Fruit Trees on the Best of Oklahoma Gardening February 25, 2023

0:00 Welcome to the Best of Oklahoma Gardening #4935!

1:15 Frost Pocket Affecting Fruit Trees
Becky Carroll, OSU Fruit and Pecan Extension Specialist, warns us about frost pockets we can find in our landscape and how these colder areas can affect the fruit production on our trees.

4:52 Chilling Hours Affects Fruit Tree Budding
Last year Becky Carroll inspected why our fruit trees bloomed late due to the low amount of chilling hours we received.

11:03 Overwintering Tree Roots
Becky Carroll gives us valuable advice about the number of chill hours needed for certain trees to break dormancy. Then Becky shows us how to overwinter our young tree roots so we can be ready to plant them when the time is right.

22:24 Grafting Peaches at Greenleaf Nursery
Greenleaf Nursery brand and marketing manager, Mark Andrews, explains the steps of bud grafting and the four-year process it takes to grow quality peach trees.

Airdate (02/25/23) #4935
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