Organic upick fruit, berries and edible plant nursery, scionwood, grafted trees. Near Seattle in Snohomish, PYO apples, blueberries, grapes, berries, currants, more
Chilling hours are the hours of winter temperatures below 45° and above 32°. These hours are required for many plants to break dormancy (grow) in the spring. Global warming will affect us one winter so that the winter cooling is insufficient to the plant to break dormancy. As far as I know there is no manipulating this without breeding work. Can we GM our way out of this? Tree fruits
HERE IS MY LIST:
Akane, Ambrosia, Ananas Reinette, Arkansas Black, Belle de Boskoop, Braeburn, Cauley, Chehalis, Chenango Strawberry, Cox Orange Pippin, Dulas Beauty, Enterprise, Fall Pippin, Gala, Golden Russet, Goldrush, Graniwinkle, Greensleeves, Grimes Golden Gravenstein, Newtown Pippin, Granny Smith, Pink Lady, Jonagold, Yellow Bellflower, Winter Banana,
are a few. Trials: Aunt Rachel, Carter’s Blue, William’s Pride, 2 not at farm: Dorset Golden, Anna
Reliable fruit trees in Santa Cruz County & Chill Hour (C.H.) Requirements:
Apples
Cox’s Orange Pippin Parentage
600–800 C.H.
Golden Delicious Parentage
McIntosh Parentage
Russeted Apples (all of these crop reliably in Santa Cruz County)
Hudson’s Golden Gem: 800–1,000
Other Apple Varieties
Pears
Summer or Butter Pears
Winter Pears
Quinces
Pomegranates
Persimmons
they bloom late and set annually)
Peaches
Peach Leaf Curl Resistant Varieties
Other Peach Varieties
White Lady: 800
Nectarines
Plums
Prune Plums
800
Pluots
Apriums
Apricots
Figs
Prolific, White Genoa: 100 (despite their low
chill, they set reliably)
Cherries
Walnuts
We’re you able to establish a minimum chill hour requirement for the Carter’s Blue apple tree?I believe it is very low, maybe 100
Few around growing this. I do not have any con lusive evidence
I’m looking to buy a couple 5+ year old apple trees that are already producing fruit. Preferably Cosmic Crisp. Do you have anything like that for sale this weekend?
I’ve been on vacation, just returned. Cosmic are 2 years old. And another 4 varieties -bearing of 3 years+
I noticed this says for Santa Cruz County. Is this a typo, you are in Washington right? I am looking for trees that grow well in Santa Cruz, Ca. Thanks!
That is correct. Research can only be done in warm climates