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Apr 29, 2026
2026 Prune Fruit Set, GDH30, and Cost of Thinning
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1:56Luke MillironHOST
Jamie, can you take me through the wild weather of the 2026 bloom and the immediate results that you saw with fruit set as we have this conversation in late April of 2026?
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2:16Jamie OttGUEST
This year, our improved French up north bloomed March 9th or 10th, depending on the orchard you were in.
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2:23Jamie OttGUEST
And three days later, we had temperatures up around 84 degrees, and the temperatures didn't come down below 80 until at least a week and a half later.
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2:34Jamie OttGUEST
So ideal bloom weather on full bloom day, but then just the heat ramped up really fast thereafter.
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2:41Jamie OttGUEST
And if we take a look at Denny bloom, which was a little bit earlier this year, the Dennys bloomed around February 14th for us this year, so a little more than the standard two weeks before French.
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2:53Jamie OttGUEST
That's because the weather really cooled off right after the Dennys bloom, so we actually have some freeze damage in the Dennys up north from some freezing temperatures about a week and a half after their full bloom.
5 MINS LATER
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8:26Luke MillironHOST
And then Jamie, can you take us through your shorthand for explaining GDH30, and then what you're seeing in the Northern Sacramento Valley, and the implications there?