, cherry, and hazelnut trees that I'm not collecting harvest from for several years so fruit set isn't important, but will these trees be okay if and when a hard freeze returns to our area this winter? Is there anything I can do?
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I love my fig tree. What fruit trees do you group?
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Heather Stone Beautiful! I love figs but they don't work in my zone very reliably. Zone 7. We have some cherry trees, hazelnuts, pear, and Elderberry bushes/trees.
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Anyone ever considered growing vines for their own wine? I took this photo at a local winery a while back. I hear growing grapes for wine is extremely difficult and time consuming.
Lizzie We have a few grape plants that should be ready to harvest this year. I have not looked into how much you would need but deffinitly curious!
Heather Stone Someone local to me has a vineyard. I have no idea how they do it!
Hettie We inherited some concord grapes when we bought our rural property three years ago. They are old vines. They seem to thrive on neglect because each year they're heaving with grapes. The birds eat lots of them and we've made some tasty jellies. I would suggest you plant some and see what happens.
This morning a dense fog covered and infiltrated the entire landscape. I went out to hay the horses and saw gorgeous fragile spikes of snowy frost along all the gates, fences, branches, stems, and leaves. This was payment for bundling up and going outside early. A photo would not have captured the beauty. Did anyone else in the upper Midwest observe this brief phenomenon with temperatures a few degrees below freezing?
DeepPlanter I didn’t, I wish you had a photo of it. Sounds amazing!
John Ehrling Welcome to the community Judy!
Heather Stone We had fog in KY today but not freezing I don't think! Maybe it was! I didn't notice any frosty spikes on anything, that sounds lovely!
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Heather Stone How long is your growing season?
Yaniv 5.5 months, they say
DeepPlanter How large are your trees? If they're still small, since you mentioned they are young, you can find tree covers that can help protect them from frost. I know this will sound silly, but if it gets so cold that you're concerned about ice building up on your trees, you can wrap your trees in christmas lights and keep them plugged in. The heat generated from the lights will prevent ice from clinging to the tree. This can be costly when it comes to electricity though. I hope these suggestions help!
Lizzie We used a welded wire fence to winterize our fig tree. We wrapped it around and stuffed it with hay to protect it from frost. If your trees are young enough this would be a cost efficient way to protect them.