[tlmcca]

My experience was absolutely horrible. I planted two each of three heirloom varieties: Black Cherry, Delicious and Mrs. Maxwell's Big Italian. These have been my go to varieties for several seasons and have always produced more fruit that we, our neighbors and the various critters could eat.

This year, however, was an almost total disaster. Only the Black Cherry produced fruit that generally ripened on the vine. The other two produced no more than two dozen! I'm blaming the excessive heat due to climate change for most of this. We are just recently getting temps below 85 degrees required for ripening. I'm ripening a dozen or so at a time in a box with a banana but even these are bland in taste rivalling those in grocery stores.

So, how well did you do?

Also, if you experienced the same excessive heat issue do you have any ideas for mitigating the problem?

Thanks,
Terry