sheik28
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|  California Apples???
How conducive of a climate is southern California for growing apples?
I am trying to figure out if "regular red apples" can be grown there.I say no but a buddy insists that "regular red apples" are grown there.
Say if anyone knows the area it is called Apple Valley California.
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Production Regions
There are five major regions in which apples are grown in California. Historically, apple production was limited to the coastal mountains north and south of San Francisco Bay, in the Sierra foothills east of Sacramento, and in the Southern California mountains. Recently apple production has expanded into the Central Valley, with new plantings of Granny Smith, Fuji, Gala, and other varieties. Important coastal apple producing counties are Sonoma in the North Coast, and Santa Cruz and San Luis Obispo in the Central Coast region. However the major apple production areas are now in the San Joaquin Valley with Kern, Fresno, San Joaquin, and Madera counties being the leading producers Southern California mountain regions still have a few orchards.
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New York, NY | Thanks for the fast reply, so the simple answer is?  |
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Nope, but there is an area just east of Placerville (Northern California gold country) called Apple Hill where they do grow apples in the Sierra foothills. |
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said by sheik28  :Say if anyone knows the area it is called Apple Valley California. Thanks Apple Valley's in the desert and not much grows there except for Alfalfa along the Mojave River. Oak Glen, OTH, has long been known for its apple orchards. Both locations ar4e in San Bernardino County. |
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Lucerne Valley, which is about 30 minutes east of Apple Valley, has a number of successful and active apple orchards.
All Apple Valley is growing these days is houses and shopping centers.
This is in the high desert, which experiences a fairly cold winter, something apples need if I recall correctly.
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There's also a lot of apples grown down around Julian (San Diego County for the OP), once again, in the coastal mountains.
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Well I live in Apple Valley and there are a couple of things I can tell you. I've yet to see an apple tree here and it doesn't look like a valley to me!
Like others have already stated, Julian and Oak Glen are known for their apple orchards. There is an oriental gentleman in Lucerne Valley who grows some kick ass Fuji apples. He used to bring an occasional bag in for the employees when I worked at HomeBase. Those apples reminded me of a good woman. Sweet, juicy, and firm!
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| said by Ptomaine :There is an oriental gentleman in Lucerne Valley who grows some kick ass Fuji apples. That's the orchards I'm talking about. Off Highland between Hwy 18 and Foothill Road. Just up from the post office. I walked by them just last week.
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I love that area (Oak Glenn), we used to go up there for our Church's campouts, great area!
They grow apples up here in NW CA (mostly Mendocino and Sonoma Counties), Pears are the big crop (along with Wine Grapes of course) in Lake and Mendocino Counties though, we get enough cold and freezing in the winter to support good Pear production, they need that to do well.
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Most apples require some varying amounts of winter chill in order to produce well. Winter chill is defined as the number of hours where the temperature is below 45°F (or 7°C) with some varieties requiring more winter chill and some less.
If you want to grow apples in an area not known for growing apples your best bet would be to ask your county UC Extension agent what grows well in your area. |
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| said by seagreen :where the temperature is below 70°C Coffee not kick in yet?
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Hank Agent, your County Kimball. |
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said by CurtesyFlush :said by seagreen :where the temperature is below 70°C Coffee not kick in yet? Hmm - that would be rather warm, wouldn't it? |
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| i live in pasadena and my neighbor is growing apples. since the number chill hours here is fairly low he has a type (i forget which one) that only needs about 250 chill hours. they say pasadena on average has about 300-400 chill hours so he can grow them. i dont know about other parts of socal.
i can ask him what type he is growing tonight if you'd like.
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said by sheik28 :Thanks for the fast reply, so the simple answer is? Simple answer: yes and no, here and there.
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said by sheik28 : so the simple answer is? Now, aren't you sorry you asked? |
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