The big question on everyone’s mind is whether the peach crop has been affected by the recent cold snap. Experience tells us -9°F is the benchmark temperature of concern for peaches, where there is an ever-increasing risk of bloom thinning and cambial damage as temperatures approach and drop past it. Much of the region received at least 1.5” of rain since the beginning of the year, so soil was fairly soggy from recent rain just prior to the temperature dropping rapidly from the upper 40s on Saturday, the 13th, down to single digits.

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