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Chill Hours

Buy the wrong apple or stone-fruit variety for your climate and it will never crop. Chill Hours helps you pick varieties that will actually fruit where you live.

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Deciduous fruit trees need a set amount of winter cold to set fruit. Plant a high-chill variety in a warm region and you get leaves and no harvest, years later. Chill Hours puts your region's winter cold next to each variety's needs so you choose right the first time.

Why it is better

  • Matches variety to your winter. See whether a variety gets the cold it needs in your region before you spend money and years on it.
  • Saves a wasted decade. A fruit tree is a long bet. Getting the chill right up front is the difference between a crop and a regret.
  • Low-chill picks for warm zones. Northern and coastal growers get pointed at the varieties bred to fruit on less cold.
  • Plain-language guidance. No spreadsheets. Just whether a variety suits where you are, and why.
  • Built for Australian regions. Chill figures are framed around real Australian climates, not a northern-hemisphere chart.

How to use it

1

Pick your region

The tool already knows the winter cold your region tends to get.

2

Check a variety

Look up the apple, pear, peach or other variety you are eyeing and see if it suits.

3

Plant with confidence

Choose a variety that will fruit, then track it in Fruit and Perennials.

How it connects to the rest

Chill Hours works hand in hand with Fruit and Perennials, where your trees live as a care journal and yield record. The bees module lifts the fruit set once the tree flowers, and your harvest dashboard counts the crop when it finally lands.

Fruit and perennialsBeesBloom calendarHarvest dashboardWeather

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Plant a fruit tree that will crop

Match the variety to your winter before you buy. Free to start.

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