Georgia Peaches Impacted by Late Cold Snap

It's been a trying year for growers as a late freeze has caused some of the worst conditions in more than a decade.

A late cold snap appears to have spared Georgia's blueberries, peaches and citrus after a disastrous season last year.

Fans of Georgia peaches may have a tough time finding them this summer as a mix of long-term climate trends and a spate of bad weather added ...

Comments Section · Georgia peaches decimated. Horticulturists at the University of Georgia say roughly 90 percent of the Peach State's crop has ...

... peach crop after abnormally warm weather this winter and a late-season freeze ... “Georgia peach crop was significantly affected by two late ...

... weather this winter and a late-season freeze ... “Georgia peach crop was significantly affected by two late frosts in ...

Lol at the OP. Peaches are something I've researched for a few years, and Palisade, CO had an identical issue maybe 2 years ago? Late freeze hit ...

While a recent cold front might have ruined a few weekend plans for many across Georgia, it had a significantly bigger impact on peach ...

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Georgia lost more than 90% of their crops for 2023 after unusually warm weather during the 2022-2023 winter and a late-season freeze.

'We just don't have a peach crop,' one Peach State farmer lamented · Excess moisture and a late warm spell are partially to blame for a lack of ...

After a late freeze, Dickey Farms lost about 90% of their peach crop. ... However, if these blossoms survive the cold weather, peaches will form.

An abnormally warm winter caused peach trees to bloom earlier than usual this year. That was followed by intense freezes in late March that ...

“Georgia's peach growers were hit especially hard by this year's freeze that effectively negates an entire year of preparation and wipes out all ...

Around 80% of Georgia's peaches were destroyed by a freeze in 2017. ... snaps, including one in March 2022 that caused heavy damage on many farms.

But this year, after the buds started to emerge in March, Georgia got blasted by a cold snap that brought subfreezing temperatures. Those ...

All of those acres suffered a warm winter, providing insufficient chill for some varieties and early bloom in others, which were then hit by two ...

Egged on by Georgia's warmest winter on record to start 2023, most peach trees in the state had full blooms or even small fruit out by mid-March ...

... late freeze that hit much of the Southeast in mid-March 2023 ... Navigating Georgia's fickle late winter weather. Spring is the most ...

Last year in winter 2023, a cold snap ruined many of the peach crops. Resulting in farmers losing more than 90% of their crop. This year, Lanier ...