Wind chill refers to the wind’s effect on our perception of the cold. For example, if it’s 35 degrees and the wind blows at 10 miles per hour, it will feel like 27 degrees. Brrr!

Many pluots do require 400 or more winter chill hours so, to be safest, it would be advisable to plant the semi-dwarf pluot Dapple Supreme which only needs 300 hours to flower and fruit.

With this information, you can plan a big harvest by embracing low-chill fruit trees and ditching the traditional high-chill varieties. Some types require just 100 to 525 chilling hours, making ...

A variety with a low chill requirement is likely the reason for the early bud break in Patsy’s fruit trees. Two factors led to this perfect storm: In November and December there were 56 days ...

Peaches do well in our area because they only require 750-900 chill hours. Georgia has become the No. 1 blueberry producer in the nation due to the Rabbiteye cultivars that only require between ...

Climate conditions in the Texas Hill Country have put peaches in short supply this summer. The combination of a severe drought and low chill hours have significantly cut into the potential yield ...

“For our region right now, we take anywhere from 8 to 900 chill hours, and what this does, this promotes our plants to put on the blooms which then set the fruit,” Davis says. So being cold ...

Fruit on an apple tree, variety "Anna" developed in Israel for mild winter climes. These trees have low chill hour requirements and are self-pollinating, making them good candidates for growing in ...

Near the coast, for example, cool summers and low “chill hours” — the amount of time fruit is exposed to cold — limit what can thrive. “Only things that can take very mild winters can grow,” Peirce ...

If you are thinking of planting deciduous fruit trees, now is the time to plan for this project. In the coming weeks, bare-root deciduous fruit trees will be arriving in nurseries. Unfortunately ...