Spring frosts can damage delicate fruit tree blossoms. Developing and opening buds are very tender and if they break early, there is a late frost, or both, then your ambitions of a harvest can be ...

Sudden frosts can damage any sort of tree that isn't expecting it, but especially fruit trees. You may lose a harvest if you ...

As fall settles in and temperatures start to drop, safeguarding fruit trees from frost becomes an essential responsibility for home gardeners and orchardists. Frost can significantly harm budding ...

Answer: This is a tough one. There’s lots of advice out there for things that might help (emphasis on the “might”). Your options for protecting those precious buds and flowers really depend so much on ...

Q. My peach tree is in full bloom and I just saw a weather report that hard frosts are expected next week. Will this damage my tree? A. You are not alone. Many of our trees here at the college are in ...

When planting fruit trees this spring, frost should be high on the list of considerations for variety selection and tree placement. Spring frosts can be detrimental to fruit trees with developing and ...

GRAND RAPIDS, Mich. (WOOD) — With apple blossoms reaching full bloom, a frost expected overnight could threaten apple orchards across West Michigan. Between full bloom and petal fall, apple blossoms ...

LaFayette, N.Y. — It was a dangerous night for apple trees. The wind was barely stirring at Beak and Skiff Apple Orchards. The temperature had fallen below 30 degrees. And as the frost set in, the ...

When the temperature dropped below freezing overnight Friday, brothers Mike and Jeremy Stahl got to work protecting the fruit trees at Dries Orchards in Northumberland County. The late April frost ...

ROCKBRIDGE COUNTY, Va. (WFXR) — Warm temperatures in late February and early March have led fruit trees across Virginia to blossom early. Based on what growers are seeing, the number of blooms ...