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Extension News
Peach Bud Injury
By BIRGITT THORNHILL
The minimum temperature? experienced in the fruit growing areas of Virginia were in the range of -10° to -15°F on January 20. In Blacksburg the low reached -20°F. Peach flower buds have been examined from several areas and bud kill is high. If you have not checked buds in your orchard, you should do so to assess the damage.
At this time it is somewhat early to know whether or not tree damage has occurred, but you should be on the lookout for signs of cold injury. As a general rule, you should wait until spring before pruning trees which may have suffered cold injury. Such injury is often apparent only as growth starts in the spring.
Although reports are sketchy, it appears that significant peach flower bud damage extended as far south as Georgia. Some areas, however, may have sufficient numbers of live buds for a crop.
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