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How to protect fruit trees from frost – and avoid losing your crop to the cold
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 ...
This native Michigan apple tree could hold the key to saving apples from climate change
The Malus coronaria learned to fight frost by blooming two or three weeks later than the trees that produce cultivated ...
A key to protecting apples from climate change might be hiding in Michigan’s forests
In the quest to make apple trees more resilient in a warming climate, some researchers in Michigan are looking for a late ...
What are hoarfrost and rime?
While winter often brings challenges like slippery ice, snow shoveling and hazardous travel, it also gifts us with stunning ...