<p style="text-indent:0px; line-height:12px;"><span style="font-weight:bold;line-height:130%">Grand Valley, CO </span><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">By Eric Anderson<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">4.5.13</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><img src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacyWriterImages/hl_colorado_peach_crop_BODY.jpg" alt="Cropped Images April 5th 2013" /><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Peaches in Colorado’s Grand Valley are coming out of dormancy, meaning the next few weeks will determine the outcome of this year’s crop.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">Area farmer Charlie Talbott said a lot of work goes into nursing a peach orchard through the spring, but is optimistic about what this year’s crop will bring as the he gears up for the season, according to NBC11News.</p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p>April represents a make it or break it month. As the trees come of dormancy, they become vulnerable to frosts, which could loom ahead.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><img class="small-cropped-image" src="https://cdn.andnowuknow.com/legacySmallCroppedImages/hl_colorado_peach_crop_BODY02.jpg" alt="Cropped Images April 5th 2013" />"Our main method of frost protection lies in our wind machines; they are fans on towers that are 30-35 feet in the air, and they rotate every 5-6 minutes, constantly pushing warm air from above to purge out the cold air that settles on the orchard floor," said Talbott.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">If temperatures drop below 29 degrees, the expected mid-April blooms could freeze and have serious negative effects on crop output.<hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">According to Talbott, May 10 is the latest frost on record, and he said if his trees make it until then, he's in the clear. </p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><p><a class="btn btn-sm btn-primary col-lg-12" style="white-space: normal;" href=" http://www.nbc11news.com/home/headlines/April-is-make-or-break-from-peach-crops-200547911.html " target="_new"> Peach Update </a></p><hr class="legacyRuler"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding"><hr class="invisible minimal-padding">
