Peach growers in Georgia worried after low chill hours
“We are very, very concerned,” Robert Dickey of Dickey Farms in Musella, GA, told The Telegraph. “It is one of the most historic low chill climates for peaches. It is way below what we need. We don’t know what it’s going to be like this year.”
Jeff Cook with the University of Georgia Extension tells The Telegraph that the Fort Valley, GA, station had recorded 470 chill hours last week, while last year at the same time the area had recorded 570. Cook said he’s expecting about 550 chill hours.
The lack of chill hours is leading growers to spraying Dormex to help compensate for the lack of chilling hours.
“We are just holding our breath and waiting to see what happens,” Cook said.
source: growingproduce.com
