Plant Chill Hours

 Many of our Bare Root Fruit Trees that we sell in Winter will not give you fruit unless you get the right Chill Hours.

For example, the Angel Peach Tree has two different varieties. A High Chill and a Low Chill Variety. If you live in Cairns and buy the High Chill Angel Peach, you will not get any fruit.

- Definition of Chill Hours for Fruit Trees

Time spent below approximately 7 degrees.

High Chill Fruit Trees are 650+ Hours

Medium Chill Fruit Trees are 450-650 Hours

Low Chill Fruit Trees are 150-450 Hours

Question: Do I go outside every day of the year with a stopwatch and a thermometer?

Answer: You could, but it is obviously a very funny waste of time

- Calculating Chill Hours

In Australia, the Bureau of Meterology is a great resource to estimate your chill hours. Simply use your average temperature for the coldest month of the year as a comparison to our chill hours guide below.

Keep in mind that plants are alive, and as such there is no exact science for the amount of chill hours a certain fruit tree needs, it is always going to be approximate

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