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Darkman · 03-28-2012, 09:43 PM

I think that there is still alot of mystery and posibly a little balck magic and Voodoo when it comes to understanding chill hours. In my area we sometimes may get the bare minimum chil hours for fruiting, until you have to deduct the below 32 hours which don't count and then calculate the penalties for above 45 (which is quite frequently)!

I have also heard that there are different set temps for various fruits...i.e. Blueberries may have a higher or lower (I don't know) start stop temp than Pears or Peaches. Has any one else heard this?

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