Intense heat can affect fruiting by heat stress, but there are other stressors as well.
Water stress is one of the most obvious. When extreme heat is in the forecast, pay close attention to your soil moisture. Mulching generously with bark or other organic matter will protect surface roots from intense heat and keep them evenly moist. Give everyone extra water, preferably in the early morning. This may not totally prevent wilting and stress, but it will go a long way.
For smaller trees and shrubs, shade cloth can help as well. In high-wind areas this may not be practical, to say the least. Intense heat can affect fruit production in other ways. Pollen can be deactivated by high temperatures. Flowers are especially susceptible to heat damage and may simply drop without forming fruit. Pollinating insects are not as active during extreme heat and will retreat to cooler, moister areas during the day. During the last heatwave, I didn’t see any bees on our flowering sage. Instead, our slowly leaking hose bibb was covered with them.
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