Watch a newly planted grape vine grow and develop through the month of May.
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Watch one of our nectarines grow from a bud to a ripe piece of fruit. Summer is here. The buds are blossoming and here at HMC Farms we are slowly shifting from winter to spring. The winter is the time our trees rest and recoup for the upcoming tree fruit season. The three things in the winter that greatly affect the outcome of our summer crop are; chill hours, rainfall, and bloom timing. Only ten days after being grafting, the new wood is already showing signs of growth. The graft taking means there was a clean seal, good wood, and that no water seeped into the exposed limb. Below are a few pictures of the growth on the same trees you saw being grafted in the previous blog. We do the best we can every year to pick out new varieties at the nursery, mostly using gut feeling about how these varieties will work in our lineup. For whatever reason, they don’t always work out. Sometimes they revert back to an old gene, not producing the way we thought they would. Other [...] Tree Fruit Peaches Peach production will slow down a bit this week. As of right now we are looking to pick the last peach of the season approximately one month from now. If weather permits, peaches should be available from HMC until at least the 3rd week in September. [...] A short recap of last week… Tree Fruit Flame Table Grapes Champagne Table Grapes Coming Soon |
Kingsburg, CA
September 6, 2010, 9:20 am
 Intermittent clouds 64°Freal feel: 68°F
current pressure: 30 in
humidity: 59%
wind speed: 2 mph NNW
wind gusts: 4 mph
sunrise: 6:34
sunset: 19:20
Forecast September 6, 2010
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Sunny 94°F wind speed: 4 mph W wind gusts: 13 mph
night
Clear 58°F wind speed: 2 mph NW wind gusts: 4 mph
Forecast September 7, 2010
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Sunny 92°F wind speed: 4 mph W wind gusts: 16 mph
night
Clear 58°F wind speed: 7 mph NW wind gusts: 13 mph
Forecast September 8, 2010
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Sunny 84°F wind speed: 9 mph WNW wind gusts: 18 mph
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Partly cloudy 54°F wind speed: 9 mph WNW wind gusts: 18 mph
Forecast September 9, 2010
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Sunny 82°F wind speed: 7 mph NNW wind gusts: 13 mph
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Clear 57°F wind speed: 9 mph NNW wind gusts: 16 mph
Forecast September 10, 2010
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Sunny 88°F wind speed: 7 mph NW wind gusts: 11 mph
night
Clear 57°F wind speed: 9 mph NW wind gusts: 13 mph
Forecast September 11, 2010
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Sunny 91°F wind speed: 7 mph NW wind gusts: 11 mph
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Clear 59°F wind speed: 9 mph NW wind gusts: 13 mph
Forecast September 12, 2010
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Sunny 92°F wind speed: 7 mph NW wind gusts: 11 mph
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Clear 59°F wind speed: 7 mph N wind gusts: 13 mph
Forecast September 13, 2010
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Sunny 96°F wind speed: 4 mph N wind gusts: 7 mph
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Clear 59°F wind speed: 2 mph WNW wind gusts: 7 mph
Forecast September 14, 2010
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Sunny 90°F wind speed: 4 mph W wind gusts: 9 mph
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Clear 57°F wind speed: 2 mph W wind gusts: 7 mph
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