Friday, April 13, 2012

Blackberry plants recovering after the freeze 2007

Image 1. This is a secondary bud that has emerged (semi vertical green stem). There is a remnant of primary stem, it is the brown nub on the right. 

Image 2. Regrowth of laterals after complete loss of primary buds in 2007. 
Reports are in, there was damage, laterals were wilting in the afternoon at some locations after the  freeze this morning and at other farms there was just bud damage (4/12/12).

Above are some images of the plants a couple weeks after the freeze in 2007. These were in a field  of Arapaho. The remnants of the primocane leaves are on most nodes, it is the brown nub on the right side of the node (Image 1).  A few days after the freeze I was in this field and noted 99% blossom kill and most of the fruiting laterals tissue appeared dead (wilted). I did not look for secondary buds at that time. However, about 2 weeks later, secondary buds were emerging, and I could not find the dead primaries (Image 1).


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