We've got high temperatures Friday and Saturday in the 50s in the forecast, which has area fruit farmers a bit on edge. Michigan State University Extension fruit specialist Mark Longstroth in Van Buren County says the fruit trees need the temperatures to get cold and stay cold again quickly.
Last year, a drastically warmer than normal March fooled the fruit trees and then Michigan growers lost nearly all of their apples, apricots, grapes, peaches and cherries when freezing weather returned in April.
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Last year, a drastically warmer than normal March fooled the fruit trees and then Michigan growers lost nearly all of their apples, apricots, grapes, peaches and cherries when freezing weather returned in April.
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