You can monitor the number of chilling hours here. With this information, you can plan a big harvest by embracing low-chill fruit trees and ditching the traditional high-chill varieties.

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! So, what are ...

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.

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 ...

Deciduous fruit trees The key to growing deciduous fruit trees in Tucson is to choose varieties that have low chill hour requirements (less than 400).

Here’s a primer on how to grow delicious fruit in your own yard — and which trees work best in small spaces.

Those with low chill requirements (450 hours or fewer) will have the chill requirement satisfied in January and bloom early; these should be grown only in South Texas.

While most East Texans are shivering from the freezing temperatures overnight and during the day, the chill effect, or chill hours, are needed for proper growth of certain fruit.

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 ...

Houston gardens usually get 400-500 chill hours, but for the past three years the winters have been so mild only low-chill varieties like `Tropic Snow' peach (150 hours) have been very productive.

The selection of deciduous fruit trees most suitable for Southern California has expanded in recent years with new low-chill varieties becoming available.