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Frost damage on nectarine stem?

Kate_hirstKate_hirst Posts: 3
in Fruit & veg

Can anyone advise if my nectarine tree (lord napier) has been damaged by frost or it is suffering from something else please? I've covered it with a fleece blanket whenever frost has been forecast but the blanket may have touched the stem during the night. The tree is on a south facing fence in East Sussex.  Any advice or guidance would be greatly appreciated, thank you. 

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  • clarke.bruntclarke.brunt Posts: 215
    edited March 2021
    I can't see it being frost. But doesn't look good, does it? If that stem fizzles out above the damage once it comes into leaf (just starting, I see), and finds out whether it can or can't transport water/nutrient past the damage, then cut it off below the damage. At least you've got other good stems, and some buds ready to grow shoots below the damage.

    I don't think the stems of peach/nectarine/apricot have any problem with frost - it's the fact that they blossom early in the year (my apricot will be in flower shortly), so the open flowers can be frosted off.
  • Kate_hirstKate_hirst Posts: 3
    Thank you Clarke.brunt I'll keep an eye on it and see how it gets on in the next few weeks. 
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