Apple Blossom – at last!

Sure enough the Sturmer Pippin blossom appeared, in volume, during the first week of May – significantly later than usual. The predicted weather for this coming second week of the month shows an absence of frost incidence in this area, also some respectable daytime temperatures for both working bees and , importantly, pollen tube growth within any flowers that they visit. An important week ahead as it looks likely that many varieties will be blooming together and so a good overlap of pollination can be anticipated.

Some rainfall has occurred here though we missed a good dose by just half a mile last week. Any will be welcomed from now on.

A long wait until Derby Day and even then the full result of this late blossoming may not be revealing clearly.

There is still time for damaging frosts at the end of this month!