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Apr 27, 2023 7:56 PM CST
Name: Ratchet
Southeastern AZ (Zone 8b)
If a tree has chill hours 200.
The tree gets 200 hrs by the end of January.
There is a warm spell in February
The tree will bloom?
If the tree blooms, will the tree start to produce leaves?
If the tree produces leaves and there is more nights of 28 degrees average, will the leaves freeze?
Will the tree be damaged or die?
I know that an early bloom is usually killed by late frost but I haven't seen what happens to a tree that blooms way too early and whether or not it sets leaves while there is still a possibility of killing frosts.
I want to plant a tree with low chill hours, 250 when my area receives 500 -800 and does have warm spells in midwinter followed by normal cold.
This is Arizona high desert
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