Weird almond issue

So I have a Garden Price Almond in a container. It was doing fine until a few weeks ago when it slowly lost all it's leaves. I guess it was the heat/containter issue possibily.

Well it's leafed out again, but it's blooming at the ends of several branches. I assume the almond crop might be screwed up for this year, but what's the best thing to do for the tree. I assume it will go dormant once it starts getting cold later in the winter.

Local trees growing feral still have there leaves in locations that get colder then I do.

The following thread was started by Almond blooming issue on October 31, 2009 at 11:42 am PST

I find when I prune stone fruits and even apples and etc, in summer, I can get a few blooms in fall and early winter.

It is not too uncommon when temps drop and rewarm, things bloom again. Plants in pots can especially do that I have found. Your problem was most likely caused by the heat, dry spell and now wet spring like conditions.

Though most commercial almond trees around here, which are shorted water to help the nuts dry and split, even watering afterward won't usually bloom. Though I have seen it happen with cherries, peaches and plums, I wonder what kind of rootstock you have.

Also you almond, is it one of those self pollinating bard yard varieties, I think they have some peach crossing in them. i did some research, it is a Zaiger's hybrid, so maybe, who knows.

David

The above followup was added by David Johnson, Waterford CA, zone 14 on October 31, 2009 at 1:39 pm PST.

The rootstock is nemaguard I think form the tag attatched to it.

Thanks I was worried I had some bizarre tree. What was weird was the fig tree right next to it was fine although a sheltered quince and persimmion took some heat/leaf drop as well I think.

The above followup was added by Brian on October 31, 2009 at 11:49 pm PST.

I prune my grapes to keep the canes up and off of the ground, and to allow better air flow under the plants. In the process it forces blooms stored further down the canes, then were normal close to trunk blooms appear.

The later bloom clusters are small, but I end up with late season nice surprises a month or more after the main season, usually throughout August, as most of my grapes ripen in July.

David

The above followup was added by David Johnson, Waterford CA, zone 14 on November 01, 2009 at 1:08 am PST.